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

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

Creators Abstract art

Francisco Zúñiga (1912 - 1998)
Francisco Zúñiga
1912 - 1998
Napoleone Martinuzzi (1892 - 1977)
Napoleone Martinuzzi
1892 - 1977
Gernot Eichler (1940)
Gernot Eichler
1940
Manfred Schling (1951)
Manfred Schling
1951
Aldo Nason (1920)
Aldo Nason
1920
Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen (1909 - 1957)
Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen
1909 - 1957
Dušan Džamonja (1928 - 2009)
Dušan Džamonja
1928 - 2009
Donald Hamilton Fraser (1929 - 2009)
Donald Hamilton Fraser
1929 - 2009
Paul Feiler (1918 - 2013)
Paul Feiler
1918 - 2013
Paul Sérusier (1864 - 1927)
Paul Sérusier
1864 - 1927
Günter Schöllkopf (1935 - 1979)
Günter Schöllkopf
1935 - 1979
Li Yuan-chia (1929 - 1994)
Li Yuan-chia
1929 - 1994
Muzzumil Ruheel (1985)
Muzzumil Ruheel
1985
Solomon Moiseevich Gershov (1906 - 1989)
Solomon Moiseevich Gershov
1906 - 1989
Claudio Salocchi (1934 - 2012)
Claudio Salocchi
1934 - 2012
Emilio Scanavino (1922 - 1986)
Emilio Scanavino
1922 - 1986