Carmelo ARDEN QUIN (1913- 2000) Lot n° 40

Uruguyan school Rouages, 1948 Oil on panel, monogrammed and dated lower right, countersigned, titled and dated on the reverse 30.3 x 20 in. - 77 x 51 cm This work is reproduced in the catalogue raisonné of the artist written by Alexandre De La Salle under the reference number 232 page 217.Carmelo Arden Quin was a Uruguayan painter and poet, remembered for having played a key role in the development of geometric abstraction. He met the artist Joaquin Torres Garcia in 1935 learning a great deal about abstract art by his side, and was one of the founding members of the Madí art group in 1946 in Buenos Aires. This particular movement focused on invention and motion, creating brightly coloured compositions with collages, geometric patterns and irregular planes.For years to come, Arden Quin would continue to explore different possible ways of renewing these esthetic principles. The artist moved to Paris in 1948 where he met Herbin, Arp and de Staël to mention a few and he spent the better part of his long career in the French capital. His art is everchanging, inventive and playful, still completely relevant to artists today