Martin Ramirez - USPS Forever Stamps |
Born near Guadalajara, Ramirez left Mexico for the U.S. in 1925. Like other migrant workers during this period, he worked in mines and on the railroad but was hit hard by the Great Depression. Emotionally upset and in poor physical condition, he was detained by police in 1931 and, unable or unwilling to communicate, was soon committed to a psychiatric hospital. He remained institutionalized for the rest of his life.
After several attempts to escape from the psychiatric hospital, Ramirez began to draw obsessively. Over the next 32 years, he created a series of large-scale drawings-from two feet to more than 20 feet long-that blend the emotional and physical landscapes of his life in Mexico with the modern popular culture of the U.S. He worked primarily with found materials, like discarded paper, matchsticks, and tongue depressors, as well as homemade glue and paint. Some of his drawings were exhibited anonymously during his lifetime, but it wasn’t until a decade after his death that his work began to receive widespread attention. An acclaimed retrospective held at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City in 2007 established Ramirez as one of the great artists of the 20th century.
“Untitled (Horse and Rider with Trees)” from 1954 |
“Untitled (Man Riding Donkey)” from circa 1960-1963 |
“Untitled (Trains on Inclined Tracks)” from circa 1960-1963 |
“Untitled (Deer)” from circa 1960-1963 |
“Untitled (Tunnel with Cars and Buses)” from 1954 |
Martin Ramirez - USPS Forever Stamps |
Martin Ramirez - USPS Forever Stamps |
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