Guillermo Laborde

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“Self-portrait” (“Autorretrato”), oil on canvas, 200 × 250 cm, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo

Guillermo Laborde (born October 24, 1886 in Montevideo , † May 13, 1940 ibid) was a Uruguayan painter, sculptor, draftsman and graphic designer.

Life

He studied at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Montevideo with Carlos María Herrera . From 1912 he studied in Florence, Rome, Paris and Spain.

In 1921 he returned to Montevideo, where from 1923 he was a lecturer at the Escuela Industrial, the Círculo Fomento de Bellas Artes and the Instituto Normales . His students included u. a. Alfredo De Simone , Héctor Sgarbi and Petrona Viera .

His influence on the Uruguayan painting direction of Planismo (Moviemento planista) of the 1920s was significant.

As a graphic designer, Laborde created the official poster for the 1930 World Cup .

Works

  • Portrait of the painter Petrona Viera , 1940, oil on canvas, 95 × 111 cm

  • "Sport" ("Deporte"), 1923, oil on canvas, 74 × 99 cm

  • Portrait of Luis E. Pombo, ca.1928, oil on canvas, 169 × 110 cm

  • The official poster of the Football World Cup 1930, color lithograph

Web links

Commons : Guillermo Laborde  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pedro da Cruz: Vanguardia del arte uruguayo de los años 20 ( Memento of March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: El País of October 16, 2010. Retrieved on October 25, 2017 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ Planismo , site of the National Museum of Visual Arts. Retrieved October 25, 2015 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Laborde, Guillermo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan painter, sculptor and designer
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1940
Place of death Montevideo