Juan Gris
Early Life, Family and Training Born José Victoriano González-Pérez on March 23, 1887, in Madrid, Spain, the man who would become known as Juan Gris grew up in a large, busy household. He was the thirteenth of fourteen children. His father, Gregorio Gonzalez, was a prosperous businessman, and the family environment provided a stable foundation during his formative years in the Spanish capital. His early education took a technical turn at the Madrid School of Arts and Sciences, where he studied engineering. This period of study instilled a sense of structural logic that would later surface i…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Juan Gris's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.