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  2. Paño - Wikipedia

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    Paños are pen or pencil drawings on fabric, a form of prison artwork made in the Southwest United States created primarily by pintos, or Chicanos who are or have been incarcerated. [1] The first paños, made with pieces of bedsheets and pillowcases, were made in the 1930s. They were originally used to communicate messages.

  3. In a 'storm of scribble' the art took shape for Chicano ... - AOL

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    The drawing was part of the Los Four show at LACMA featuring the works of De la Rocha, Carlos Almaraz, Gilbert "Magu" Lujan and Frank Romero — the first major exhibition of Chicano art in L.A ...

  4. Pinto (subculture) - Wikipedia

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    Paño, a form of pinto arte (a caló term for male prisoner) using pen and pencil, developed in the 1930s, first using bed sheets and pillowcases as canvases. [5] Paño has been described as rasquachismo, a Chicano worldview and artmaking method which makes the most from the least. [6]

  5. José Esquivel - Wikipedia

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    Esquivel also spent a lengthy period as a wildlife artist between 1973 and 1991, when he withdrew from Chicano art due to its association with radicalism. [2] As a commercial artist, Esquivel worked primarily for City Public Service, San Antonio’s public utility company. By the time he retired in 1987, he was the supervisor of the art ...

  6. César Martínez (artist) - Wikipedia

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    César Augusto Martínez (born 1944 in Laredo, Texas) is an artist, prominent in the field of Chicano art. While studying at what was then called Texas A&I College (later Texas A&I University), he became involved in the Chicano movement for civil rights.

  7. Sam Coronado - Wikipedia

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    Sam Coronado (October 19, 1946 – November 11, 2013) was a Mexican-American artist, educator, and activist known for his contributions to the Chicano art movement, especially through his work in printmaking.

  8. Amado M. Peña Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Amado Maurilio Peña Jr. (born 1943) is an American visual artist and art educator of Mexican and Yaqui ancestry. He is known as an important Mexican American artist who emerged from the historical Chicano Movement. He works primarily in printmaking. His artwork was featured in the important exhibition Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation. [1]

  9. Luis Jiménez (sculptor) - Wikipedia

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    Luis Alfonso Jiménez Jr. (July 30, 1940 – June 13, 2006) was an American sculptor and graphic artist of Mexican descent who identified as a Chicano. [1] [2] He was known for portraying Mexican, Southwestern, Hispanic-American, and general themes in his public commissions, some of which are site specific.