Guillermo Laborde (24 October 1886 – 13 May 1940) was an Uruguayan painter, sculptor and designer.

Biography

He received his first art lessons at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Montevideo with

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. After 1912, he studied in Florence, Rome, Paris and Spain; supported by a grant from the Uruguayan government. He returned to Montevideo in 1921 and, in 1923, began working as a teacher at the Escuela Industrial, the Círculo Fomento de Bellas Artes and the Institutos Normales de Montevideo. Together with

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, Carmelo de Arzadun, Alfredo De Simone and Petrona VieraPlanismo
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales. he became one of the founders of the "Planismo" movement; named after their technique of painting in austere, geometric "planes" with bright colors. His portrait of the art critic, Luis Eduardo Pombo (1900-1976) is considered to be a prime example of that style.''Arte Uruguayo: de los maestros a nuestros días''.

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, 2011. In addition to painting, he also created sculptures and graphic designs, as well as designs for costumes, theater and carnival sets. His best known design was the official poster for the first

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in 1930; which was awarded first prize in a competition held by the Centennial Commission. He died suddenly after completing the set designs for a performance of ''

La damnation de Faust ''La Damnation de Faust'' (English: ''The Damnation of Faust''), Op. 24 is a French musical composition for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz. He called it a ' ...

'', produced by SODRE.

Selected works

References

External links

Biographical notes and chronology
@ Porton de San Pedro
Guillermo Laborde
in the

Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) () a museum in Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay. It was inaugurated on December 10, 1911. This museum has the largest collection of Uruguayan artworks. Among them are works by Olga Piria, Rafael Barradas ...

, Montevideo.
Works by Laborde
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