birth_place training field birth_date article_title name
laredo , texas texas a & i college portraiture , painting 1944 césar martínez -lrb- artist -rrb-
 cesar martinez
césar martínez -lrb- artist -rrb-

césar augusto martínez -lrb- born 1944 in laredo , texas -rrb- is an artist , prominent in the chicano world of art .
while studying at what was then called texas a&i college , and later texas a&i university , he became marginally involved in the chicano movement for civil rights and became close friends with several of its leaders , among them , carlos guerra , a columnist with the san antonio express-news .
guerra died in 2010 .
he was raised by his mother and her family in laredo because his father died when he was less than one year old .
he is currently based in san antonio , texas .
some of his more famous paintings are from his series of portraits of pachucos .
