Esperanza Martinez

Person

1934 –

29

Who is Esperanza Martinez?

Esperanza Martinez was a Mexican-born painter who lived in Southern California. She was known for portraits and genre scenes of rural Mexican farmers, formal portraits of prominent Mexican-Americans and pastel paintings of native American subjects. As a precocious young artist, Martinez studied with the famous Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She moved to the Los Angeles area in 1963 and lived with her family in Hacienda Heights. Martinez died from cancer in 1998.

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Born
1934
Lived in
  • Mexico City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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