ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the study of the figure of the artist Felipe Seade, born in Antofagasta, Republic of Chile, in 1912. The subject of his work is part of the social realism movement that denounces the daily struggles of the popular class and attempts to bring attention to the violation of their fundamental rights. The study of Felipe Seade's life and work aims to record and document the authorship of the work "Allegory to work" and to study the role of the artist, his artistic development and the murals he created. As a leading figure of the Uruguayan social realism, the work of Felipe Seade dominates the idea of portraying a social archetype to picture the Uruguayan people. The commitment to the reconstruction, preservation and popularization of the collective heritage are the foundations of his work. Living in Uruguay, Felipe Seade developed, with direct influences of David Alfaro Siqueiros and the Mexican muralists, his pictorial work in this country.
