Newspaper and Fruit Dish 1916

"Newspaper and Fruit Dish" (1916) by Juan Gris exemplifies the artist's mastery of Cubist principles. The painting features a still life arrangement, with a newspaper, fruit, and a dish rendered in a fragmented and geometric manner. Gris's use of bold colors, flat planes, and overlapping shapes creates a sense of depth and dynamism, characteristic of the Synthetic Cubist style. The text "Le Journal" subtly references the contemporary news and adds a layer of intellectualism to this iconic work.