This collection consists of material collected by the Chicano artist Emanuel Martinez during his expansive career. As a muralist, painter, and sculptor, Martinez achieved international acclaim. His career exploded during the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and the 1970s, during which he worked with civil rights leaders Cesar Chavez, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez, and Reies López Tijerina and helped to popularize the Chicano mural movement. Martinez has received numerous public art commissions in Colorado, Arizona, Texas, and other parts of the United States. He has also participated in major museum exhibitions and his work is part of the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Art. The materials of this collection speak to his successful and lengthy artistic career, as well as the broader Chicano Movement in the U.S. After Martinez approached the Latino History Project at the University of Colorado Boulder about the collection in 2019, he agreed to loan the materials to the University. They are reproduced here with his permission.

 

The Art and Art History Visual Resources Center hosts this collection, and thanks to our employees and affiliates for their contribution toward its creation. These include Allyson Burbeck, for leading the research and cataloging process; Dzifah Danos and Taylor Hosford, for their assistance with digitizing and cataloging many items in the collection; and Rosane Volchan O’Conor, for creating item summaries and helping with digital capture.

 

The items in the collection are listed below by year. Click on an entry below to be taken to the detailed list for that date. Then click on an individual item to view its image and description in the AAHRVC collection.

 

1964-1976:                   13 Items

1977-1980:                  15 Items

1981:                             17 Items

1982-1984:                  14 Items

1985-1986:                  20 Items

1987:                             14 Items

1988-1989:                  13 items

1990:                             14 Items

1991:                              18 Items

1992:                             16 Items

1993:                             19 Items

1994:                             17 Items

1995:                              19 Items

1996-1997A:                20 Items

1997B-1999:                 14 Items

2000-2002:                  15 Items

2003-2007:                  16 Items

2008-2011:                    9 Items

2012-2015:                    13 Items