Oral history interview with César Martínez
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 31 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Martínez, César Augusto, 1944-
label: Interviewer
content: Quirarte, Jacinto, 1931-2012
topic: label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Texas -- San Antonio
label: Topic
content: Chicano artists
label: Topic
content: Chicano movement
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1959 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Martínez, César Augusto, 1944-
label: Interviewer
content: Quirarte, Jacinto, 1931-2012
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: César Martínez (1944- ) is a painter and printmaker from San Antonio, Tex.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 107 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1997 Aug. 21-28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.martin97
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of César Martínez conducted 1997 Aug. 21-28, by Jacinto Quirarte, in Martínez's studios, San Antonio, Tex., for the Archives of American Art. Martinez discusses his family; schooling; experience in Korea and returning to San Antonio; meeting other artists; joining artists' groups; artists who have influenced him; the themes, forms, meaning, development, processes of his work; and specific works.