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Frank Edward Romero (born July 11, 1941) is an American artist considered to be a pioneer in the Chicano art movement. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Romero's paintings and mural works explore Chicano and Los Angeles iconography, often featuring palm trees and bright colors.
The first was Los Four, which included Carlos Almaraz, Gilbert (Magu) Lujan, Robert (Beto) de la Rocha, Frank Romero, and Judithe Hernández. All of Los Four's members were college-educated political activists who with other artists formed the intellectual vanguard of the Chicano art movement in the 1970s.
The drawing was part of the Los Four show at LACMA featuring the works of De la Rocha, Carlos Almaraz, Gilbert "Magu" Lujan and Frank Romero — the first major exhibition of Chicano art in L.A ...
Gilbert Luján, Carlos Almaráz, along with Frank Romero and Robert de La Rocha, or "Beto de la Rocha" were the original members who came up with Los Four as their group name as a way to demonstrate the duality of being Chicano and their Chicano culture. [5]
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Carlos D. Almaraz (October 5, 1941 – December 11, 1989) [1] [2] [3] was a Mexican-American artist and a pioneer of the Chicano art movement. He was one of the founder of the Centro de Arte Público (1977–1979), a Chicano/Chicana arts organization in Highland Park, Los Angeles.
Sonia Amalia Romero (born 1980 in Los Angeles, California) [2] is an American artist, she is known for her printmaking, mixed media linocut prints, murals, and public art based in Los Angeles. She is known for depicting Los Angeles, Latin American imagery, and Chicano themes in her work.
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