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

Creators Abstract art

Alfred Kingsley Lawrence (1893 - 1975)
Alfred Kingsley Lawrence
1893 - 1975
René Magritte (1898 - 1967)
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
Thomas Yeo (1935)
Thomas Yeo
1935
Ernst Günter Hansing (1929 - 2011)
Ernst Günter Hansing
1929 - 2011
Jean Bertholle (1909 - 1996)
Jean Bertholle
1909 - 1996
Spencer Finch (1962)
Spencer Finch
1962
 Ching-Jang Yao (1941 - 2000)
Ching-Jang Yao
1941 - 2000
Yiannis Spyropoulos (1912 - 1990)
Yiannis Spyropoulos
1912 - 1990
Tom Sachs (1966)
Tom Sachs
1966
Erich Kuithan (1875 - 1917)
Erich Kuithan
1875 - 1917
Jenny Fikentscher (1869 - 1959)
Jenny Fikentscher
1869 - 1959
John Bourne (1943)
John Bourne
1943
Xawery Dunikowski (1875 - 1964)
Xawery Dunikowski
1875 - 1964
Nataliya Georgiyevna (Nathalie) Parain (1897 - 1958)
Nataliya Georgiyevna (Nathalie) Parain
1897 - 1958
Émile Gilioli (1911 - 1977)
Émile Gilioli
1911 - 1977
Auke de Vries (1937)
Auke de Vries
1937
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