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Considered by many to be the 'Father of Mexican Modernism', Alfredo Ramos Martu00ednez (1871-1946) was a painter, muralist, and educator, who lived and worked in Mexico, Paris, and Los Angeles
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Born in Monterrey (Nuevo León, Mexico) in 1871, Alfredo Ramos Martinez arrived to Mexico City at the age of fourteen after his portrait of the governor of the state of Nuevo León was awarded 1st prize at an art exhibition in San Antonio, Texas. The prize included a scholarship to study at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and therefore, the large Ramos Martinez family established their home in Coyoacan, a town on the outskirts of Mexico City. The Academy in which Ramos spent eight years was undergoing innovations that had originated in the mid-century, including a program of exhibitions by students and faculty that encouraged audiences and emerging art critics alike. In 1899, during an official visit by Phoebe Apperson Hearst, the American newspaper mogul’s mother, Ramos Martinez’s future was changed significantly. Mrs. Hearst attended a formal dinner hosted by the Mexican President, Porfirio Díaz. Ramos had been asked to create hand painted menus for the occasion. Mrs. Hearst was so impressed with these decorations that she asked to meet the artist. Upon meeting him, she offered to pay him a monthly stipend to study in Paris. The door to Alfredo Ramos Martinez’s European adventure had opened... “Flores Mexicanas: Women in Modern Mexican Art” exhibition in Dallas Museum of Art, 2020
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Flores Mexicanas, 1929 Missouri History Museum
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) A Lola en su dia
Alcatraces - Calla Lilies Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Flowers of Mexico
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Vendedora de flores
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Casamiento indio / Indian wedding Flores en un jarro de Guadalajara
Bodegón con flor de cornejo - Still life with dogwood blossom Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) India con flores - Indian girl with flowers
La India del lago - Indian of the lake 1938 Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Florero
La niña de las flores blancas - Little girl with white flowers Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Camelias blancas 1930
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Cerca de Ixmiquilpan Camelia blanca (Camelia en jarrón de cristal) San Diego Museum of Art
Las floreras -The flower vendors Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Flores en cristal - Flowers in crystal 1930
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Flores tropicales – Tropical flowers
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Juanita among the flowers Florero con hortensias
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Rosas - Roses
Flores Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) India Xóchitl- Indian woman, Xochitl
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Folclórico Mexicano - Mexican Folklore
La florera de Santa Anita - The flower girl from Santa Anita Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Florero con rosas
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Florero de cristal con rosas Vendedores de flores - Flower vendor 1934
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Sin titulo / Untitled (Woman with flowers) Floral still life
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Florero de cristal esmaltado con hortensias Hortensias in a crystal vase
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Vendora de flores- Flower vendor, 1934
Woman with basket Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Flores que son joyas-Jewel flowers
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Vendedoras de flores Still life with flowers, Uruguayan lace tablecloth ca. 1929 Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Flowers 1915 Morton museum
Mujeres con flores - Women with flowers 1946 Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Flores / Flowers
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Mariquita en flores 1930
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) La primavera-The spring
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Vase with flowers
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) La India de los floripondios - Indian girl with trumpet flowers Floripondios / Angel’s trumpets
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Homenaje a Quetzalcóatl - Homage to Quetzalcoatl 1940
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Indian beauties
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Landscape with a girl and hydrangeas, c. 1916, Museo Nacional de Arte
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Mujer con flores - Woman with flowers 1932 Madre India - Indian mother
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Mural for La Avenida Cafe, Coronado
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) María entre flores - Maria amidst the flowers Rosas - Roses 1930
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Mujeres de California con flores
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Vendedoras de flores - Flower vendors, 1946
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Vendedoras de flores - Flower vendors
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Vendedoras de flores - Flower vendors, Nine panel mural placed on the south wall, 1945-1946 103 feet long Margaret Fowler Memorial Garden, Scripps College
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Mujeres con flores - Women with flowers
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Mujer con flores - Woman with flowers Santa Anita girl 1936
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Ramo de verano - Summer bouquet, 1930 Mujeres indígenas de Oaxaca - Native women from Oaxaca
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Vendedora de alcatraces - Calla lily vendor Untitled 74x54cm
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Vendedora de alcatraces - Calla lily vendor
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Sin título Vendedores de flores - Flower vendors
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Rosas Vendedores de flores - Flower vendors, 1930
Sunflowers Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Vendedora de flores, 1940
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946) Rosas Roses for Dolores del Rio