JOAQUIN TORRES

Joaquín Torres-García (18741949) is one of the most influential artists to have emerged from Latin America in the early 20th centur y. His unique innovations in the medium of wood constructed three-dimensional grids and planes known as maderas foreshadow later artistic developments in Europe and the Americas (such as the work of Louise Nevelson). Torres-García was also much celebrated for his work as a modernist painter, teacher, and author.