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Alfredo Ramos Martínez
(
Mexican
, 1871–1946)
Alfredo Ramos Martínez
In the Ranch, Mexico,
ca. 1935
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Alfredo Ramos Martínez
Mujer con flores,
ca. 1936
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Biography
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1871
Born
1881
Won 1st prize in an exhibition in San Antonio, Texas for his portrait of the Govenor of Nuevo León. Award included a scholarship that led him to the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City.
1884 - 1891
Began his studies at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes. Studied there for the next eight years. Won numerous awards for watercolors, his favorite medium at the time.
1891
Attracted the attention of Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst, mother of William Randolph Hearst. (His watercolor painting was selected for decoration on the menu for a state dinner Mrs. Hearst attended, given by President Porfirio Díaz.) Impressed with his work, Hearst awarded him a monthly stipend of 500 francs that enabled him to travel to Paris for further study.
1903
Painted Ruben Dario’s Portrait
1906
Won a gold medal at the Salon d’Automne in Paris for his painting, Le Printemps .
1913
Appointed director of the School of Fine Arts, Mexico City. Opened first "Open Air School of Art" with 10 boys at Santa Anita Ixtapalapa, a suburb of Mexico City.
1923
Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold by King Albert of Belgium, in recognition for work for the advancement of pictorial culture.
1925
Director of four
Assumed directorship of four “Open Air” schools, with an enrollment of 3,000 students.
1940
Taught summer session at Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego.
1946
Died November 8, at the age of 73, in Los Angeles. Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Exhibitions
2008
Exhibition at Museum Estudio Diego Rivera, Mexico.
1997 - 1998
The California Years, Louis Stern Fine Arts West Hollywood, CA
1996 - 1997
Un homenaje, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey Mexico
1992
Una Visión Retrospectiva, Museo Nacional de Arte Mexico City, Mexico
1991
Louis Stern Galleries Beverly Hills, CA
1975
A Treasure Trove Exhibition, Dalzell Hartfield Galleries Los Angeles, CA
1956
Scripps College Claremont, CA
1953
One-man exhibition Los Angeles City College An Exhibition of Paintings by Alfredo Ramos Martinez (1872-1946),
1951 - 1952
Memorial exhibition at Dalzell Hatfield Galleries Alfredo Ramos Martinez: Memorial Exhibition, December 10, 1951 to January 10
1946
One-man show at Lillenfeld Gallery, New York City.
1945
One-man show at Dalzell Hatfield Galleries Ramos Martinez: Paintings of Mexico, March 20 to April 14.
1941
Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona
mural cartoon, oils and temperas dealing with the Mexican peasants at Raymond and Raymond Galleries, Los Angeles
11th Annual Exhibition of Southern California Art, Fine Art Society of San Diego San Diego, CA
Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CA
1939
one-man show at Assistance League.
1938 - 1939
San Francisco Museum of Art San Francisco, CA
University of California, Los Angeles
1938
Painters and Sculptors, Los Angeles County Museum Los Angeles, Ca
1936
one-man show at Vista del Arroyo Gallery, Pasadena.
1935
California-Pacific International Exposition, San Diego
1934
Faulkner Art Gallery, Santa Barbara
Paintings by California Modernists, Foundation of Western Art
1933
Exhibited drawings, temperas, oil and mural displays at the Palace the Legion of Honor, San Francisco.
Santa Monica Public Library.
1932
lst Annual Exhibition of Western Watercolor Painters
Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego.
1931
Artist's Fiesta, Barker Brothers, Los Angeles.
Assistance League Gallery, Hollywood.
1930
Exhibited Los Angeles County Museum
1910
Exhibited works created in Europe at the National School of Fine Arts in Mexico City.
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