Juan Gris Art

This striking original exhibition poster from 1990 features “Verre et Journal” (Glass and Newspaper) by Juan Gris (1887-1927), a master of Synthetic Cubism. Celebrated for his intell...

Beautiful poster of exhibition of Juan Gris edited by Mourlot in 1977 for the Gallery Berggruen. José Victoriano González, who would later become Juan Gris, was born in Madrid in 1887. He abandoned his previous studies as an engineer to begin (1904) studies at the School of Arts and Manufactures in Madrid, and devoted himself to painting. His first works were inspired by the "Jugendstil" (German Art Nouveau movement), which the Madrid art world perceived as a major art form. Juan Gris was nineteen years old when he moved to Paris in 1906 and soon, after living in a hotel in Montmartre, he took a studio in the Bateau-Lavoir. Pablo Picasso was a close neighbor! The artist will, at first, earn a living by doing important work as an illustrator for famous French magazines (L'assiette au beurre, Charivari, Le cri de Paris, etc.) and Spanish ones. He produced more than 700 drawings for the press, mostly humorous or satirical. As soon as he arrived in France, Juan Gris painted, but he would not devote himself exclusively to painting until 1911. Gris was very impressed by the cubist works...

This 1965 original exhibition poster was created for the Juan Gris: Gouaches et Dessins 1910-1927 exhibition at Galerie Louise Leiris in Paris. Celebrating the remarkable work of Jua...

Classic Poster Paper - Good Condition B, very small defects, as seen in image. Nature Morte au livre, which was also painted in 1913, is another good example of Juan Gris' dedicatio...