Early Life, Family and Training Born José Victoriano González-Pérez on March 23, 1887, in Madrid, Spain, the man who would become known as Juan Gris grew up in a large, busy household. He was the thirteenth of fourteen children. His father, Gregorio Gonzalez, was a prosperous businessman, and the family environment provided a stable foundation during his formative years in the Spanish capital. His early education took a technical turn at the Madrid School of Arts and Sciences, where he studied engineering. This period of study instilled a sense of structural logic that would later surface i…