Gris, Juan
(1887–1927)
Gris, Juan (Jose Victoriano Carmelo Carlos Gonzalez Perez)Gris, JuanJuan Gris (B * MADRID, 1887–D † BOULOGNE-SUR-SEINE, 1927) Spanish painter who, with Picasso and Braque, was one of the principal Cubist painters. In 1906, he arrived in Paris and set himself up in the Bateau Lavoir, Picasso's studio/refuge for artists in Montmartre. Bateau lavoir means »laundry boat.« The studio was so named for its resemblance to the shabby barges moored in the Seine, upon which women did laundry. Gris…