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Also Known As José Victoriano González
Born March 23, 1887 • Madrid • Spain
Died May 11, 1927 (aged 40) • France
Movement / Style Cubism • Synthetic Cubism • Section d’Or

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The Breakfast Table, oil and charcoal on canvas by Juan Gris, 1915; in the National Museum of Modern Art, Paris.
Juan Gris: The Sunblind
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Braque, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1956
Georges Braque
French artist
Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
Piet Mondrian
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Bradley Walker Tomlin
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Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
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Fernand Léger, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1941.
Fernand Léger
French painter
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia
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Jacques Villon
French painter
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Roger de La Fresnaye
French painter
Eiffel Tower, an oil painting on canvas by Robert Delaunay from 1910–11, is on display at the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland. The painting was one of Delaunay's contributions to the art movement called cubism.
Robert Delaunay
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André Lhote
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Joan Miró
Joan Miró
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Francisco Herrera, the Elder
Spanish painter
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Francisco Herrera, the Younger
Spanish painter
“Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber,” oil on canvas by Juan Sánchez Cotán, c. 1602; in the San Diego Museum of Art, Calif.
Juan Sánchez Cotán
Spanish painter
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
Caravaggio
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Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter
Oil painting self-portrait by Paul Cezanne showing a balding man with a beard, wearing a dark coat, set against a patterned background.
Paul Cézanne
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Painting by Claude Monet, Self-portrait in Beret, 1886, showing Monet with a full beard, dark beret, and coat against a light, textured background.
Claude Monet
French painter
Henri Matisse stands in a studio wearing a painter's smock, holding a palette beside a wooden ladder, with abstract artwork visible in the background.
Henri Matisse
French artist

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