LC control no. | n 50016879 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Torres-García, Joaquín, 1874-1949 |
Variant(s) | García, Joaquín Torres-, 1874-1949 Torres-García, J. (Joaquín), 1874-1949 Torres-García, Joaquím, 1874-1949 García, Joaquím Torres-, 1874-1949 |
See also | Founded corporate body of person: Escòla de Decoració |
Birth date | 1874-07-28 |
Death date | 1949-08-08 |
Place of birth | Montevideo (Uruguay) |
Place of death | Montevideo (Uruguay) |
Field of activity | Art Painting Sculpture |
Profession or occupation | Artists |
Found in | Author's La tradición del hombre abstracto ... 1938. His La ciudad sin nombre, 1974: t.p. (J. Torres-García) Author's Escrits sobre art, 1980: t.p. (Joaquím Torres-García) Aladdin, 2005: t.p. (J. Torres-García) cover (Joaquín Torres García) p. 93 (b. July 28, 1874 in Montevideo) p. 94 (d. Aug. 8, 1949 in Montevideo) Wikipedia, June 7, 2019: individual entry (Joaquín Torres-García was a Spanish Uruguayan artist painter, sculptor, muralist, novelist, writer, teacher and theorist, active in Spain, United States, Italy, France and Uruguay. Torrres Garcia was an avant gardist whose influence encompasses European, American and South American modern art. From 1920 he developed a unique style, encompassing Cubism, Dada, Neo plasticism, Primitivisme, Surrealism, Abstraction and coined the term Universal Constructivism) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn%5FTorres-Garc%C3%ADa> Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza WWW site, August 25, 2020 (Torres-García created the Escòla de Decoració) |