The Spanish painter, and illustrator, Juan Gris, is celebrated as “the third cubist”, who built upon the foundations early Cubism and steered the movement in new directions.

Born Jose Victoriano (Carmelo Carlos) Gonzalez-Perez in Madrid on March 23, 1887,

Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia is revered as one of the most intriguing and inscrutable artists of the past century.

Best-known as one of the leaders of Dada movement, Picabia was born on January 22, 1879, in Paris.

Experimenting with different forms such as impressionism, fauvism, and collages, which brought together a series of imaginative pieces, bold colors and distinct shapes and styles, the 20^th century French painter, Georges Braque, is remembered for inventing Cubism with Pablo Picasso.

One of the great abstract painter of still life, Braque was born on May 13, 1882, in Argenteuil, France, into a working-class family. 

Bringing the knowledge of Parisian avant-garde, including its dynamism, abstraction and emotion, to the burgeoning circle of American modernists, the Russian-born American painter, printmaker and sculptor, Max Weber, is famous for introducing European art movements as Fauvism and Cubism to the United States.

Celebrated as one of the first American Cubist painters, Weber was born on April 18, 1881, in the Polish city of Bialystok, then part of the Russian Empire.