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Article: REGROUPING: THREE GENERATIONS OF LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS IN NEW YORK AT BARUCH'S MISHKIN GALLERY, MAY 11 - JUNE 6
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 3, 2007
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The City University of New York's Baruch College issued the following news release:
Joaquin Torres-Garcia is still not well-known in the United States, but he is arguably the most influential Latin American artist of the twentieth century. Almost single-handedly, Torres Garcia (1874-1949) introduced European Modernism to Latin America. His studio, El Taller Torres-Garcia, became an incubator for at least two generations of Latin American artists striving to create a modern Latin American aesthetic by combining the pre-Columbian art of the Americas with the pervasive influence of European giants like Braque and Picasso.
Regrouping: Three Generations of Latin American Artists in New York, on ...