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He
spent the next summer in Céret, France, with
Picasso, and while there adopted the use of
papier collé, shapes cut from paper and glued
to the canvas. During World War I (1914-1918)
he worked in Paris he had his first one-man
exhibition in Paris in 1919. From 1922 to 1924
he designed settings for two ballets of the
Russian producer Sergey Diaghilev, Les tentations
de la bergère (The Temptations of the Shepherdess)
and La colombe (The Dove), as well as continuing
work on his own paintings.
After 1925 he worked mainly on gouaches, watercolors,
and illustrations for books. Some of his famous
works include Portait of Josee, The Table and
The Open window. Portrait of Josette was created
in 1916 and is now in the Musea del in Prado,
Madrid. This was definitly one of Gris's greatest
achievements. The portrait of Josette is based
on his studies after Corot and Cezanne. To perfection
he seemed to create a stunning mixture of the
foreground and the background.
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