Horacio Torres Garcia

Place: Livorno

Born: 1924

Death: 1976

Biography:

Horacio Torres was an Italian painter, born in Livorno, Italy in 1924 and passed away in New York City in 1976. He was a member of the Association of Constructivist Art and The Taller Torres-García. In 1942, he traveled to Perú and Bolivia with his brother Augusto to study pre-Columbian Art. He painted two large constructivist murals in the walls of a building in Montevideo, Uruguay. Torres' work has been exhibited and sold in various galleries and auctions. His style can be described as modernist, influenced by his father, Joaquín Torres-García, who was a prominent figure in the School of the South and modern art in Uruguay.