Rafael Barradas
Paisaje urbano

ArtistUruguayan, 1890–1929
CultureUruguayan
Titles
  • Paisaje urbano
  • Urban Landscape
Date1919
MediumOil on cardboard
DimensionsPanel: 23 1/2 × 27 1/2 in. (59.7 × 69.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2017 Latin American Experience Gala and Auction
Object number2018.229
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 203
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DescriptionRafael Barradas and Joaquín Torres-García were
among the preeminent Uruguayan artists to
establish a vital connection with Europe’s
prewar vanguards. Largely self-taught, Barradas
left Montevideo in 1913 for Milan and Paris,
where he became fascinated with the advances
of Futurism, Cubism, and Synchromism.
Together with Torres-García, he proposed
Vibrationism—essentially an art reflecting a
unity of the senses—as a unique contribution
to Modernist theory. Urban Landscape reflects
the clamorous city streets of Madrid, where
Barradas had settled in 1919, with sound
and motion distilled in a colorful fugue.
ProvenanceThe artist; given to Juan Laguia Lliteras; by descent, Estate of Juan Laguia Lliteras; [Guillermo de Osma]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed bottom left corner: BARRADAS 1919
Verso: Sketch of a figure
Recto: Signed bottom left corner: BARRADAS 1919
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