Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos (28 October 1918 - 11 January 2009) was a Mexican painter. He was born to a large family in Mexico City comprising 16 siblings, with five of them who would pursue a career... Read full biography
Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos (28 October 1918 - 11 January 2009) was a Mexican painter. He was born to a large family in Mexico City comprising 16 siblings, with five of them who would pursue a career in fields related to the fine arts: Oliverio, an architect who greatly contributed to Ricardo's... Read full biography
Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos (28 October 1918 - 11 January 2009) was a Mexican painter. He was born to a large family in Mexico City comprising 16 siblings, with five of them who would pursue a career in fields related to the fine arts: Oliverio, an architect who greatly contributed to Ricardo's education; Jorge, an actor; Enrico and Homero, both of them architects; and Ricardo. Between his nine and fourteen years of age, Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos lived in San Antonio, Texas, during the first... Read full biography
Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos (28 October 1918 - 11 January 2009) was a Mexican painter. He was born to a large family in Mexico City comprising 16 siblings, with five of them who would pursue a career in fields related to the fine arts: Oliverio, an architect who greatly contributed to Ricardo's education; Jorge, an actor; Enrico and Homero, both of them architects; and Ricardo. Between his nine and fourteen years of age, Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos lived in San Antonio, Texas, during the first years of the Great Depression. When his family moved back to Mexico, he faced difficulties at speaking Spanish; however, his knowledge of the English language allowed him to read the works of English language writers such as Jane Austen, the Brontë... Read full biography
Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos (28 October 1918 - 11 January 2009) was a Mexican painter. He was born to a large family in Mexico City comprising 16 siblings, with five of them who would pursue a career in fields related to the fine arts: Oliverio, an architect who greatly contributed to Ricardo's education; Jorge, an actor; Enrico and Homero, both of them architects; and Ricardo. Between his nine and fourteen years of age, Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos lived in San Antonio, Texas, during the first years of the Great Depression. When his family moved back to Mexico, he faced difficulties at speaking Spanish; however, his knowledge of the English language allowed him to read the works of English language writers such as Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, William Faulkner, John Dos Passos and Walt Whitman, among others. From a very young age... Read full biography
Ricardo Martinez - Artist Info
About Ricardo Martinez: Books
Books & Publications (2)
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Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Fifty-fifth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings (Exhibition catalog)