Mis Hermanos

Jesse Treviño, Mis Hermanos, 1976, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lionel Sosa, Ernest Bromley, Adolfo Aguilar of Sosa, Bromley, Aguilar and Associates, 1994.74
Jesse Treviño, Mis Hermanos, 1976, acrylic on canvas, 4870 in. (121.9177.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lionel Sosa, Ernest Bromley, Adolfo Aguilar of Sosa, Bromley, Aguilar and Associates, 1994.74

Artwork Details

Title
Mis Hermanos
Date
1976
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
4870 in. (121.9177.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lionel Sosa, Ernest Bromley, Adolfo Aguilar of Sosa, Bromley, Aguilar and Associates
Mediums
Mediums Description
acrylic on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Recreation — leisure — eating and drinking
  • Portrait group — family — siblings
  • Portrait group — male
Object Number
1994.74

Artwork Description

Mis Hermanos was inspired by a snapshot of a weekend family get-together where siblings gather for a photo, their eyes perhaps focused on multiple cameras. Treviño was attracted to such commonplace yet personally meaningful subjects after returning as a wounded Vietnam veteran to his hometown of San Antonio, Texas. Treviño’s photorealist paintings monumentalize everyday people and places not traditionally viewed as icons of the United States.

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013

Description in Spanish

La inspiración para Mis Hermanos fue una foto informal de una reunión familiar de fin de semana donde los hermanos se retratan, posiblemente mirando hacia distintas cámaras. Treviño se sintió atraído por tales temas, à la vez convencionales y personalmente significativos, al regresar como un veterano de Vietnam herido à la ciudad donde creció, San Antonio, Texas. Los cuadros fotorrealistas de Treviño inmortalizan à la gente común y los lugares cotidianos que tradicionalmente no son percibidos como íconos de los Estados Unidos.

Nuestra América: la presencia latina en el arte estadounidense, 2013

Works by this artist (5 items)

Kenneth M. Adams, Evening, ca. 1950-1960, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arvin Gottlieb, 1991.205.2
Evening
Dateca. 1950-1960
oil on canvas
On view
Kenneth M. Adams, Deer Track (Pa-ee-na), after 1924, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arvin Gottlieb, 1991.205.1
Deer Track (Pa-ee-na)
Dateafter 1924
oil on canvas
On view
Kenneth M. Adams, Taos Indian Woman, ca. 1920-1930, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arvin Gottlieb, 1993.48.1
Taos Indian Woman
Dateca. 1920-1930
oil on canvas
On view
Harvest
Date1940
lithograph on paper
Not on view

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      This audio podcast series discusses artworks and themes in the exhibition Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In this episode, museum director Elizabeth Broun discusses Mis Hermanos by Jesse Treviño 

      Exhibitions

      Media - 2011.12 - SAAM-2011.12_1 - 77591
      Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
      October 25, 2013March 2, 2014
      Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art presents the rich and varied contributions of Latino artists in the United States since the mid-twentieth century, when the concept of a collective Latino identity began to emerge.

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