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

Creators Uruguay

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

Creators Abstract art

Pietro Chiesa (1892 - 1948)
Pietro Chiesa
1892 - 1948
Richard Schreiber (1904 - 1963)
Richard Schreiber
1904 - 1963
Petar Dobrović (1890 - 1942)
Petar Dobrović
1890 - 1942
Chris Miseur (1953)
Chris Miseur
1953
Nasreen Mohamedi (1937 - 1990)
Nasreen Mohamedi
1937 - 1990
Ilya Lvovich Selvinsky (1899 - 1968)
Ilya Lvovich Selvinsky
1899 - 1968
Mark Lindquist (1949)
Mark Lindquist
1949
Dieter Stoever (1922 - 1984)
Dieter Stoever
1922 - 1984
Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov (1882 - 1943)
Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov
1882 - 1943
Bram van Velde (1895 - 1981)
Bram van Velde
1895 - 1981
Jules-Clemente Chaplain (1839 - 1909)
Jules-Clemente Chaplain
1839 - 1909
Michael Andrews (1928 - 1995)
Michael Andrews
1928 - 1995
Alfred Manessier (1911 - 1993)
Alfred Manessier
1911 - 1993
Wolfgang Escher (1920 - 2008)
Wolfgang Escher
1920 - 2008
Jorgen Nash (1920 - 2004)
Jorgen Nash
1920 - 2004
Mark Matthes (1976)
Mark Matthes
1976
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