Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.

Still life, c. 1970s, Oil on canvas, 23½ x 31⅛ in. 59,7 x 79

Composición metafísica, 1984, Oil on canvas, 25⅜ x 31½ in. 65 x 80 cm.

Bodegon Estructurado, 1975, Oil on board, 20¼ x 22¼ in. 51.5 x 56.5 cm.

Triangulares, 1936, Ink on paper, 8 x 12¾ in. 20,3 x 32 cm.

Formas, 1965, Ink, tempera and crayon on paper, 14 x 16 in. 35,5 x 40,6 cm.

Formas negra y blanca sobre rojo, 1977, Ink and tempera on paper, 14⅝ x 13¼ in. 37 x 33,6 cm.

Formas negra y blanca sobre rojo, 1977, Ink and tempera on paper, 14⅝ x 13¼ in. 37 x 33,6 cm.

Forms in black, 1937, Ink & gouache on paper, 8⅝ x 11½ in. 22 x 29,3 cm.

Green abstract, 1936, Oil on canvas, 9⅞ x 13⅝ in. 25 x 34,5

Composition with white, 1963, Oil on board, 25 x 41 in. 63,5 x 104 cm.

Photograph of Augusto Torres, 1980

Mural at Sindicato Medico, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1954

Born in Tarrasa, Cataluña, 1913; died in Barcelona, 1992. 

The first son of Torres-García, Augusto grew up primarily in Italy and France. In 1927, the family shared a house with the painter Jean Hélion, who inspired Augusto in his passion for collecting North African and American Indian art. Hired by the Musée de l’Homme to document their Pre-Columbian pottery, he studied tribal and primitive art. In the early 1930s, Augusto was an apprentice to the sculptor Julio González and studied drawing in Amedée Ozenfant’s academy. After Torres-García brought his family to Uruguay in 1934, Augusto participated in all the activities of his father’s teaching atelier, the Taller Torres-García. Throughout his life, Augusto traveled widely; including two years living in New York City, a recipient of a New School grant. From 1973 on, he divided his time between Barcelona and Montevideo. An inspirational teacher, he instructed several of today’s fine young artists.