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Thursday, March 23, 2006
Juan Gris'  
Juan Gris' "Backgammon"
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Spanish painter Juan Gris was born on this date in 1887. Most associated with synthetic cubism, Gris worked mainly in oils and collages. He was influenced by his friend, Henri Matisse, and used a broad palette of bright colors. Among the portraits he painted was one of Pablo Picasso, who was also a cubist.
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"Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different. It is a point of view." Jacques Lipchitz
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papier collé: literally, stuck paper, an artistic technique in which other materials, cut in the shape of objects, are glued on to the canvas; Juan Gris worked in papier collé. )
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