Joaquin Torres Garcia
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Joaquin Torres Garcia

Uruguay • 1874

Biography

Torres Garcia is one of the great figures of 20th century art, his influence includes modern European, American and South American art, and he is considered the father of universal constructivism.

He is known for his collaboration with Gaudi in 1903 on the stained glass windows for the Cathedral of Palma and the Sagrada Familia, the frescoes painted in the Palau de la Generlitat in Barcelona, and for being the founder of the association of European artists "Cercle and square "in Paris in 1929

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