Editing Uruguay (section)

=== Visual arts ===
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[[File:2016 Edificio del Hospital Italiano Umberto I, ubicado en la Av. Italia, Br. Gral. Artigas y Jorge Canning en Montevideo (Uruguay).jpg|thumb|[[Italian Hospital of Montevideo]], neoclassical-style building by [[Luis Andreoni]]]]
[[File:Casapueblo.jpg|thumb|A "livable sculpture", [[Carlos Páez Vilaró]]'s [[Casapueblo]] was his home, hotel and museum.]]
Abstract painter and sculptor [[Carlos Páez Vilaró]] was a prominent Uruguayan artist. He drew from both [[Timbuktu]] and [[Mykonos]] to create his best-known work: his home, hotel and [[atelier]] [[Casapueblo]] near [[Punta del Este]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beccacece |first=Hugo |date=2024-09-16 |title=From the archive: inside the wonky home of artist Carlos Páez Vilaró |url=https://www.worldofinteriors.com/story/carlos-paez-vilaro-home-argentina |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=The World Of Interiors |language=en-GB}}</ref> The 19th-century painter [[Juan Manuel Blanes]], whose works depict historical events,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-03 |title=Datos biográficos |trans-title=Biographical data |url=https://blanes.montevideo.gub.uy/coleccion/juan-manuel-blanes/datos-biograficos |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=Museo de Bellas Artes Juan Manuel Blanes |language=es}}</ref> was the first Uruguayan artist to gain widespread recognition. The [[Post-Impressionist]] painter [[Pedro Figari]] did pastel studies in Montevideo and the countryside.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pedro Figari |url=https://www.oas.org/artsoftheamericas/pedro-figari |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=Arts of the Americas}}</ref> Most of the paintings were part of the abstract trend, not [[mural]]ism.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Martínez-Carazo |first1=Eva-María |title=The Abstraction, the Unknown Part of Uruguayan Contemporary Muralism |date=2021 |work=Cultural and Creative Mural Spaces |pages=69–81 |editor-last=Santamarina-Campos |editor-first=Virginia |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-53106-5_5 |access-date=2024-10-19 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-53106-5_5 |isbn=978-3-030-53105-8 |last2=Santamarina-Campos |first2=Virginia |last3=De-Miguel-Molina |first3=María |editor2-last=Martínez-Carazo |editor2-first=Eva-María |editor3-last=de Miguel Molina |editor3-first=María}}</ref>

Uruguay has many [[art museum]]s, most of which are in Montevideo, such as the [[Museo Torres García|Torres García Museum]] and the Gurvich Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moraiti |first=Laura |date=2020-07-13 |title=Visit Uruguay through the art of Torres-Garcia |url=https://www.lifeofcolourproducts.com/blogs/around-the-world/visit-uruguay-through-the-art-of-torres-garcia |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=Life of Colour |language=en}}</ref> The Torres García Museum was dedicated in honor of the Uruguayan artist [[Joaquín Torres-García]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museo Torres Garcia (Torres García Museum) in Montevideo, Uruguay |url=https://www.gpsmycity.com/attractions/museo-torres-garcia-(torres-garcia-museum)-33495.html |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=GPSmyCity |language=en}}</ref>