Pintura constructiva (bodegón)
Artist
Francisco Matto(Uruguayan, 1911–1995)Uruguayan, 1911–1995
CultureUruguayan
Titles
- Pintura constructiva (bodegón)
Datec. 1946
MediumOil on board
DimensionsPanel: 31 1/2 × 40 in. (80 × 101.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Billie W. Mercer in memory of Gary Mercer
Object number2022.147
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 205
On view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
everyday items (tea kettle, knife, and bottle) as flat objects in a limited
palette of black, white, and the primary colors, Matto offers an example of the
basic lessons in constructive principles that Torres-García taught his
students. Returning to representational painting by reducing objects to their essential
qualities while avoiding naturalistic imitation was one such principle. Placed alongside
the decorative arts within this gallery, this still life also traces the TTG’s interest
in daily life.
ProvenanceTo come.
Exhibition HistoryNA
Published References Ramírez, Mari Carmen. Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2013. Pérez-Barreiro Gabriel, et al. Francisco Matto: The Modern & the Mythic. Blanton Museum of Art, 2009. Matto, Francisco, Robert C. Morgan, César Paternosto, and Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro. Francisco Matto: Exposição monográfica. Porto Alegre: Fundação Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul, 2007. Print. Testoni, Alfredo, et al. Francisco Matto: Elemental Forms 1946-1993, Oil and Wood Constructions. Galería Ramis Barquet, 2005. Ramírez, Mari Carmen, et al. El Taller Torres-García: The School of the South and Its Legacy. 1st ed., published for the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, College of Fine Arts, the University of Texas at Austin by the University of Texas Press, 1992. Hernández Anhelo, et al. Matto: Pinturas y esculturas. Publisher not identified, 1991. Matto: Obra monumental. Montevideo: Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo, Departamento de Cultura, 1989. Haber, Alicia. Matto: obra monumental. Montevideo: Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo, Departamento de Cultura, 1988. Torres-García, Joaquín, and Cecilia Buzio. Torres-García and His Legacy: Joaquín Torres-García, Julio Alpuy, Gonzalo Fonseca, José Gurvich, Francisco Matto, Augusto Torres, Horacio Torres. New York: Camillos Kouros Gallery, 1986. Universalismo Constructivo: Joaquín Torres García, 1874-1949, Julio A. Alpuy, Gonzalo Fonseca, José Gurvich, Francisco Matto, Manuel Pailos, Augusto Torres, Horacio Torres. Buenos Aires: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1970.
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