Talk:Joaquín Torres García
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Torres-Garcia was the son of Catalan who immigrated to Uruguay in search of fortune. The Torras Fradera family, rope makers (original family name) lived in Mataro, Spain. Torres-Garcia was the first child born to Joaquim Torras Fradera and Maria Garcia in Montevideo July 28th 1874, amid revolutions, banks fraud and coup the etats, which finally tried Fradera´s pacience regrouping to Barcelona to persue a succesful career as a constructor. Young Quim, as he was nicknamed did not want to follow in his father´s footsteps, he yet had to prove to his father that he could earn a living as an artist, therefore he started teaching, offering his services to young ladies from affluent families, where he met his future wife. Illustrating magazines and books also provided income. He enrolled at the Academia de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, drew the nude in drawing groups and sketched all over the city. The extensive study from nature provided the skill which was the base for his originality and versatality, permiting him to tackle every artistic problem successfully. His education was not to limited to art, in his quest for culture due to his humble origins he had everything to learn literature, music, philosophy, etc.
