Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.

José Gurvich



Born in Lithuania, 1927; died in New York, 1974.

A violin student along with Horacio, the younger son of Torres-García, Gurvich studied with Torres-García and was a part of the Taller Torres-García until 1962. He spent several years on an Israeli kibbutz and traveled in France and Italy before settling in New York in 1970. Gurvich achieved a unique style as well as technical mastery. His work is populated with figures and images that combine the iconography of his Jewish upbringing, the formative years with Torres-García, his great admiration for Breughel and Bosch and a life spent in Montevideo, Israel and New York.


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Constructive Imagination
José Gurvich
Constructive Imagination

Americas Society 2005 exhibition catalogue; Essays by Mary Enrique Schneider & Cecilia de Torres; Chronology; 96 pages, 43 color & 27 black and white reproductions.
 
$ 10.00 + postage

Murales, Esculturas y Objetos
José Gurvich
Murales, Esculturas y Objetos

José Gurvich’s witty, beautifully sculpted terracotta figures, display his unique intuitive expressiveness. Showcased in this well-produced catalogue are his constructivist murals and his passion for the physical object.

Essays by Cecilia de Torres & Alicia Haber Chronology with 32 black and white documentary photographs, 150 color reproductions, 264 pages, 11½ x 9 in.

Published by Fundación Gurvich, Montevideo

$ 50.00 + postage


José Gurvich
"...Pero yo voy a pintar"

Published in conjunction with the 1997 retrospective exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Essay by Angel Kalenberg; In Spanish; 255 pages, 100+ color plates, numerous black and white illustrations

Softcover: $ 70.00 + postage Hardcover: $ 100.00 + postage

A Song to Life
José Gurvich
A Song to Life

Catalogue of the 1999-2000 exhibition: Un Canto a la Vida. An extensive compilation of works from the collection of the artist's family.

Preface by Edward J. Sullivan Essay by Alicia Haber; 256 pgs. 100+ color plates, 100+ black and white illustrations; Available in English & Spanish editions

$ 40.00 + postage

JOSÉ GURVICH

JOSÉ GURVICH

The catalogue essay provides a profile of Gurvich that is both personal and well informed. Gurvich was the teacher of Ms. de Torres at the famed Taller Torres-Garcia and a close friend. This portrait of Gurvich's artistic motivations and life are explored with the insight of student, friend, and internationally recognized authority of Torres-Garcia and the artists of the School of the South. It gives the reader an intimate view of this exceptional artist and wonderful man.

Essay by Cecilia de Torres, 20 color plates, 14 black & white illustrationsm, 48 pages.

$ 10.00 + postage