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Bookmark or Share- Martín Ramírez - WikipediaMartín Ramírez (January 30, 1895 – February 17, 1963) was a self-taught artist who spent most of his adult life institutionalized in California mental hospitals, diagnosed as a catatonic schizophrenic. He is considered by some to be one of the 20th century's best self-taught masters. [1] Biography.
- Martín Ramírez | Smithsonian American Art MuseumArtist Biography. Martín Ramírez came to the United States from Mexico as a young man. His physical frailty, as well as the shock caused by a new culture and language, led to his eventual mental breakdown. In 1930 he was placed in an institution, where he remained until his death in 1960.
- MoMA | The Drawn World of Martín RamírezSubtitled Alamentosa, the drawing is a masterful example of the topographic patterns of concentric lines—in this instance, mimicking train tracks—and the organic all-over composition that Ramírez typically constructed. Born in Jalisco, Mexico, in 1895, Ramírez had no formal training as artist.
- Lost (and Found Artist Series: Martin Ramirez - Artland MagazineMartín Ramírez. UNTITLED (Horse and Rider) Collection of Todd and Paige Johnson. Photo by Rick Gardner. By Anthony Dexter Giannelli. Martín Ramírez became Martín Ramírez because he was lost in the United States and then he was found. From the essay Martín Ramírez and Mexican Art by James Oles. An Outsider’s Winding Journey.
- Martín Ramírez - Biography | Ricco/MarescaBorn in Jalisco, Mexico, Martín Ramírez is widely known as one of the preeminent self-taught masters of the 20th Century. Thrust by political and religious upheavals caused by the Mexican Revolution and seeking to support his family, Ramírez relocated to the United States in 1925.
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