Juan Gris

(Spanish, 1887–1927)

Room Paintings holds three paintings by Juan Gris, from the National Gallery of Art. They date from 1915 to 1917. We file all of them under Cubism. The most common subjects are abstract and still life. All of them suit a room in our lists, most often the apartment or dorm and dining room.

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The 3 paintings

We look down onto a pile with a newspaper, theater program, pipe, a black and white checkerboard, and other objects painted as abstracted, geometric forms on a tabletop in this nearly square still life painting.

Juan Gris Fantômas, 1915 National Gallery of Art

Irregular, geometric shapes in burnt orange, pale peach, light blue, forest and mint green, brown, taupe, gray, and black are layered and spread across this horizontal, abstract painting. They are mostly flat planes of color.

Juan Gris Glass and Checkerboard, c. 1917 National Gallery of Art

We look down at a wooden tabletop with two playing cards among stacked rectangles and wedges in this vertical, abstract painting. The two playing cards we can make out are a four of diamonds to our left and an ace of clubs to our right.

Juan Gris Ace of Clubs and Four of Diamonds, 1915 National Gallery of Art