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

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

Creators Abstract art

Gerhard Richter (1932)
Gerhard Richter
1932
Zlatko Sulentic (1893 - 1971)
Zlatko Sulentic
1893 - 1971
Janet Cooling (1951 - 2022)
Janet Cooling
1951 - 2022
Gaspar Kams (1874 - 1942)
Gaspar Kams
1874 - 1942
Cäsar W. Radetzky-Radetz (1939)
Cäsar W. Radetzky-Radetz
1939
Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova (1886 - 1918)
Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova
1886 - 1918
Shakir Hassan Al Said (1925 - 2004)
Shakir Hassan Al Said
1925 - 2004
Gyula Derkovits (1894 - 1934)
Gyula Derkovits
1894 - 1934
Marcel Janco (1895 - 1984)
Marcel Janco
1895 - 1984
Carl Paul Jennewein (1890 - 1978)
Carl Paul Jennewein
1890 - 1978
Hildo Krop (1884 - 1970)
Hildo Krop
1884 - 1970
 Ching-Jang Yao (1941 - 2000)
Ching-Jang Yao
1941 - 2000
Lienhard von Monkiewitsch (1941)
Lienhard von Monkiewitsch
1941
Josef Levi (1938)
Josef Levi
1938
Tomaso Buzzi (1900 - 1981)
Tomaso Buzzi
1900 - 1981
Peter Strang (1936 - 2022)
Peter Strang
1936 - 2022
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