César Augusto Martínez (born 1944 in Laredo, Texas) is an artist, prominent in the Chicano world of art. While studying at what was then called Texas A&I College, and later Texas A&I University, he became involved in the Chicano movement for civil rights and became close friends with several of its leaders.
Cesar Martinez | |
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Born | 1944 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Texas A&I College |
Known for | Portraiture, Painting |
Website | http://www.cesaramartinez.com |
He is currently based in San Antonio, Texas.
He was raised by his mother and her family in Laredo as his father died when he was an infant. He graduated from Martin High School in Laredo,TX.[1]
Martínez has exhibited his work at the Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Centro Cultural Aztlán in San Antonio, TX, the Yerbabuena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, among other venues.[2]
Martínez' work is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution,[3] the Vero Beach Museum of Art[4] and the McNay Art Museum,[5] the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry[6] and others.[7]
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