Still Life with a Guitar
1913 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions : 26 x 39 1/2 in. (66 x 100.3 cm)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998
Despite the apparent flatness of the composition, it suggests depth with bold colors and sudden changes in perspective. Gris painted this picture in Céret, a small town in the Pyrenees popular with artists, most notably Picasso, who spent the summer of 1911 and parts of 1912 and 1913 there.
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About this artwork
Still Life with a Guitar (1913) by Juan Gris, oil on canvas, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
About Juan Gris
José Victoriano (Carmelo Carlos) González-Pérez (23 March 1887 – 11 May 1927), better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France most of his life. Closely connected to the innovative artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive.
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