Eduardo Macentyre (1929–2014)

Argentine pioneer who brought algorithmic art to Latin America, creating hypnotic geometric spirals by hand.

ABOUT

Eduardo Mac Entyre (20 February 1929 – 5 May 2014) was an Argentine artist known for his geometric paintings. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a Scottish father and Belgian mother, Mac Entyre began pursuing his talent for sketches at the age of twenty. Studying standards like Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein and Rembrandt, he later began exploring impressionist and cubist influences and his work was first displayed in 1954 at Buenos Aires' Comte Art Gallery. Calling the attent…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Generative Painting: Black Red Orange 1965 · Museum of Modern Art En Violeta 1966 · Q2148186 Escala Sobre Blanco Pintura Generativa 1967 · Yale University Art Gallery Pintura generativa (Generative Painting) 1969 · Buffalo AKG Art Museum Variation of a Theme on Different Planes John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Albrecht DürerNorthern Renaissance Hans HolbeinNorthern Renaissance Rembrandt van RijnDutch Golden Age Pablo PicassoCubism

Influenced

Vera MolnárComputer Art Manfred MohrDigital Art