AUGUSTO TORRES
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 1930's, Augusto was as 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 travelled widely; including two years
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.
One Person Exhibitions:
| 1988 |  | Augusto Torres, America's Society, New York; |
| 1987 | | Form, Structure, Synthesis - The Paintings of Augusto Torres.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, Catalogue: page 14. |
| 1979 | | Augusto Torres, Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires |
| 1979, | 1975 | Augusto Torres, Galería Dau al Set, Barcelona |
| 1975 | | Augusto Torres, XII Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderno de São Paulo, Brazil |
| 1962 | | Augusto Torres, Galería Montevideo, Uruguay |
Group Exhibitions:
| 1998: | | The Murals of Sant-Bois Hospital, Ministerio de Relaciónes Exteriores,
Montevideo, Uruguay
The School of the South, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York
La Escuela del Sur - El Taller Torres-García, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| 1997: | | A Escola do Sul, Pavilhão Cultural Renée Behar, São Paulo, Brazil
La Escuela del Sur, Museo Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Torres-García y 10 Artistas del Taller, Galería Ruth Benzacar,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
El Taller Torres-García, Museo Central de Costa Rica, San Juan |
| 1996: | | The Still Life, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York City
Le Cercle de Torres-García, Zabriskie Gallery, Paris, France
Constructive Universalism, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D. C. |
| 1995: | | 65 Years of Constructivist Wood, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York City
Torres-García y la Escuela del Sur, Quinta Galeria, Bogotá, Colombia |
| 1993- | | The School of the South,El Taller Torres-García and its Legacy,
Centro de Arte Reina Sofía,Madrid, |
| 1991: | | Spain; The Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas;
Museo de Monterrey, Mexico; The Bronx Museum of Art,
New York; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City |
| 1991: | | Circle and Square, Geometric Abstraction & Constructivism in the Americas,
1934-50, Kouros Gallery |
| 1990 | | Arte Contemporáneo Uruguayo, Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow;
Instituto Italo-Latinoamericano, Rome |
| 1990- | | The Latin American Spirit, Art & Artists in the United States, 1920 - 1970; |
| 1988 | | The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York; and: El Paso Museum of Art,
Texas; San Diego Museum of Art; Instituto de Cultura
Puertoriqueña, San Juan; Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida;
Cat.: Harry Abrams, n° 82, p. 128 |
| 1986: | | Torres-Gracía and his Legacy, Kouros Gallery, New York City
Kunsthalle Gallery, 4 Schüler Von Torres-Gracía, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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