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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 in his visual work. While his focus was on the mechanics of design, a creative impulse was already present. Between 1904 and 1905, he began to formalize his artistic training by studying painting under the academic artist José Moreno Carbonero. This brief but significant period of…