Ana Maria de Martinez

Female, Person

1937 –

30

Who is Ana Maria de Martinez?

Ana Maria de Martinez is a Salvadoran artist. She is the fourth child of Maruca de Aviles and Narciso Aviles and is the younger sister of Salvadoran painter San Aviles. She admired her older brother's artwork from the time she was a young girl, anxious to follow in his footsteps; however she was unable to attend the art academy, leading her to later develop her art skills in a self-taught way. Against all odds, after raising her three boys alongside her husband, she found herself artistically in her 30s where she rediscovered her love of art, developing into the renowned artist she is today—having dedicated herself artistically to acrylic paintings on canvas for almost four decades.

Primitive Period

She began her career in the late 1960s in what is known in Spanish as her "Epoca Primitiva", which roughly translates to "Primitive Period" which began after she participated in a clay modeling course sponsored by the French embassy in San Salvador, where she made casts and polychrome pourings using many techniques including encaustics, which she would later use in paintings, combined with other contemporary techniques and materials. It was during this time that Ana Maria, inspired by Mayan and Colonial art, began the search for a style of her own where she could begin to express her message of "Spiritual peace and the joy of living". She focuses on regional landscapes and the traditions of Salvadoran folklore and its surroundings—fields of flowers and scenes with great architectonic ideas—all executed with great precision. In this period, carrying on until around 1982, she evolves very quickly, blending colors with the magic of the artist.

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Born
May 28, 1937

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on July 23, 2013

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