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Juan Gris

1887 - 1927

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José Victoriano González-Pérez (23 March 1887 – 11 May 1927), better known as Juan Gris (Spanish: [ˈxwaŋ ˈɡɾis]; French: [gʀi]), was a Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France for most of his active period. Closely connected to the innovative artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Gris is the 121st most popular painter (down from 117th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Spain (down from 77th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Painter.

Juan Gris is most famous for his Cubist paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Juan Gris ranks 121 out of 2,023. Before him are Yayoi Kusama, Simone Martini, Andrea del Sarto, Parmigianino, Francis Bacon, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. After him are Giorgio de Chirico, Raja Ravi Varma, Annibale Carracci, Pierre Bonnard, Odilon Redon, and Franz Marc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Juan Gris ranks 19. Before him are Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Vidkun Quisling, Arthur Rubinstein, Wilhelm Canaris, Jozef Tiso, and Leopold Ružička. After him are Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Leonard Bloomfield, James B. Sumner, Henry Moseley, Saint-John Perse, and Heitor Villa-Lobos. Among people deceased in 1927, Juan Gris ranks 7. Before him are Svante Arrhenius, Isadora Duncan, Carlota of Mexico, Ferdinand I of Romania, Willem Einthoven, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. After him are Albrecht Kossel, Gaston Leroux, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Hugo Ball, Andranik, and Jerome K. Jerome.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Gris ranks 89 out of 3,355. Before him are Ibn Tufail (1110), Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), Abbas ibn Firnas (810), and Roderic (688). After him are Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Rafael Benítez (1960), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Joaquín Rodrigo (1901), and Vicente del Bosque (1950).

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Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Juan Gris ranks 8. Before him are Salvador Dalí (1904), Francisco Goya (1746), Diego Velázquez (1599), Joan Miró (1893), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617). After him are Joaquín Sorolla (1863), Antoni Tàpies (1923), Enrique Simonet (1866), Francisco Pacheco (1564), Remedios Varo (1908), and Marià Fortuny (1838).

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