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Horacio Torres
Horacio Torres (Livorno, July 26, 1924 - New York, February 24, 1976) was a contemporary figurative painter son of the painter Joaquín Torres-García. As a teenager he participated in the Torres García Workshop and painted two murals for the Saint Bois Hospital.

In 1969 he settled in New York, where he became an important monumental figurative painter. "In my opinion, today, Horacio Torres is one of the best, but the best contemporary figurative artist .."

He was the son of Joaquín Torres García and Manolita Piña, was born in Italy and spent his childhood in France and Spain.3 In 1934, his family settled in Montevideo and in 1939 he began his studies with his father.

In 1969 he settled in the United States where he made a wide artistic activity. Exhibits with gallerists Tibor de Nagy and Noah Goldowsky who belonged to an emerging movement of the era.4

Some of his works are in private collections nationally and internationally as in the National Museum of Visual Arts of Uruguay, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Hirshhorm Museum and Sculpture Garden.