A key figure in the transmission of modernism within the Americas, Joaquín Torres-García (b. 1874, Montevideo; d. 1949, New York) was widely regarded as one of the most important artistic figures in Latin America by the time of his death. He has been the subject of numerous museum exhibitions, including the Museo de arte Moderno, Madrid(1933), Musée national d’art moderne, Paris (1955), the Museo de bellas artes, Caracas (both 1980 and 1997), and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2015). Torres-García’s work is housed in museums and private collections throughout Europe, North and South America, including substantial holdings in the collections of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Musée National d'Arte Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo.