César Martínez

Cesar Martinez
Born	1944 Laredo, Texas
Nationality	United States
Field	Portraiture, Painting
Training	Texas A&I College
Influenced by	Richard Avedon

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 marginally involved in the Chicano movement for civil rights and became close friends with several of its leaders, among them, Carlos Guerra, a columnist with the San Antonio Express-News. Guerra died in 1910.

He was raised by his mother and her family in Laredo because his father died when he was less than one year old. He is currently based in San Antonio, Texas. Some of his more famous paintings are from his series of portraits of pachucos.

External links

• Chicano Collection biography
• Lengthy but informative interview with the Smithsonian Archive of American Art

Persondata
Name	Martinez, Cesar
Alternative names
Short description	artist
Date of birth	1944
Place of birth	Laredo, Texas
Date of death
Place of death