Alfredo ramos martinez 1871-1946 artist quotes

ALFREDO RAMOS MARTÍNEZ ()

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  ALFREDO RAMOS MARTÍNEZ ()

  Magnolias
  signed 'RAMOS MARTINEZ' (lower left)
  oil on canvas
  34 1/8 x 30 1/8 in (87 x 76 cm)

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  Provenance
  Mrs. George Cranmer, Denver, Colorado by , to her daughter
  Sylvia McLaughlin (), Berkeley, California.
  
  
  Exhibited
  San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, Oils and Drawings bygd Ramos Martinez , 22 June July
  
  Louis Stern has confirmed the authenticity of this work. It will be included in the catalogue raisonn&#; of works on paper, to be published by the Alfredo Ramos Martinez Research Project.
  
  Maria Ramos Martinez remembered her father's delight in painting nature: 'Since early childhood father was enthralled with natur and would lose han själv in delight with the beauty and colors of flowers, the shape and gracefulness of trees, and the rugged, majestic strength of mountains. [] In the autumn of his life, the lovely little garden of our home in California was the source of inspiration for many of his still lifes

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  Alfredo Ramos Martínez

  Alfredo Ramos Martínez was a painter, muralist, and educator, who lived and worked in Mexico, Paris, and Los Angeles. Considered by many to be the 'Father of Mexican Modernism', Ramos Martínez is best known for his serene and empathetic paintings of traditional Mexican people and scenes. As the renowned Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío wrote, "Ramos Martínez is one of those who paints poems; he does not copy, he interprets; he understands how to express the sorrow of the fisherman and the melancholy of the village."

  Ramos Martínez was born in in Monterrey, Nuevo León, the ninth child of Jacobo Ramos and his wife Luisa Martínez. His father was a successful merchant trading in jewelry, fine fabrics, silver, embroidered suits and hand-woven sarapes from Saltillo. All members of the Ramos Martínez family were involved with their father's business and it was expected that the artist, too, would one day join the ranks of "honorable merchant". However, Ramos Martínez's

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