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1869 Guadalajara, Mexico - 1943 Carmel, California. Known for: Landscape and coastal painting, graphics.
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Xavier Timoteo (Tizoc) y Orozco Martinez was a painter noted for his Tonalist style, an etcher, lithographer and long-time art activist in northern California. He began... Read full biography
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Xavier Timoteo (Tizoc) y Orozco Martinez was a painter noted for his Tonalist style, an etcher, lithographer and long-time art activist in northern California. He began his art studies in Mexico, and moved to San Francisco in 1893 when his stepfather became... Read full biography
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Xavier Timoteo (Tizoc) y Orozco Martinez was a painter noted for his Tonalist style, an etcher, lithographer and long-time art activist in northern California. He began his art studies in Mexico, and moved to San Francisco in 1893 when his stepfather became consul-general from Mexico. Martinez enrolled at the School of Design as a pupil of Arthur Mathews and won high honors including a scholarship to study with Jean Leon Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris... Read full biography
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Xavier Timoteo (Tizoc) y Orozco Martinez was a painter noted for his Tonalist style, an etcher, lithographer and long-time art activist in northern California. He began his art studies in Mexico, and moved to San Francisco in 1893 when his stepfather became consul-general from Mexico. Martinez enrolled at the School of Design as a pupil of Arthur Mathews and won high honors including a scholarship to study with Jean Leon Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he stayed five years, 1897-1901. During this time, he adopted Tonalism with somber greys, greens and browns. He also spent time with James McNeill Whistler, who had a strong influence on his work, especially with the Tonalist aesthetic. In 1901,... Read full biography
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Xavier Timoteo (Tizoc) y Orozco Martinez was a painter noted for his Tonalist style, an etcher, lithographer and long-time art activist in northern California. He began his art studies in Mexico, and moved to San Francisco in 1893 when his stepfather became consul-general from Mexico. Martinez enrolled at the School of Design as a pupil of Arthur Mathews and won high honors including a scholarship to study with Jean Leon Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he stayed five years, 1897-1901. During this time, he adopted Tonalism with somber greys, greens and browns. He also spent time with James McNeill Whistler, who had a strong influence on his work, especially with the Tonalist aesthetic. In 1901, he established a studio in San Francisco and became one of the city's most colorful, popular Bohemian characters.... Read full biography
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About Xavier Martinez: Keywords
Keywords (60)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Atmospherics, Dramatic Lighting
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Spanish Missions, California
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •Europe
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arizona
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Bohemian Club
- •San Francisco Art Association-
Art Teacher
- •Arthur Mathews
- •Jean Leon Gerome
Art School
- •California College of the Arts (and Crafts), Teacher
- •California School of Design, Mark Hopkins Institute, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •J.L Hubbell Collection, Arizona
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Del Monte Art Gallery, Monterey
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •San Francisco Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York