Frank Romero drawings
name: label: Creator
content: Romero, Frank
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Chicano art movement
label: Topic
content: Chicano artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1988 by Frank Romero.
creator: label: Creator
content: Romero, Frank
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content: Frank Romero drawings
abstract: label: Summary
content: The drawings of Frank Romero measure 0.01 linear feet and date from 1972 to 1973. The collection consists of seven pen and colored ink drawings of frogs, people, and abstract images. The sketches were taken from one of Romero's early sketchbooks.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: California painter Frank Romero (1941- ) is a pioneer in the Chicano art movement. 

Romero was born in 1941 to parents of Mexican heritage in Los Angeles, California. He studied at Otis College of Art and Design and California State University, Los Angeles, where he befriended Carlos Almaraz. In the 1960s he worked in graphic design for the Charles and Ray Eames Studio. In the 1970s Romero, along with Almaraz, Roberto de la Rocha, and Gilbert Lujan, formed the art collective Los Four. Los Four were the first Chicano artist to be shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His best known painting is "Death of Ruben Salazar" (1986), which was from his police brutality series.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.romefran
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The drawings of Frank Romero measure 0.01 linear feet and date from 1972 to 1973. The collection consists of seven pen and colored ink drawings of frogs, people, and abstract images. The sketches were taken from one of Romero's early sketchbooks.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Frank Romero conducted by Jeffrey Rangel, January 17-March 2, 1997.