Héctor Ragni

Buenos Aires, 1897

Ragni´s family moved to Montevideo in 1915 where Héctor continued his art studies and activities.

In 1918, Ragni sailed for Europe, living in Barcelona and returning to Uruguay after ten years abroad.

In 1934, Ragni met Torres-García and joined the Asociación de Arte Constructivo. Active in the artistic and cultural movements of the time and a participant in the numerous exhibitions of the AAC and later the Taller Torres-García, Ragni had a strong graphic sense coupled with superb technical mastery.

His line drawings are highly coveted as there are few canvases extant.

BIO

Partial listing.

2010 - Constructive Spirit. Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s, Newark Museum, New Jersey, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

2001 - Modernism in Montevideo & Buenos Aires J930s-1960s, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York

1998 - Paper Large and Small, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York

The School of the South, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York

La Escuela del Sur - El la//er Torres-Garcia, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1997 - Héctor Ragni, Centenial Commemorative Exhibition, Museo Sivori, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Museo

Museo Regional Francisco Mazzoni, Uruguay Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay

La Escuela del Sur, Museo Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela

A Escola do Sul, Pavilhâo Cultural Renée Behar, Sao Paulo, Brazil

I-G y TO Artistas del Taller, Galeria Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dibujos en papel, Galeria Clavé, Caracas, Venezuela

El Taller Torres-Garcia, Museo Central de Costa Rica, San José

1996  - Le Cercle de Torres-Garcia, Zabriskie Gallery, Paris, France

Constructive universalism, School of the South, Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.

1995 - Works on Paper Armory Show, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York

Cuerpos Pintados, travelling show, Santiago de Chile

1994 -Torres-Garcia y la Escuela de/ Sur, Quinta Galeria, Bogotá, Colombia

1994 -El Taller Torres-Garcia, the School of the South, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, España

1993 -Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas; Museo de Monterrey & Museo Rufino Tamayo, México; Bronx Museum of Art, New York

1992 -El Arte en e/ Afiche, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Galeria de la Matriz, Montevideo, Uruguay

1992 -Circle & Square, Geometric Abstaction & Constuctivism in the Americas, Kouros Gallery, New York