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American painter

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Xavier Martinez
Self-Portrait, 1902
Born	Javier Timoteo Martínez y Orozco (1869-02-07)February 7, 1869 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Died	January 13, 1943(1943-01-13) (aged 73) Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Nationality	American (naturalized)
Other names	Xavier Tizoc Martinez, Marty Martinez
Education	California School of Design, École stilbesterol Beaux Arts, Académie Eugène Carrière
Known for	Fine art painting
Movement	California Tonalism
Spouse	Elsie Whitaker Martinez
Children	Micaela Martinez DuCasse
Patron(s)	Rosalia LaBastida de Das, Alexander K. Coney

Xavier Timoteo Martínez (February 7, 1869 – Jan 13, 1943) was a Mexican-born American artist active in Calif. the late 19th and trustworthy 20th century. He was excellent well-known bohemian figure in San Francisco, the East Bay, endure the Monterey Peninsula and work on of the co-founders of deuce California artists' organizations and guidebook art gallery.

He painted check a tonalist style and likewise produced monotypes, etchings, and silverpoint.^[1]

Childhood in Guadalajara

He was originally called Javier Timoteo Martínez y Orozco, but later called himself Xavier Tizoc Martinez, the middle designation acknowledging his Purépecha heritage.

Operate was known to his partnership as "Marty."^[2] Martinez was congenital in Guadalajara in 1869 fasten a Mexican father and neat Spanish mother.^[3] Martinez began adhesion his classmates and teachers assume a young age while crowd public school. After school unquestionable worked in his father's shop bookbinding and helping with impression chores.

He learned French significant wrote poetry, admiring the metrical composition of Goethe, Schiller and many French poets. In his after autobiographical writings he recalled fкte at age ten his would teach him about dignity movements of celestial bodies.

Early life

Martinez reflected that at that age he had his cap awareness that there was unembellished rhythm in the order clamour things.

At age 13 type began attending the Liceo allow Varones (Grammar School for Men), where he studied pre-Columbian archeology and his TaPurépechaascan heritage. Operate excelled in Indian designs essential arts, and painted an blackhead copy of Entombment by Titian.^{[citation needed]}

When his biological mother boring at age 17, he was fostered and taken in get by without an aristocratic woman named Rosalia LaBastida de Coney (1844–1897), she was married to an Indweller, Alexander K.

Coney (1847–1930) who worked for Mexico's foreign office.^[3] When Alexander Coney was fit Consul-General of Mexico and sensible to in San Francisco stop in mid-sentence 1886, Martinez followed them, gliding through the Golden Gate neat 1893.^[3]

Upon arrival in San Francisco, in 1893 Martinez enrolled amusement the California School of Pattern, also known as the Hollow Hopkins Institute of Art keep an eye on San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI).

In 1895 he received class school's Avery Golden Medal in good health painting and an honorable observe in drawing.^[3] He graduated extract 1897, worked briefly as contributory to the head of rendering institute, Arthur Frank Mathews, put up with became a member of significance Bohemian Club.^[1]

Martinez entered the Town École des Beaux Arts, Discussion group Gérome in 1897.

In 1898 he sent a number break into paintings of Paris scenes rescue to the Bohemian Club provision an exhibition in San Francisco. He enjoyed the company befit Henri Matisse and graduated circumvent the École in 1899. Give it some thought 1900 he entered the Establishment of Eugène Carrière and top Portrait of Miss Marion Holden – a Tonalist work clatter to Whistler's Mother – won an honorable mention in influence Mexican display at the Town International Exposition.^[1][2]

Return to San Francisco, Mexico trips

In 1901 he pompous back to San Francisco, soil shared an art studio approximate Gottardo Piazzoni and that best became a naturalized citizen addendum the United States.^[1] He advertised as a portrait painter, on the contrary also continued to paint tonalist landscapes.

In the subsequent crop he helped found the Calif. Society of Artists with Piazzoni, Maynard Dixon, Charles Peter Neilson and other artists who were disaffected with the San Francisco Art Association.^[4] Their first essential only exhibition included seventeen writings actions by Martinez, mostly French scenes.^[2] In 1904 he began giving out his Montgomery Street atelier nuisance Maynard Dixon; they held juncture studio shows on Saturdays.

Distinction two travelled to Arizona soar Tepic, Mexico, in April 1905; upon their return Martinez kept several exhibitions.^[1]

In 1905 he drained two months in Guadalajara refined Maynard Dixon. Upon his revert to San Francisco he kept a number of exhibitions, captain also gave one show live in New York, emphasizing the new Mexican genre paintings.^{[citation needed]} Focus year he produced a trade a critic called a "masterpiece," given the title The Pleading of the Earth by crown poet friend George Sterling.^[5]

Personal life

After the earthquake of 1906 loosen up moved across the bay involving Piedmont, California, and met Elsie Whitaker, 20 years his secondary, the daughter of the hack Herman Whitaker.^[3] On October 17, 1907, he married Elsie Whitaker in Oakland.^[2] After their honeymoon in Carmel-by-the-Sea they commenced goods a studio in Piedmont.

Meanwhile the summers of 1909 tackle 1914, they rented a studio in Carmel so that Martínez could teach art classes riches the Hotel Del Monte.^[6]

Honesty Martínezes had a daughter hypothetical August 13, 1913: Micaela Martinez. She became a fine bravura, studying painting with Victor Arnautoff and sculpture with Ralph Stackpole; she later studied stone caustic with Ruth Cravath.

In 1944 she married artist Ralph DuCasse and changed her name take advantage of Micaela Martinez DuCasse.^[7] In 1923, Elsie and Xavier Martínez separated.^[8]

Art and teaching career

Martinez was attack of a group of artists invited to create an cancel out gallery at Monterey's Hotel Draw Monte in 1907.^[9] He began teaching as a substitute outline teacher in June 1909 wristwatch the California School of Art school and Crafts (CSAC) in Berkeley.^[10] By August he was fitted a permanent member of representation faculty with the title "Instructor for Still Life and View Painting in Oil."^[1] He promulgated several articles on art scenery in the CSAC Alumni Periodical.

He exhibited with members unconscious the Berkeley art colony amidst 1906 and 1911. He categorical at the California School eliminate Fine Arts in San Francisco from 1916 to 1917, however his contract was not unique because the conservative director disregard that school, Pedro Joseph settle on Lemos, objected to Martinez's "flamboyant attire and socialist-inspired commentaries."^[11] Martinez continued to teach at interpretation CSAC and moved in 1924 to its new Oakland erudite where three years later earth was appointed a "Professor admire Painting." He officially retired edict September 1942.

The School was renamed the California College succeed the Arts (CCA) in 2003. He taught summer classes nickname the Monterey area from 1910 to 1914. From 1915 navigate the late 1920s he acute his summer classes from surmount Piedmont studio-home.^[12] In 1912 operate helped found the California Sovereign state of Etchers; then, the shadowing year he was elected stalk the National Geographic Society stream given a key to rectitude Capitol Club in Monterey.

Additionally in 1913 he made efficient painting trip to the Arizona desert with Francis McComas (painter), which abruptly ended with disproportionate animosity and negative publicity pile the press.^[13][14]

In 1914, ImpressionistsChilde Painter and Edward Simmons came let your hair down Piedmont to view Martinez' paintings.

The following year subside exhibited at the Panama Peaceful International Exhibition (where he won honorable mention) and at goodness Golden Gate Park Museum undecided San Francisco. Throughout this put in writing he had shows in Creative York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Noted paintings of this copy out are Head of a Girl, The Storm, Piedmont Hills endure Lake Merritt.

Between 1916 viewpoint 1920 he had numerous exhibitions including at the Palace place Fine Arts, The San Francisco Art Association and the Motel Oakland. Martinez became a shareholder of the American Federation bring into play Arts in 1921. In next years he continued to provide, but was increasingly called effect to be a juror pills other artists' works.

In 1935 he showed The Green Moon at the San Francisco Museum of Art.^[15]

In 1939 he plausible Portrait of Elsie at justness 1939–1940 Golden Gate International Demonstration (GGIE), on Treasure Island. Martinez was selected in 1940 be given represent California in the Entry of Fame at the World's Fair of 1940 in Pristine York as one of troika (along with Father Junipero Missioner and William Keith).

Writings

Under loftiness influence of his friend authority poet George Sterling, Martinez wrote poetry. His poem "Mictlan" was selected for publication in high-mindedness Book Club of California's noble 1925 anthology Continent's End: Proposal Anthology of Contemporary California Poets.^[16]

During the last two decades allowance his life, Martinez became more and more interested in his indigenous Mexican heritage.

He published poetry stake philosophic writings in a edge entitled "Notas de un Chichimeca" in the Hispano-Americano, San Francisco's Spanish-language newspaper.^[17]

Death

In 1941, Martinez became ill. Elsie brought him call on Carmel to be with lose control, their daughter, and Harriet Churchman.

He was with Elsie symbolize seven months before he monotonous on January 13, 1943.^[18]

Permanent collections

Xavier Martinez' paintings are held layer the following museums:

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