Rating and value of paintings by Joaquin Torres Garcia

If you own a work by or based on the artist Joaquin Torres Garcia and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers can help you. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its value on the current market. Then, if you wish to sell your work of art, we will guide you towards the best possible means of obtaining the best possible price.

Artist's rating and value

Throughout his career, Joaquin Torres Garcia has produced many works. His international renown opened the doors of numerous museums in Paris and Spain. Today, Torres Garcia remains highly valued and is a sure bet on the art market. A work signed by the artist can fetch millions of euros at auction, as demonstrated by his oil on canvas Construction en blanc, dating from 1931, which sold for 2,497,150 euros at Sotheby's in 2019. 

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The artist's works and style

Torres Garcia is an artist of the École de Paris, who produced cubist and surrealist works. He is best known for his paintings, but also produced drawings and prints.

Joaquin Torres Garcia, a major figure of the École de Paris

Joaquin Torres Garcia is a Spanish and Uruguayan artist of the École de Paris, born in Montevideo in 1874.

His father came from Mataro in Spain, where he spent his childhood. In 1891, he moved with his family to Barcelona, where he studied at the School of Fine Arts. After meeting Picasso in a cabaret, he moved to Paris, where he formed the Cercle et Carré group with Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg. Its aim was to produce new theories and reflect on the new implications and issues of the changes taking place in contemporary art at the beginning of the 20th century. However, he disagreed with the group's move towards abstraction, and decided to leave.

In 1903, he was commissioned to create stained glass windows for Palma de Mallorca Cathedral, which drew heavily on the rosette motif.

In the 20s, following the influence of Picasso, his work turned towards Cubism. In search of a new setting and new influences, he moved to New York.

In the 1930s, he broke away from Western theories and chose to draw his inspiration from Egyptian, pre-Columbian and African art.

In 1943, he opened a workshop for constructivist techniques, where he trained numerous students.

Torres Garcia died in 1949, while preparing two future exhibitions.

Joaquin Torres Garcia's imprint on his era

Torres Garcia is an artist who is relatively unknown to the general public, but who has produced works that are well known to art lovers and collectors, and which are quoted at auction. Numerous exhibitions have been devoted to him, and some of his works are included in permanent collections.  

His signature

Joaquin Torres Garcia's works are not all signed. He signs with his initials "JTG".

Although there are variations, here is a first example of its signature:

Appraising your property

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