- Ester Hernandez
Ester Hernandez (born 1944) is a Chicana artist. She is a native of
San Francisco, California , where she grew up. She is of indigenousYaqui and Mexican descent.Hernandez graduated from the
University of California, Berkeley . Soon after graduation, she began to become known for her paintings, many of which depict women's roles in society.In 1983, Hernandez painted an elderly woman of
Hispanic or Native American race. This painting was named "The Healer". She followed that with 1986's "Mis Madres", a drawing where a woman holds the universe on her left hand. In 1987, she painted two well-known works: theDia de los Muertos -inspired "If This is Death, I Like It", which featured a woman carrying a watermelon on her head, and "California Special", where a small girl sat next to a bag of food.Hernandez in 1990 painted "Full Moon". In 1995, she dedicated a drawing to
Astrid Hadad .Perhaps Hernandez's best known workFact|date=February 2007 is the print "Sun Mad", which depicts a female skeleton (
calavera ) picking up raisins under the sun. This drawing is a parodySun Maid raisins' logo.Hernandez's work has been included at the
Smithsonian Institution 'sNational Museum of American Art , at theSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art , at theMexican Museum s in San Francisco and Chicago and at theFrida Kahlo Studio Museum inMexico City, Mexico .External links
* [http://www.esterhernandez.com/Bio_1.htm EsterHernandez.com]
* [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4b69q4f4 The Ester M. Hernandez Collection, 1960-2000] (call number M1301; 67 linear ft.) are housed in the [http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html Department of Special Collections and University Archives] at [http://library.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Libraries]
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