Since 1916, in a context of social upheavals, he has experienced “the crisis of 17”, an artistic change where cities, people and roads are the protagonists of his paintings. In 1934, JOAQUIN TORRES-GARCIA returned to Uruguay, where introduced formative ideas to young artists. In 1935, he created the Constructive Art Association and in 1942, the “Torres García” laboratory was consolidated. Among others, today, artist’s works are held in the collections of Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya in Barcelona and the Art Institute of Chicago. In the historic Ciudad Vieja of Montevideo, the TORRES-GARCIA MUSEUM (with the first three floors used as exhibition space and the upper floors for educational activities), attracts over 85,000 visitors a year. Come in too, because you can admire his paintings.
It is a culturally vibrant city, full of numerous cafés and bookshops. Here, inside its labyrinthine alleyways, you can experience the old town with its restaurants. Do not forget: Uruguayan cuisine on offer makes Montevideo a great foodie destination. Entering a tiny pastry shop and café in the Pocitos neighborhood, you will discover Doña Inés Dulces Tentaciones http://tusdulcestentaciones.wix.com/dona-ines, and its wide variety of homemade cakes (togheter some of the best coffee intothe town). These same flavors tasted a singer-songwriter who was born under this sky.
As a teenager, he played soccer in the interlical league. SEBASTIAN TEYSERA was born in Montevideo on a June day, 1973. He is the main songwriter, singer and leader of the rock band La Vela Puerca. His father taught him to play the guitar. He completed a course in hospitality, after which he worked in a hotel in Chile. Upon his return, he began his journey in the world of music.
A long journey (from Montevideo to Tacuarembó), is what we will have to do to complete our itinerary in Uruguayan creativity. When she was just 12 years old, father published her first book of poetry. Her parents were both originally from the north of Uruguay. CIRCE MAIA was born in Montevideo, into a June day, 1932, becoming poet, essayist, and teacher. When married in 1962, she moved permanently to Tacuarembó (north of Uruguay), with her husband and theyr first two children.
Here, in March, the city celebrate the most important event in the country: the Gaucho nation, when the identity of Uruguayan being is reasserted. Language, customs the culture of Tacuarembó https://www.welcomeuruguay.com/tacuarembo/index_i.html, seem to have no borders. Its name derives from a Guaraní word “Tacuara sprouts”, a vegetable similar to bamboo, which grows by the river. The labor of its dwellers stands out in the arts and culture.
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