Oral history interview with José Antonio Torres Martinó
name: label: Interviewee
content: Torres Martinó, José Antonio, 1916-2011
label: Interviewer
content: Cancel, Luis R.
label: Names
content: Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico
label: Names
content: Pratt Institute. Art School
label: Names
content: Puerto Rican Artists Video Project
label: Names
content: Báez, Myrna, 1931-2018
label: Names
content: Homar, Lorenzo
label: Names
content: Maldonado, Antonio
label: Names
content: Rodríguez Báez, Félix, 1926-2013
label: Names
content: Tufino, Rafael
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Puerto Rico
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Puerto Rico
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Puerto Rico -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 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: Torres Martinó, José Antonio, 1916-2011
label: Interviewer
content: Cancel, Luis R.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: José Antonio Torres Martinó (1916-2011) was a Puerto Rican painter and author. He co-founded the Puerto Rican Arts Center, the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico, and the Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Luis R. Cancel (1952- ) is a Puerto Rican arts administrator and artist from New York City, N.Y. Cancel is the President of Esperanto Internet Services, LLC. He is the former director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts and a scholar on 20th century Latin American and Puerto Rican art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Items (6 video files (2 hrs., 53 min.), digital, mov)
label: Extent
content: 6 Items (6 video recordings (Betacam))
label: Extent
content: 39 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1997 October 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.torres97
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This interview was audited and edited by Benji de la Piedra in 2025.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of José A. Torres Martino conducted 1997 October 26, by Luis Cancel, for the Archives of American Art's Puerto Rican Artists Video Project.