Juan Gris
1915
Meet Juan Gris, the Spanish painter who sat for his friend Amedeo Modigliani in 1915. Notice that incredibly long, elegant neck and those soulful, almond-shaped eyes staring off into the distance? Modigliani was famous for stretching his subjects' features like this, giving them a dreamy, almost melancholic vibe that became his trademark. Even though Gris was a Cubist painter himself, Modigliani captured him with his own signature style, blending a bit of geometric structure in the face with a timeless, statuesque grace that makes you wonder what he's thinking about.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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