And, here is a great cubist work by Gris, his 1912 portrait of Picasso:
Birthdays Today - Kurosawa and Gris
Two truly great artists were born today, the film director Akira Kurosawa and the painter Juan Gris. Both were probably born at precisely the right time for their medium: Kurosawa to be part of the post-World War II explosion of "art" films; Gris to be part of the early 20th century explosion of "modernist" art. Here's a great piece from one of Kurosawa's great reimagining of Shakespeare (here, King Lear) in Ran:
And, here is a great cubist work by Gris, his 1912 portrait of Picasso:
And, here is a great cubist work by Gris, his 1912 portrait of Picasso: