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Hombre constructivo [Constructive Man]
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale. It should not be shared or reproduced without permission by the copyright holder.

Hombre constructivo [Constructive Man]

Primary (Tacuarembó, Uruguay, 1919–New York, New York, 2009)
NationalityUruguayan, South America
Date1948
MediumOil on board
DimensionsSight: 22 × 13 in. (55.9 × 33 cm)
Framed: 28 1/4 × 19 1/2 in. (71.8 × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Judy S. and Charles W. Tate, 2017.258
Rights Statement
Collection AreaLatin American Art
Object number2017.258
On View
On view
Locations
  • exhibition  BMA, Gallery, C3 - Lowe Foundation Gallery
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Julio Alpuy studied and taught at the Taller Torres-García [Torres-García Workshop], founded in 1943 with the objective of shaping a new generation of modern artists in Uruguay. "Hombre constructivo" exemplifies the lessons about constructive art taught at the workshop. Students learned to reduce the representation of objects to their basic visual elements of line, form, and color. Then they integrated figures into a grid created through the Golden Mean, a system of proportions developed in Ancient Greece. To emphasize the abstract quality of the work, instructors taught pupils to paint with limited colors. In this painting, Alpuy tries to balance these principles with a more personal style, favoring bright colors and establishing a looser relation between figure and geometric structure.
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