Juan GrisSpagna, 1887–1927Marcelle la Blonde
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Gris met the celebrated blonde beauty Marcelle Brun while vacationing in the French Riviera, where they enjoyed lavish dinners and sometimes danced until three in the morning. Gris completed several portraits of his acquaintances during this time. All of the graphite portraits were bust-length, three-quarter views of the sitter, with single, continuous lines used to represent their facial features. Here, you can trace a line from Brun’s left eye, down the left side of her nose, to the top of her lip.
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- 2013.946
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Nel frattempo, nella vita di Juan Gris
Tutta la vita1910s–1920s
The pupil Picasso “wished away”
Gris regarded Picasso as a teacher, but according to Gertrude Stein in The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Picasso treated him with undisguised irritation: Gris was the only person Picasso wished away. At first Gris was spoken of only as Picasso’s follower, but when he became an independent artist and one of the leaders of Cubism, Picasso grew jealous.
1919
His first solo exhibition, in Paris
Gris’s first solo exhibition took place in Paris in 1919.
1919–1920
Critics begin to write about “synthetic” Cubism
In 1919 and particularly 1920, artists and critics began to write conspicuously about this “synthetic” approach and to assert its importance in the overall scheme of advanced Cubism.
1922–1924
Working with Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
From 1922 to 1924 he worked with Sergei Diaghilev and his ballet company; in 1924 he designed sets and costumes for the Ballets Russes.
1923
Major exhibitions in Paris and Berlin
In 1923 major exhibitions of Gris’s work took place at the Galerie Simon in Paris and the Galerie Flechtheim in Berlin.
