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María Helena García Brunel
María Helena García Brunel (Rivera, Uruguay, April 9, 1917 - Florida, Uruguay, July 25, 1996) was an Uruguayan painter also known as Helena Brunel. She was a member of the Taller Torres García art group and participated in the creation of the murals of the Saint Bois Hospital. Biography Helena Brunel began her studies with between 1936 and 1938, then continued her training with José Cúneo (1939–1941) before entering the Taller Torres García art group in 1941 until 1949. She also studied art while traveling to Europe, Mexico and the United States. In 1944, Brunel participated in the group of students of the Taller Torres Garcia that created The Murals of the Saint Bois Hospital. She created the mural called ''La música''. Works His works are part of the collection of the Juan Manuel Blanes Museum of Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivera
Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a block away from it, at the north end of Route 5 (Uruguay), Route 5. Together, they form an urban area of around 200,000 inhabitants. As of the census of 2011, it is the sixth most populated city of Uruguay. History On 21 March 1860 a ''pueblo'' (village) named Pereira was created by the Act of Ley Nº 614. On 7 May 1862, it was substituted by the ''villa'' (town) named Ceballos and founded by the Act of Ley Nº 704, in honour of the Spanish viceroy Pedro de Cevallos. In July 1867 it took on the official name Rivera and was recognized as a ''villa''. The Brazilian town Santana do Livramento already existed just across the border. On 1 October 1884, it became capital of the Department of Rivera by the Act of Ley Nº 1.757. Its status was elevated to ''ciudad'' (city) on 10 June 1912 by the Act of Ley Nº 4.006. In 1943, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida, Uruguay
Florida () is the capital of Florida Department of Uruguay. Having a population of over 36,000, it is home to almost half of the inhabitants of the department. Geography It is located on Route 5, around north of Montevideo. The stream Arroyo Santa Lucía Chico flows along the east and south limits of the city. Climate On 14 January 2022, Florida recorded a temperature of , which is the joint highest temperature (along with Paysandú) to have ever been recorded in Uruguay. History The city was founded on 24 April 1809 with this name, Florida, in honor of the count of Floridablanca, the prime minister of the Spanish crown. It had acquired the status of "Villa" (town) before the Independence of Uruguay. On 10 July 1856, it became capital city of the department by the Act of Ley Nº 493 and on 19 April 1894 its status was elevated to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley Nº 2.258. It is home of the famous ''Piedra Alta de la Florida'', the place of the Declaration of Independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taller Torres Garcia
Taller Torres Garcia (sometimes abbreviated TTG) was an organization founded by Joaquín Torres-García in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1943. It was also known as "La Escuela del Sur" ("School of the South"). He intended it to serve as a form of art education that would support young artists. The group organized exhibitions and published its own magazine. Its members included many prominent artists, such as Torres-García’s sons Augusto Torres and Horacio Torres, Julio Alpuy, José Gurvich, and Gonzalo Fonseca. The group built on the ideas of Torres-Garcia, including Universal Constructivism Universal Constructivism (sometimes called Constructive Universalism) was a style of art created and developed by Joaquín Torres-García. The study and incorporation of basic geometric structure (Constructive) in the ancient and modern world cr ..., and were influential in advancing modern art in Uruguay. The group later dissolved in 1963. Notable members References Arts organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospital Saint Bois Murals
The murals of the Saint Bois Hospital were a set of 35 murals at the Martirené Pavilion at the Hospital Saint Bois in Uruguay. The murals were created by Joaquín Torres-García and the members of the Taller Torres Garcia, Taller Torres García art group and were inaugurated on July 29, 1944. History Creation In 1944, the Director of the Hospital Saint Bois Pavilion, Dr. Pablo Purriel, contacted Joaquín Torres-García to request a mural that would distract tuberculosis patients from the pain and anguish that they were suffering. Of the 35 murals, 7 were painted by Torres-García and the other 28 by twenty of his students from the Taller Torres García art school. The women who participated were Quela Rovira, Elsa Andrada, Esther Barrios de Martín, María Helena García Brunel, Teresa Olascoaga and Josefina Canel Suarez de Gallesio, Josefina Canel. The men who participated were Augusto Torres, , Julio Alpuy, Gonzalo Fonseca, Daniel de los Santos, Julián San Vicente, Manuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately . It has a population of almost 3.5 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in Montevideo metropolitan area, the metropolitan area of its capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter gatherer, hunter gatherers 13,000 years ago. The first European explorer to reach the region was Juan Díaz de Solís in 1516, but the area was colonized later than its neighbors. At the time of Spanish colonization of the Americas, European arrival, the Charrúa were the predominant tribe, alongside other groups such as the Guaraní people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Cuneo Perinetti
José Cuneo Perinetti (September 11, 1887 - July 19, 1977) was an Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...an painter. External links * http://www.rau.edu.uy/uruguay/cultura/cuneo.htm 1887 births 1977 deaths Artists from Montevideo Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière Uruguayan people of Italian descent 20th-century Uruguayan painters Uruguayan male artists Uruguayan male painters 20th-century Uruguayan male artists {{Uruguay-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Manuel Blanes Museum
Juan Manuel Blanes Municipal Museum of the Arts () is a museum in Prado, Montevideo, Uruguay. Location and history The Juan Manuel Blanes Municipal Museum of the Arts is located at Avenida Millan 4015, in the neighbourhood of Prado, Montevideo, in a Palladian villa designated a National Heritage Site in 1975. The villa was originally designed in 1870 by Juan Alberto Capurro, an engineer trained at the Turin Polytechnic, for the then-owner Dr. Juan Battista Raffo. The surrounding garden reveals elements of French landscape design. The municipality acquired the villa in 1929, when it commissioned the architect Eugenio Baroffio to renovate and expand the building. Baroffio maintained the eclecticism of the original design, leaving the facade intact. The museum was founded in 1930, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the first Constitution of Uruguay, and named after the patriotic Uruguayan artist, Juan Manuel Blanes. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. A Portuguese garrison was established in the place where today is the city of Montevideo in November 1723. The Portuguese garrison was expelled in February 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the Río de la Plata Basin, platine region. There is no official document establishing the foundation of the city, but the "Diario" of Bruno Mauricio de Zabala officially mentions the date of 24 December 1726 as the foundation, corroborated by presential witnesses. The complete independence from Buenos Aires as a real city was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguayan Painters
Uruguayans () are people identified with the country of Uruguay, through citizenship or descent. Uruguay is home to people of different ethnic origins. As a result, many Uruguayans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and their allegiance to Uruguay. Colloquially, primarily among other Spanish-speaking Latin American nations, Uruguayans are also referred to as "'' orientals s in Easterners'" (). Uruguay is, along with much of the Americas, a melting pot of different peoples, with the difference that it has traditionally maintained a model that promotes cultural assimilation, hence the different cultures have been absorbed by the mainstream. Uruguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America; the most common ethnic backgrounds by far being those from Spain, Italy, Germany and France i.e. Spanish Uruguayans, Italian Uruguayans, German Uruguayans, French Uruguayans and Polish Uruguayans. Immigration waves Most Uruguayans desce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
