Bibliography

publications


Tablada, José Juan. Art History in México. Mexico: Aguilas Editors, 1927.

Fernández Mac Gregor, Genaro. Masks. Mexico: Ediciones Botas, 1935.

Velasquez Chavez, Agustin. Contemporary Mexican Artists. New York, NY: Covici-Friede, 1937.

20 Centuries of Mexican Painting. (In collaboration with the Mexican Government) New York: Museum of Modern Art. 1940.

Sodi de Ramos Martínez, Maria, Alfredo Ramos Martínez. Translated by Berta de Lecuona. Essays by Donald Bear, Federico Cantu, Everett Gee Jackson, and Reginald Poland. Martinez Foundation: Los Angeles, 1949.

Sierra, Justo. Collected Letters and Private Documents. Ed. Catalina Sierra de Peimbert. Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1949. Vol. 14 of Obras Completas.

Martinez, Maria S.R., “Alfredo Ramos Martinez,” Martinez Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, circa 1949.

Stewart, Virginia. 45 Contemporary Mexican Artists: A Twentieth Century Renaissance. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1951.

Nordhoff, Walter. The Journey of the Flame. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1955, (under the pseudonym of Antonio Fierro Blanco).

Oliver Belmás, Antonio. This Other Ruben Dario. Barcelona: Editorial Aedos, 1960.

Charlot, Jean. Mexican Art and the Academy of San Carlos 1785-1915. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1962. 159-162.

Romero de Terreros, Manuel. Exhibition Catalogue of the Former Academy of San Carlos of Mexico 1850-1898. Mexico: Imprenta Universitaria, 1963.

Alfredo Ramos Martinez, Twentieth Century Mexican Master of Art. Los Angeles, CA: Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, 1975.

Small, George Raphael. Ramos Martinez: His Life & Art. Ed. Jerald Slattum. Westlake Village, CA: F & J Publishing Corp., 1975.

Oliver Belmas, Antonio. One Last Time with Rubén Dario: Hispano-American and Spanish Literature. Madrid: Ediciones de Literatura Hispánica del Centro Iberoamericano de Cooperación, (Hispanic Literature of the Iberoamerican Center of Cooperation), 1978.

Charlot, Jean. The Mexican Mural Renaissance: 1920-1925. 2nd Ed. New York, NY: Hacker Art Books, 1979.

Hernandez Cava, Felipe. “Orozco: Stop to Yes and No.” Lápiz 11 (1983): 58-62.

Patterson, Martin E. San Diego Museum of Art, Selections from the Permanent Collection. San Diego, CA: San Diego Museum of Art, 1983.

Gonzalez Matute, Laura. Open-Air Schools and Other Centers of Popular Painting, Plastic Arts National Collection. Mexico: Center of Investigation, Documentation, and Information of the Arts, INBA, (National Institute of Fine Arts), 1987.

Pandolfi, Sylvia. “The Mexican Open-Air Schools Movement (1915-1935).” Images of Mexico: The Contributions of Mexico to 20th Century Art. Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art, 1988. 125-127.

Hurlburt, Lawrence P. Mexican Muralists in the United States. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1989.

Small, George Raphael, “The Art Work of the Mexican Children During the Revolution.” (Unpublished Manuscript). 1990.

Illustrations by Alfredo Ramos Martínez (1933) for Rico, Bandit and Dictator by Walter Nordhoff under the pseudonym of Antonio Fierro Blanco. Published in Cambridge by Houghton Mifflin, 1934.

Illustrations by Alfredo Ramos Martínez (1933) for Rico, Bandit and Dictator by Walter Nordhoff under the pseudonym of Antonio Fierro Blanco. Published in Cambridge by Houghton Mifflin, 1934.

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Stern, Louis. Alfredo Ramos Martinez. Texts by Louis Stern, Maria Ramos Martinez Bolster, Jean Stern, and Margarita Nieto. Beverly Hills: Paragon Press, 1991.

Alfredo Ramos Martinez: A Retrospective Vision. Texts by Ramón Favela, Pilar García, Karen Cordero, Louis Stern, Margarita Nieto, and Agustin Arteaga. Mexico: National Museum of Art. April - June 1992.

Gonzalez Matute, Laura. 30-30!: Against the Academy of Painting, 1928. 1st ed.

Mexico: National Center of Investigation, Documentation, and Information of the Arts, INBA, (National Institute of Bellas Artes), 1993.

Luna Arroyo, Antonio. Ramos Martínez. Mexico: Salvat, 1994.

Un Homenage a Alfredo Ramos Martinez (A Tribute to Alfredo Ramos Martinez). Texts by Xavier Moyssén L., Fausto Ramirez, and Israel Cavazos Garza. Mexico: Monterrey Contemporary Museum of Art, 1996.

Monterrey in 400 Photographs. Mexico: Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey. Aug. 1996 – Feb. 1997.

Morales, Alfonso. The Beginnings of Contemporary Mexico. Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, (National Culture and Art Council); Casa de las Imágenes (House of Images); INAH, (National Institute of Anthropology and History), 1997. 179.

Horta, Manuel. “An Afternoon Chat with Alfredo Ramos Martinez” La Crítica de Arte en México: 1896-1921. Vol. 2 Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de México Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, 1999. 250-252, (Originally in Álbum Salón, T.1, no. 8, March-April, 1919).

Lozano, Luis Martin. Modern Mexican Art: 1900-1950, Former College of San Idelfonso. Coll. Laura Gonzalez Matute. Mexico, 2000.

The Painting Collection of the Banco Nacional of Mexico: 20th century. Mexico: Fomento Cultural Banamex, (Cultural Committee Banamex), 2002.

Landauer, Susan. The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture. San Jose, CA: San Jose Museum of Art, 2003.

Modern Art of México: Andrés Blaisten Collection. Texts by James Oles, Fausto Ramírez, Dawn Ades, Agustín Arteaga, Claudia, Barragán, Renata Blaisten, Dafne Cruz Porchini, Courtney Gilbert, Carlos Molina, Mireida Velázquez, and Adriana Zavala. Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de México, 2005.

Petry, David. The Best Last Place: A History of the Santa Barbara Cemetery. Santa Barbara: Olympus Press, 2006.

Ramirez, Fausto. “Alfredo Ramos Martinez.” Modernization and Modernism in Mexican Art. Mexico: Instituto de investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM, 2008. 389-404.

Nieto, Margarita and Louis Stern, Alfredo Ramos Martínez and Modernismo. Louis Stern Fine Arts: West Hollywood, California, 2009.

Haskell, Barbara. Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945. Texts by Mark A. Castro, Dafne Cruz Porchini, Renato González Mello, Marcela Guerrero, Andrew Hemingway, Anna Indych-López, Michael K. Schuessler, Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw, Shipu Wang, and James Weschler. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Yale University Press, 2020.

Ramos Martínez by Antonio Luna Arroyo. Mexico: Salvat, 1994.

Ramos Martínez by Antonio Luna Arroyo. Mexico: Salvat, 1994.

Alfredo Ramos Martinez. Texts by Louis Stern, Maria Ramos Martinez Bolster, Jean Stern, and Margarita Nieto. Beverly Hills: Paragon Press, 1991.

Alfredo Ramos Martinez. Texts by Louis Stern, Maria Ramos Martinez Bolster, Jean Stern, and Margarita Nieto. Beverly Hills: Paragon Press, 1991.

Ramos Martinez: His Life & Art by George Raphael Small, edited by Jerald Slattum. Westlake Village, CA: F & J Publishing Corp., 1975.

Ramos Martinez: His Life & Art by George Raphael Small, edited by Jerald Slattum. Westlake Village, CA: F & J Publishing Corp., 1975.

Alfredo Ramos Martínez and Modernismo by Margarita Nieto and Louis Stern. Louis Stern Fine Arts: West Hollywood, California, 2009

Alfredo Ramos Martínez and Modernismo by Margarita Nieto and Louis Stern. Louis Stern Fine Arts: West Hollywood, California, 2009

obituaries


Sodi de Pallares, Maria Elena. “Alfredo Ramos Martinez Ha Fallecido en Norteamerica.” El Universal. November 12, 1946.

“México Loses a Notable Painter.” Novedades 12 Nov. 1946.

“Ayer Fue Supultado el Famoso Pinto Alfredo Ramos Martinez.” La Opinion. November 14, 1946.

“Alfredo Ramos Martinez Mourned; Noted Artist.” Los Angeles Examiner. November 15, 1946.

“Ramos Martinez Taken by Death.” Los Angeles Times. November 17, 1946.

Jiménez, Guillermo. “Alfredo Ramos Martinez and Ruben Dario”. Todo, 21 Nov. 1946.  

“Ramos Martinez, Gran Pintor Mexicano, ha muerto.” Jueves de Excelsior. November 28, 1946.

“Martinez Passes at 73.” Art Digest. December 1, 1946.

“Three Deaths Sadden Art Circles of Santa Barbara.” November 1946.

Rodriguez, Antonio. “Acaba de Morir en Hollywood el Gran Pintor Alfredo Ramos.” Ultimas Noticias, Mexico. November 1946.

Seldi, Rasa. “Otro Leal Amigo que Partió: Alfredo Ramos Martinez.” 1946.

“Mexican Artist’s Death Mourned.” 1946.

articles and reviews


1910

Dario, Ruben. “Three Pilgrims of Art.” (Original text written in 1910, reproduced in Álbum Salón, México, March - April, 1919). Durantes, Nicolas. “Recent Mexican Painting.” The Kenyon Review 2 (1940): 296-308.
González Peña, Carlos. “Ramos Martinez’s Britain.” El Mundo Ilustrado, 28 Aug. 1910.

1916

Feel, Lazaro P. “A Painter of Women and Flowers.” La Crítica de Arte en México: 1896-1921. Vol. 2 Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de México Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, 1999. 5-6. (Originally in Revista de Revistas 317. 28 May 1916).

1917

Contreras, Francisco. Ruben Dario, His Life and Works. Barcelona: Agencia Mundial de Librerías, 1930. Dario, Ruben. The Caravan Passes. Vol. 1, 3rd ed. Madrid: Editorial Mundo Latino, 1917.

1920

Ramos Martinez, Alfredo. Seventeen Unpublished Letters from Alfredo Ramos Martinez to Albert M. Bender: 1920-1941. Oakland, CA: Albert M. Bender Papers, Special Collections, (F.W. Online Archive of California Mills College).

1926

Casauranc, Puig, editor. Monograph on the Open Air Schools. Publicaciones de la Secretaria de Deucacion Publica, Mexico, 1926, p. 135.
Monograph of the Open Air Schools. Mexico: Editorial Cultura, Secretaría de Educación Pública, (Public Education Office), 1926.

1921

Ramos Martinez, Alfredo. “National Art’s New Orientation." El Maestro 1 (1921): 95-96.

1929

“El Hermoso Cuadro que el Lic. E. Portes Gil Obsequiara a Miss Morrow al Contraer Matrimonio.” Excelsior, Mexico. May 17, 1929.
“Beethoven’s Gloomy Face Peers from Headlines as Artist Wields Crayon.” Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minnesota. November 14, 1929.

1925

Soto-Hall, Maximo. Ruben Dario’s Intimate Revelations. Buenos Aires: Cuadernos Ateneo, Librería Científica y Literaria, 1925.

 
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1930

“Mexican Painter and Teacher Plans Exhibition of Work Completed Here.” Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minnesota. April 1, 1930.
“Public Display of Work of Alfredo Martinez to be in Zumbro Hotel.” Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minnesota. April 19, 1930.
Stevens, Otheman. “A. R. Martinez, Noted Mexico Painter, Here.” Los Angeles Examiner, June 30, 1930.
“Gran Fiesta en Ensenada.” Ensenada, Mexico. October 11, 1930.
“Famous Artist Employed.” The San Diego Union, October 19, 1930.
Jackson, Ever­ett Gee. “Señor Martinez’ Murals Praised by Local Artist.” The San Diego Union. 1930.

1935

Campbell, Alan. “Here You Can Live Like a Spanish Don: At La Casa de la Madonna Montecito.” Santa Barbara. May 1935.
“Ramos Martinez.” Los Angeles Times. July 4, 1935.
Seldi, Rasa. “Ramos Martínez.” La Opinión. July 26, 1935.
Seldi, Rasa. “El Cristo de la Paz.” La Opinión. August 31, 1935.
“Museum of Art…Large Mexican Show.” San Francisco Examiner. November 2, 1935.
Waring, Brook. “Martinez and Mexico’s Renaissance.” The North American Review 240.3 (Dec. 1935): 445-457.

1931

Millier, Arthur. “Artists Have New Outlet.” Los Angeles Times. August 9, 1931.
Gonzalez, Alfredo. “El Maestro Ha Definido Su Doctrina.” La Opinión. June 28, 1931.
“Un Pintor de Nuestro Pais en L. Angeles.” La Opinión. June 1931.
“Mañana Abrira su Exposicion el Maestro A. Ramos Martinez.” La Opinión. 1931.

1936

Poland, Regina. “New York: The Art Digest, Inc.” 10.11, March 1936: 6-7.
“Martinez for Museum.” Los Angeles Times. June 21, 1936.
A. M. “Laguna Beckons Visitors to Artist Studios, Exhibitions.” Los Angeles Times. June 28, 1936.
“Museum Enriched by Gift of Mexican Painting.” Los Angeles Times. June 29, 1936.
“Exhibition Reviews.” Los Angeles Times. November 15, 1936.
“Highlight of Albert Bender Collection Exhibit.” San Francisco. December 5, 1936.

1932

Miller, Arthur. “The Artist Who Drew This Week’s Cover.” Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine 21 Aug. 1932: 30.
“Daughter Ill, Martinez Paints a ‘Pieta.’” The Art Digest, August 1932.
Millier, Arthur. “Mexico’s Art Ferment Stirring in Los Angeles.” Los Angeles Times. May 22, 1932.
Aron, Max. “Martinez Exhibition Stimulates.” California Daily Bruin. October 10, 1932.
Galbraith, Caroline. “Noted Artist to be Feted.” Los Angeles Evening Herald. October 11, 1932.
“Latin American Artist to Speak.” Los Angeles Times, October 1932.
“Monografia de las escuelas de pintura al aire libre,” publicaciones de la secretaria de educacion publica, editorial “CVLTVRA,” MCMXXVI, Mexico, 1932.

1937

Millier, Arthur. “Religious Paintings Lead Week’s Fine Art.” Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1937.
“Bishop Buddy to Bless Cornerstone Sunday at 4 o’Clock Ceremonies.” The Southern Cross. August 27, 1937.
Merida, Carlos. Modern Mexican Artists. Mexico: Frances Toor Studios, 1937.
Tablada, José Juan. Life’s Carnival. Mexico: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1937.

1933

“New Exhibits Shown at Legion of Honor.” Berkeley Gazette. April 6, 1933.
“Mexican Has Show at Palace.” San Francisco Examiner. April 9, 1933.
Sommer, Anna. “Mexican Art on Display at Legion Palace.” San Francisco News. April 15, 1933.
“Martinez Show at Palace.” San Francisco Examiner. April 16, 1933.
“Noted Mexican Artist Displays New Murals.” San Francisco Mission Enterprise. April 28, 1933.
“Martinez Holding Art Exhibit in S. F.” San Jose Herald. April 20, 1933.
“Works of Famous Mexican Artist to be Hung at Santa Monica Public Library Gallery Next Week.” Evening Outlook, Santa Monica. June 30, 1933.
“Ramos Martinez se ha impuesto aquí.” La Opinión. June 1933.
“Los Primeros Indios.” La Opinión. July 7, 1933.
Millier, Arthur. “Mexico Gives Subjects to Three Impressive Artists.” Los Angeles Times. July 16, 1933.
“Obtuvo el Primer Premio en un Concurso Pictórico.” La Opinión. August 3, 1933.
Seldi, Rasa. “Cronicas de California: de Arte.” Los Angeles. August 1933.
Linderman, Verne. “Critic Finds Paintings Glowing.” The Morning Press, Santa Barbara. October 21, 1933.
“Martinez to Visit at Gallery.” Santa Barbara Daily News. 1933.
Duffus, R. L. “An Adventurer in Old California.” The New York Times Book Review. November 5, 1933.
Needham, Wilbur. “Tales of Ancient Days from Lower California.” Los Angeles Times. December 3, 1933.
Pignatelli, Conchita. “Artist Wins Wide Fame Through Aid of Late Mrs. Phoebe Hearst.” Los Angeles Examiner. December 11, 1933.
“Madonna and Child with Angels.” Los Angeles Times. December 24, 1933.

1938

Poland, Reginald. “Martinez Fresco Adorns New La Jolla Church.” The San Diego Union. January 23, 1938.
“La Avenida Nears Completion.” Coronado Citizen. 1938.
“The Martinez Murals.” Coronado Citizen. 1938.
“Martinez Frescos are Notable Feature at New La Avenida Cafe.” Coronado Citizen. October 13, 1938.
“Creator of Avenida Murals Greatest Mexican Artist.” Coronado Citizen. November 3, 1938.

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1934

Arvey, Verna. Chrome. March 23, 1934.
“Benevolent Despot Sits for a Satirical Portrait.” New York Times Book Review. August 5, 1934.
Paulding, Litti. “Love of God Shines Out in Mexican Artist’s Frescoes.” Santa Barbara Daily News. August 12, 1934.
“Galleons to Freighters.” Los Angeles Times. 1934.
“Mexican Murals to be Topic of Lectures.” Santa Barbara Daily News. 1934.

1939

“Bib and Tuckers Entertain.” Los Angeles Times. January 8, 1939.
A. M. “Novelty Startling.” Los Angeles Times. September 17, 1939.

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1940

Hopper, Hedda. “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood.” Los Angeles Times. January 4, 1940.
Poland, Reginald. “Special Opportunities.” The San Diego Union. July 7, 1940.
Poland, Reginald. “Last Chance.” The San Diego Union. July 1940.
“Enseñara un Mexicano en San Diego.” La Opinión. August 1940.
L. P. “Martinez Paintings in Faulkner Gallery Give Boon of Peace to All.” The Santa Barbara News Press. September 22, 1940.

1946

“Alfredo Ramos Martinez.” Art News. May 1946.
Breuning, Margaret. “Return of the Native.” Art Digest. May 1946.
“Pictures on Exhibit” [Source Unknown] May 1946.
“Scripps Garden Mural Speeded.” Los Angeles Times. May 3, 1946.
Fox, Christy. “Scripps Arts Foundation Holds to Ambitious Goal.” Los Angeles Times. May 5, 1946.
Stewart, Virginia. “Foreigners in Residence.” Art News, Southern California. June 1946.
Hinton, Virginia. “Alfredo Ramos, Martinez.” The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 1946: 9.
Poland, Reginald. “Art Guild’s Annual Show to Open at Gallery Today.” San Diego Sunday Union. November 24, 1946.

1941

“Martinez Plans Class.” Los Angeles Times. February 16, 1941.
“Brush Strokes.” Los Angeles Times. July 20, 1941.
Cook, Alma May. “Alfredo Ramos Martinez Giving Exhibition of Modern Mexican Art.” Herald Express. July 26, 1941.
“N.Y. Critical Views on Water Colors Discounted.” Citizen News. July 26, 1941.
A. M. “Art Parade Reviewed.” Los Angeles Times. July 27, 1941.
St. Maur, Elaine. “Mexico’s Real Spirit Told by Martinez.” Los Angeles Examiner. July 27, 1941.
“Los Angeles.” California Arts and Architecture. August 1941.
“One-Man Art Display Opens.” Los Angeles Times. December 3, 1941.

1947

Millier, Arthur. “Hemisphere Paintings Put on Exhibition.” Los Angeles Times. April 27, 1947.
“Etcétera.” Excelsior, Mexico. June 11, 1947.

1942

“Ramos Martínez y sus Nuevas Direcciones en la Pintura.” El Porvenir. September 22, 1942.
Seldi, Rosa. “El Criso de la Paz.” El Porvenir, Monterey, Mexico. September 23, 1942.
“Alfredo Ramos Martinez, Otro Regiomontano Ilustre, Precursor del Renacimiento Pictórico Mexicano.” El Tiempo- Diario de la Tarde. September 24, 1942.
F. G. “Alfredo Ramos Martínez en Monterrey, en viaje para La Capital de La República.” September 1942.
Neck, Monico. “Ramos Martinez.” Apuntes de Actualidad. September 1942.
Siqueiros, David A. “Ramos Martínez.” El Porvenir. September 1942.           
Mendivil, M. “Despues de Catorce Años de Ausencia, Vuelve a su Patria: El Gran Pintor Alfredo Ramos Martinez.” Todo. October 29, 1942.
“Alfredo Ramos Martinez en Mexico.” El Universal. December 2, 1942.

1948

“El pintor Aronldo B. Rubio abrirá en abril su Exposición.” March 14, 1948.
Fox, Christy. “Scripps Alumnae Plan Dinner Fete.” Los Angeles Times. May 16, 1948.
Cook, Alma May. “Widow of Painter Carries On.” Los Angeles Herald Express. August 9, 1948.
Menéndez Plancarte, Alfonso Dr. “Ruben Dario y Alfredo Ramos Martinez.” El Oportuno 12 Aug. 1948.
Robertson, Thomas B. “San Diegans Win Coveted Awards for Art Exhibited at State Fair.” The San Diego Union. September 15, 1948.

1943


1945

“‘Times’ Ad Page Painting to Hang in Art Exhibit.” Los Angeles Times. October 11, 1943.
Arvey, Verna. “Unsung Hero of Mexican Art.” The War Worker. November 1943.


“Malinche.” Los Angeles Times. March 18, 1945.
“Ramo[s] Martinez Returns to Open Notable Exhibitions.” Los Angeles Times. March 25, 1945.
English, Kay. “Mexican Paintings Displayed.” Los Angeles Examiner. April 1, 1945.
Reuter, Herman. “At the Galleries.” Citizen News, Hollywood. April 14, 1945.
Cook, Alma May. “Art World Notes.” Herald Express. 1945.
Mendez Plancarte, Alfonso. “Rubén Darío y Ramos Martínez: Otra Poesía Olvidada.” July 12, 1945.
“To Speak.” Los Angeles Times. September 16, 1945.
“Scripps Wall to Have Noted Artist’s Work.” Los Angeles Times- The Southland. September 23, 1945.
de Lecuona, Berta. “Alfredo Ramos Martinez.”
Macdonald Wright, S. “Art.” Rob Wagner’s Script. 1945.

1949

de Juanes, Juan. “Alfredo Ramos Martinez.” Excelsior. April 1949.
“Gallery Plans Art Exhibition for Martinez.” The San Diego Union. July 13, 1946.
“Gallery Reception Arranged.” San Diego Journal. July 14, 1949.
“Reception to Honor Visiting Directors.” The Tribune Sun, San Diego. July 14, 1949.
“Martinez Memorial Exhibit Preview at Balboa Park.” San Diego Journal. July 15, 1949.
Evans, Bryant. “Museum Directors Rap Art Critics.” The San Diego Union. July 16, 1949.
Robertson, Thomas B. “Martinez Exhibit to be Previewed.” The San Diego Union. July 16, 1949.
“Exhibition Honors Alfredo Martinez.” Los Angeles Times. July 17, 1949.
Sodi de Pallares, M. E. “La Obra Pictorica de Alfredo Ramos Martinez.” July 1949.
Robertson, Thomas B. “Martinez’ Work to be Discussed.” The San Diego Union. August 7, 1949.
Robertson, Thomas B. “Buddhist Sculpture on Special Display.” The San Diego Union. August 14, 1949.
“Flowers of Mexico: A Painting by Alfredo Ramos Martinez.” The Home Forum. September 14, 1949.
“Ramos Martinez Paintings Exhibited at Mt. St. Mary’s.” The Tidings. December 2, 1949.
“Ramos Martinez Work Featured in Exhibit.” The View. December 15, 1949.

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1950

“Great Works of Art in Southern California, Depicting the Divine Tragedy.” Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express. March 31, 1950.
“Prints & Serigraphs at Gallery Sept. 2-29.” Palos Perdes News. September 7, 1950.
Henderson, Rose. “Alfredo Ramos Martinez: An Appreciation.” The Studio. 1950.

1952

Stanford Review, Volume 53, Number 4. January 1952.

1951

Young, Evelyn R. “Corinne Griffith’s Earliest American.” Los Angeles Times Magazine. February 11, 1951.
English, Kay. “Martinez Art Forms Impressive Collection.” Los Angeles Examiner. June 1951.
Maria Elena Sodi de Pallares. “Bella Mongrafia: Alfredo Ramos Martinez.” Excelsior. August 12, 1951.
Millier, Arthur. “Mexican Artists Revolt, Paint Homeland Scenes.” Los Angeles Times. November 4, 1951.
Cook, Almay May. “Alfredo Martinez Exhibition Depicts Quiet Mexican Life.” Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express. December 13, 1951.
Massard, Jack. “Martinez Art Wins Acclaim.” Los Angeles Examiner. December 16, 1951.
“Martinez Work on Exhibition.” Los Angeles Times. December 16, 1951.
Barlow, Jarvis. “Art Matters.” Pasadena Independent. December 16, 1951.
“Martinez’s Art Reflects his Religion.” Los Angeles Times. December 23, 1951.
Charlot, Jean. “Orozco and Siqueiros at the Academy of San Carlos.” College Art Journal 10 (1951): 355-94.

1953

Pallares, María Elena. “Ramos Martinez the Man and the Artist.” Excélsior 12 July 1953.


1964

Patterson, Robert H. “An Art in Revolution: Antecedents in Mexican Mural Painting, 1900-1920.” Journal of Inter-American Studies 6 (1964): 377-87.

1983

Small, George Raphael. “Alfredo Ramos Martinez and the Open Air: A Quest for Form not Formula.” Southwest Art 13 (1983): 48-55.

1967

Sutherland, Henry. “Hidden Art Treasure Lost in Building’s Renovation.” Los Angeles Times 5 Oct. 1967, part II: 6.

1991

Nieto, Margarita. “Art without Borders, Alfredo Ramos Martinez.” Antiques & Fine Art, Nov.-Dec. of 1991: 67-75.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Forgotten Splendors: Mexico’s Ramos Martinez Re-emerges from L.A. of ‘30s- ‘40s.” Los Angeles Times, October 16, 1991.

1979

Garbutt, Janice Lovoos. “And There was Martinez.” Westways Magazine. May 1979.

1997

Ollman, Leah. “Irony and Beauty from Ramos Martinez.” Los Angeles Times, November 14, 1997.


2001

Barbosa, Ana Mae. “The Open Air School in Mexico: Freedom, Form, and Culture.” Studies in Art Education, 42.4 (summer, 2001): 285-297. National Art Education Association.

2006

“Alfredo Ramos Martinez: The Creativity of Plein Air.” Efemérides – Imágenes, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas. 24 Nov. 1996. UNAM, (National Autonomous University of Mexico). Nov. 2006

2007

Mauleón, Hector de. “Ciro Bianchi, Island Chronicler, Narrates This Unknown Passage in the Life of the Nicaraguan Poet, Rubén Dario.” 14 Feb. 2007.

2008

Azuela, Pilar. “The Forging of the Imaginary: The Artistic Educational Revolutionary Movement.” Revista de la UNAM 6 Aug. 2004: 77-84. Nov. 2008.
Gomez Martinez, José Luis. “The Presence of Ortega y Gasset in Mexican Thought.” Oct, 2008. (Original publication of this study in New Magazine of Hispanic Philology, 35.1 (1987): 197-221).
INBA/Museo Estudio Diego Rivera. “Illustrious Words, 1921-1957.” Mexico is Mexico, Section IV, Sept. 2008: 71.


2014

Johnson, Reed. “Alfredo Ramos Martinez rediscovered Mexico in Los Angeles.” Los Angeles Times, January 19, 2014.
Zimskind, Lyle. “Framed: ‘El Defensor’ Re-classifies the Los Angeles Times.” Los Angeles Magazine, January 23, 2014.
Knight, Chris. “Review: Alfredo Ramos Martinez, champion of ordinary people, revisited.” Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2014.
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter. “Alfredo Ramos Martinez at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.” KCRW Art Talk, March 13, 2014.
Fauntleroy, Gussie. “Perspective: Alfredo Ramos Martinez (1871-1946).” Western Art and Architecture, March 2014.

2017

Tibbits, Randy. “MFAH Realizes Great Expectations with ‘Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism.’” Houston Press, July 3, 2017.
Stromberg, Matt. “Five Outstanding Shows Closing in Los Angeles this Week.” Hyperallergic, December 20, 2017.

2018

Greben, Deidre S. “Sharing their love of Latin American Art.” Newsday, November 12, 2018.

2019

Mohammed, Farah. “Who Was La Malinche?” JSTOR Daily, March 1, 2019.
Hamdan, Lara. “Flores Mexicanas Exhibit Explores ‘A Lindbergh Love Story,’ Work of Esteemed Mexican Painter.” St. Louis on the Air, May 22, 2019.
Schremp-Hahn, Valerie. “Giant wedding gift tells unlikely Lindbergh love story in new Missouri History Museum exhibit.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 31, 2019.
Brown Patton, Julie. “Flores Mexicanas: A 90-Year-Old Masterpiece.” West End Word, June 12, 2019.
McKirdy, Euan. “Steeped in History and Culture, a Magnificent Hacienda in Mexico City.” Mansion Global, October 18, 2019.
Scott, Andrea K. “Winter Art Preview.” The New Yorker, November 1, 2019.
Dafoe, Taylor. “Were the Mexican Muralists America’s Greatest Street Artists? A New Whitney Show Will Examine Their Too-Long-Ignored Legacy.” ArtNet News, November 14, 2019.
Gural, Natahsa. “Whitney Museum Rewrites Art History to Reveal Deep Influence of Mexican Muralists on American Artists.” Forbes, November 15, 2019.


2020

Crawford, Amy. “The Unheralded Influence of Mexico’s Muralists.” Smithsonian Magazine, January 2020.
Fuentelsaz, Jorge. “Mural art exhibit to highlight the untold bridge between México and the U.S.” Vida en el Valle, January 22, 2020.
Góchez, Adriana. “Museo de Dallas expone la última obra que Ramos Martínez creó en México.” La Razón de México, January 29, 2020.
Angeletti, Gabriella. “Beyond the wall: a golden period of exchange between Mexican and US artists is revisited in new show.” The Art Newspaper, February 10, 2020.
Salazar, Alejandra.  “How Mexican Muralists Shaped 20th Century American Art.” WNYC News, February 11, 2020.
Astri-O’Reilly. “The Dallas Museum of Art’s Dual Exhibition Examines Women’s Rights and Immigration.” Dallas Observer, February 12, 2020.
Gural, Natasha. “Mexico, Not France, Had ‘Most Profound And Pervasive’ Impact On 20th Century American Art, Whitney Curator Discovers.” Forbes, February 12, 2020.
Scarpelli, Leah and Kristen Cabrera. “Dallas Exhibit ‘Flores Mexicanas’ Brings Mexican Womanhood To Life Through Modern Art.” Texas Standard, February 12, 2020.
Fakhoury, Savannah. “Flores Mexicanas: Women in Modern Mexican Art Opens on Sunday at the DMA.” D Magazine, February 14, 2020.
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