Joaquín Torres García (1874 - 1949)

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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

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Pablo Atchugarry (1954)
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Francisco Matto (1911 - 1995)
Francisco Matto
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Pedro Figari (1861 - 1938)
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Julio Alpuy (1919 - 2009)
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Creators Abstract art

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Teruko Yokoi
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Helmut Federle (1944)
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1944
Farouk Hosny (1938)
Farouk Hosny
1938
Louis Davis (1860 - 1941)
Louis Davis
1860 - 1941
François Arnal (1924 - 2012)
François Arnal
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1864 - 1901
Leelee Kimmel (1983)
Leelee Kimmel
1983
Herbert Volz (1944)
Herbert Volz
1944
Markus Linnenbrink (1961)
Markus Linnenbrink
1961
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (1862 - 1942)
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov
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Konstantin Medunetsky (1899 - 1935)
Konstantin Medunetsky
1899 - 1935
Jürgen Brandes (1922 - 2002)
Jürgen Brandes
1922 - 2002
George James Frampton (1860 - 1928)
George James Frampton
1860 - 1928
Paul Hagemans (1884 - 1959)
Paul Hagemans
1884 - 1959
Romeo Tabuena (1921 - 2015)
Romeo Tabuena
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Othmar Schimkowitz (1864 - 1947)
Othmar Schimkowitz
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