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

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

Creators Abstract art

Max Ernst Haefeli (1901 - 1976)
Max Ernst Haefeli
1901 - 1976
Edoardo Togni (1884 - 1962)
Edoardo Togni
1884 - 1962
Werner Lichtner-Aix (1939 - 1987)
Werner Lichtner-Aix
1939 - 1987
Joaquín Sorolla (1863 - 1923)
Joaquín Sorolla
1863 - 1923
Judy Stapleton (1940)
Judy Stapleton
1940
Judy Cassab (1920 - 2015)
Judy Cassab
1920 - 2015
Andre Mare (1885 - 1932)
Andre Mare
1885 - 1932
Silvio Mattioli (1929 - 2011)
Silvio Mattioli
1929 - 2011
Herbert Boeckl (1894 - 1966)
Herbert Boeckl
1894 - 1966
William James Bloye (1890 - 1975)
William James Bloye
1890 - 1975
Alberto Rosselli (1921 - 1976)
Alberto Rosselli
1921 - 1976
Viktor Semenovich Kazarin (1948 - 2021)
Viktor Semenovich Kazarin
1948 - 2021
Karl Holmqvist (1964)
Karl Holmqvist
1964
Karl Albert Kasten (1916 - 2010)
Karl Albert Kasten
1916 - 2010
Jorge Luis Borges (1899 - 1986)
Jorge Luis Borges
1899 - 1986
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893 - 1967)
Charles Ephraim Burchfield
1893 - 1967
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