Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.

Francisco Matto



Born 1911 and died 1995 in Montevideo, Uruguay

Privately tutored and a child painter, Matto at age 21, traveled to Tierra del Fuego and acquired the first Pre-Columbian pieces of what was to become a major collection and an important influence on his art. Matto met Torres-García in 1939, joining his atelier and exhibiting with the artists of the Taller Torres-García until the 1960s. An elegant, aristocratic man, Matto worked with humble materials, preferring cardboard to canvas and found pieces of wood for his sculptures. His work has been exhibited at the Sálon des Surindépendants, Paris; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; in Spain, Italy, Germany, Moscow, Tokyo, New York and throughout Latin America. Matto's monumental concrete sculptures are landmarks in Punta del Este, Uruguay.


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El misterio de la forma
Francisco Matto
El misterio de la forma

Gallery exhibition catalogue with essay by Alicia Haber, Illustrated chronology by Cecilia de Torres, 75 color plates, Spanish with English text, 206 pages

Published by Galería Oscar Prato, Montevideo

$ 50.00 + postage

Poesias y Pinturas 1935-1945
Francisco Matto
Poesias y Pinturas 1935-1945

A study of Matto’s Matisse inspired paintings of the 1930s & 40s, before he joined the Taller Torres-García; and the relationship between the artist’s poetry and his painting

Essays by Lilian Uribe and Cecilia de Torres; In Spanish and English; 30 color and 40 black and white reproductions, 102 pages, 10¼ x 8½ in.

Published by Galería Oscar Prato, Montevideo & Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York

$ 30.00 + postage