Joaquín Torres García

Joaquín Torres García (1874-1949) is a popular Uruguayan artist. He developed a technique called constructive universalism, and this combined with the colors white, blue, yellow, and red are some signatures García's later paintings that can be found all over tourist items such as magnets, t-shirts, and hand bags. He actually had a strong argument for changing his painting style so drastically which you can somewhat see through a progression on his drawings I managed to find on the internet below. His idea was that Latin America needs to find its own identity away from that of Europe by drawing artistic inspiration from the indigenous people of their region of the world while also using universal abstraction. Interesting, huh? My favorite painting of his has to be the one of South America inverted. Don't even need a teacher to explain that one to me. :D









A museo dedicated to García is located right by Plaza Independencia at Peatonal Sarandí 683 and if you can don't happen to be in Uruguay you can check out the website.