Jose Victoriano Gonzalez Perez, Spanish, 1887 to 1927, better known as Juan Gris, oil on board painting after Harlequin by Pablo Picasso, late 1915. Signed to the back. Framed. Juan Gris was a Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France for most of his active period. Closely connected to the innovative artistic genre of Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive. Modernist Paintings And Spanish Art Collectibles.