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1895 Jalisco, Mexico - 1963 Auburn, California. Known for: Outsider art, naive figure and animal paintings, drawings, collage.
Martin Ramirez is labeled an "outsider artist" because he was self-taught and seemed to be in a world totally unto himself. Of him relative to this 'outsider' description, it was written: "One reason... Read full biography
Martin Ramirez is labeled an "outsider artist" because he was self-taught and seemed to be in a world totally unto himself. Of him relative to this 'outsider' description, it was written: "One reason his drawings always seemed so confounding, even to outsider-art connoisseurs, was because no one... Read full biography
Martin Ramirez is labeled an "outsider artist" because he was self-taught and seemed to be in a world totally unto himself. Of him relative to this 'outsider' description, it was written: "One reason his drawings always seemed so confounding, even to outsider-art connoisseurs, was because no one was really sure if the women, horsemen, buildings and trains that appear in them were pure products of his imagination or portrayals of specific subjects in the real world that had particular meanings... Read full biography
Martin Ramirez is labeled an "outsider artist" because he was self-taught and seemed to be in a world totally unto himself. Of him relative to this 'outsider' description, it was written: "One reason his drawings always seemed so confounding, even to outsider-art connoisseurs, was because no one was really sure if the women, horsemen, buildings and trains that appear in them were pure products of his imagination or portrayals of specific subjects in the real world that had particular meanings for the artist. What was Ramirez trying to express?" . Marked by a reverberating and repetitive line, his drawings have an obsessive quality. Of the 300 plus extant works, the most recurring images are the horse and rider and trains, potent symbols of... Read full biography
Martin Ramirez is labeled an "outsider artist" because he was self-taught and seemed to be in a world totally unto himself. Of him relative to this 'outsider' description, it was written: "One reason his drawings always seemed so confounding, even to outsider-art connoisseurs, was because no one was really sure if the women, horsemen, buildings and trains that appear in them were pure products of his imagination or portrayals of specific subjects in the real world that had particular meanings for the artist. What was Ramirez trying to express?" . Marked by a reverberating and repetitive line, his drawings have an obsessive quality. Of the 300 plus extant works, the most recurring images are the horse and rider and trains, potent symbols of the freedom and escape that were denied to him. The self-taught Ramirez, before he took up art th... Read full biography
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Keywords (24)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Folk Art, Naive, Primitive
- •Naive, Childlike, Intuitive
- •Sophisticated Naive, Primitive
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •Outsider Art
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Hispanic, Latin American, Latino, Mexican
Exhibition of Museum
- •Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Outsider Art Fair, New York City