Jose gurvich biography

José Gurvich was.
José Gurvich (January 5, 1927 – June 24, 1974) was a Uruguayan painter, potter, musician and a key figure in the Constructivism Art movement.
José Gurvich was a Uruguayan painter, potter, musician and a key figure in the Constructivism Art movement.

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José Gurvich - Paintings and Drawings

Born in Lithuania in 1927, José Gurvich was an extraordinary artist whose life bridged distant places and cultures. When he was six years old his family emigrated to Uruguay. In 1945, he joined the controversial workshop created by Torres-García. After his teacher's death, Gurvich traveled extensively in Europe; he visited Israel several times working as a shepherd in a kibbutz. He moved to New York in 1970, where he died four years later, at the height of his creative powers. Gurvich was 47.

His pictorial language developed from the diverse environments and art forms he was exposed to: intimate domestic scenes in Montevideo, rural life and religious festivities in Israel, New York's crowds and vibrant urban views. His studies of music composition led him to explore the parallels between music and painting. The fantastic work of Bosch and Breughel fired his imagination and he transformed this wealth of images into a unique vision. Each element in his paintings was culled from lived experience and condensed by his const

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Museum of Latin American Art ,
Sep 24, 2000 - Jan 14, 2001
Long Beach, CA, USA

Gurvich: A narrative walk-through of the exhibit
by Cynthia MacMullin

"Jose Gurvich: A Song to Life" introduces United States viewers to the Uruguayan painters' oeuvre, a multifacted body of art that borrows freely from well known styles as it touches on themes close to the artist's hearts." David Pagel, art review, Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2000. A Song to Life is a traveling exhibition first presented in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Mexico City, Mexico, and is currently on view in Long Beach,California at the Museum of Latin American Art. The exhibition of over 120 paintings and mixed media works is drawn from the Gurvich family collection, organized by Martin Gurvich, and curated by Uruguayan scholar Alicia Haber. It is the first United States solo museum exhibition of this important Uruguayan twenty eight years after his death in New York City in 1974. Organized in chronological order, the exhibition is presented in the main gallery of the museum in four thematic movements created th

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b. 1927, Lithuania – d. 1974 New York City

Populated with figures and images that reflect his Jewish upbringing, Gurvich’s participation with the Taller Torres-García and his profound admiration for the European art masters Breughel and Bosch, his artworks combine a unique personal style with technical mastery.

 Gurvich was born in Lithuania and moved to Uruguay with his family in 1932. There, he excelled at both music and the visual arts, and it was while studying the violin alongside Horacio Torres that the young artist was introduced to Joaquín Torres-García.

Soon after, Gurvich joined the Taller Torres-García, participating in the workshop's exhibitions, writing for its publications, executing mural projects, and teaching.

In 1954 and again in 1964, the artist travelled to Europe and Israel, where he lived as a shepherd on the Ramot Menasche kibbutz. These experiences profoundly influenced the iconography of his paintings and sculptures. Moving to the United States in 1970, Gurvich joined his fellow Taller art