Joaquín Torres García (1874 - 1949)

Joaquín Torres García (1874 - 1949) - photo 1

Joaquín Torres García

Joaquín Torres-García was a Uruguayan-Spanish artist.

His art is associated with archaic universal culture, including Mediterranean cultural traditions, Noucentisme, and modern classicism. Torres-García developed a unique style (first known as "Art Constructif") during the 1930s, while he lived in Paris. Arte Constructivo (Constructive Art), a school he opened in Madrid, became Universalismo Constructivo (Universal Constructivism, a treatise he published in South America while teaching in his workshops Asociación de Arte Constructivo and El Taller Torres-García). Torres-García's art combines classical and archaic traditions with 20th-century "-isms": Cubism, Dada, neo-plasticism, primitivism, surrealism, and abstraction.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:28 july 1874, Montevideo, Uruguay
Date and place of death:8 august 1949, Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality:Uruguay
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Educator, Painter, Sculptor, Writer
Art style:Abstract art, Modern art, Avant-garde, Constructivism

Creators Uruguay

Hans Platschek (1923 - 2000)
Hans Platschek
1923 - 2000
Gonzalo Fonseca (1922 - 1997)
Gonzalo Fonseca
1922 - 1997
Julio Alpuy (1919 - 2009)
Julio Alpuy
1919 - 2009
Francisco Matto (1911 - 1995)
Francisco Matto
1911 - 1995
Pedro Figari (1861 - 1938)
Pedro Figari
1861 - 1938
Pablo Atchugarry (1954)
Pablo Atchugarry
1954
José Gurvich (1927 - 1974)
José Gurvich
1927 - 1974

Creators Abstract art

William Samuel Schwartz (1896 - 1977)
William Samuel Schwartz
1896 - 1977
Antonín Kybal (1901 - 1971)
Antonín Kybal
1901 - 1971
Richard Schur (1971)
Richard Schur
1971
Charles Demuth (1883 - 1935)
Charles Demuth
1883 - 1935
Joe Bradley (1975)
Joe Bradley
1975
Carl Buchheister (1890 - 1964)
Carl Buchheister
1890 - 1964
Edward Wadsworth (1889 - 1949)
Edward Wadsworth
1889 - 1949
Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat (1844 - 1910)
Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
1844 - 1910
Ernst Schumacher-Salig (1905 - 1963)
Ernst Schumacher-Salig
1905 - 1963
René Kieffer (1876 - 1963)
René Kieffer
1876 - 1963
Elena Dmitrievna Polenova (1850 - 1898)
Elena Dmitrievna Polenova
1850 - 1898
Jakob Weidemann (1923 - 2001)
Jakob Weidemann
1923 - 2001
Michel Seuphor (1901 - 1999)
Michel Seuphor
1901 - 1999
Rolf Retz-Schmidt (1928 - 2006)
Rolf Retz-Schmidt
1928 - 2006
Hans Kinder (1900 - 1986)
Hans Kinder
1900 - 1986
Marguerite Zorach (1887 - 1968)
Marguerite Zorach
1887 - 1968