JOAQUÍN TORRES GARCÍA (ENG)

A charismatic figure of the international art scene, Joaquín Torres-García (18741949) is revered today as one of the most influenti al artists of the early twentieth century to have emerged from Latin America. Though Torres-García was born in Montevideo,Uruguay, the artist spent most of his life in Spain, Italy, France, and the U.S.A. (New York) before returning to his native Uruguay in 1934 and settling in Montevideo. There he founded the Taller Torres-García, the most significant art educational community of its time (1944-1962), in...[Read more]