Joaquín Torres García (1874 - 1949)
1874-07-28Montevideo, Uruguay1949-08-08Montevideo, UruguayUruguay
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.
Date and place of birt: | 28 july 1874, Montevideo, Uruguay |
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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 |