Almaraz biography
Almaraz biography
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Carlos Almaraz
Mexican-American painter (1941–1989)
Carlos D. Almaraz (October 5, 1941 – December 11, 1989)[1][2][3] was a Mexican-American artist and a pioneer of the Chicano art movement.
He was one of the founder of the Centro de Arte Público (1977–1979), a Chicano/Chicana arts organization in Highland Park, Los Angeles.[4][5]
Early life and education
Almaraz was born on October 5, 1941, in Mexico City, Mexico to parents Roe and Rudolph Almaraz.[6][3][7] His family moved when he was a young child, settling in Chicago, Illinois, where his father owned a restaurant for five years and worked in Gary steel mills for another four.
The neighborhood Almaraz and his brothers Rudolph Jr. and Ricky were raised in was multicultural, which led him to appreciate the melting pot of American culture.[8] During his youth in Chicago, the family traveled to Mexico City frequently, where Almaraz repo