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The Outsider
Martin Ramirez
Milwaukee Art Museum
October 6 - January 13, 2008
Title: Untitled, Horse and Rider, 1954
Artist: Martín Ramírez (1895–1963)
Medium: Crayon and Pencil on Pierce Paper
Collection o L. & L. Feiwel
Photo by Joseph Painter
Courtesy Fleisher / Ollman Gallery, Philadephia
Image Courtesy: Milwaukee Art Museum
Martín Ramírez's life spanned from rancher to Mexican laborer to inmate at the DeWitt State Hospital
in northern California to artist. He is included in the 'Big Three' referring to outsider artists of the 20th Century.
Originally from the French Art Brut or "Rough Art", outsider
art refers to artists that worked away from the traditional
cultural artistic boundaries. French artist Jean Dubuffet coined the term to define works created by artists who were
confined to insane asylums. In American usage it encompassed
'naive artists' and self-taught artists. Residency in a mental institution was not a requirement to be known as an outsider artist in the USA.
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Untitled, (Rosenquist Scroll), 1953
Artist: Martín Ramírez (1895-1963)
Medium: Crayon, Pencil and Collage on Pierced Paper
Collection of Joni and Michael Zavis
Photograph Courtesy: Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
Image Courtesy: Milwaukee Art Museum
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Confinement doesn't dull creativity. Van Gogh produced many important pieces during his
recuperation at St. Rémy.
Ramírez completed over 300 works during the last decade and half of his confinement.
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Untitled (Abstract), ca. 1948-1963
Artist: Martín Ramírez (1895-1963)
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Collection of Susan M. Yecies
Photograph by Gavin Ashworth, New York
Image Courtesy: Milwaukee Art Museum
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The Ramírez drawings are complex and multi layered. Subjects include cityscapes, railroads, churches and religious figures.
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Untitled (Man at Desk), ca. 1948-1963
Artist: Martín Ramírez (1895-1963)
Medium: Crayon and Pencil on Pierced Paper
Collection of Stephanie Smither
Photograph by Rick Gardner, Houston
Image Courtesy: Milwaukee Art Museum
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Untitled (La Immaculada), 1950s
Artist: Martín Ramírez (1895-1963)
Medium: Crayon, Pencil, Watercolor and Collage Papers
Permanent Collection: High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Purchase with T. Marshall Hahn Folk Art Acquisition Fund
for the T. Marshall Hahn Collection, 1999.9.3.
Photograph Courtesy: High Museum of Art
Image Courtesy: Milwaukee Art Museum
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The Milwaukee Art Museum currently hosts the first major retrospective exhibit dedicated to Martín Ramírez featuring nearly 100 of his works on paper.
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Martín Ramírez
Milwaukee Art Museum:
October 6 - January 13, 2008
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