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Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
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Online Gallery for Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art

Ester Hernandez’s La Virgen de Guadalupe Defendiendo los Derechos de los Xicanos

Meet the Artists of Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art

Online Gallery for Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art

Media - 1979.124 - SAAM-1979.124_1 - 87445

Media - 2012.11A-H - SAAM-2012.11A-H_1 - 89261

Christina Fernandez

Media - 2011.31 - SAAM-2011.31_1 - 81892

Raphael Montañez Ortiz

Media - 2011.52.2 - SAAM-2011.52.2_1 - 79792

Delilah Montoya

Media - 2011.52.1 - SAAM-2011.52.1_1 - 79791

Delilah Montoya

Media - 2012.12.1 - SAAM-2012.12.1_1 - 79790

Ken Gonzales-Day

Media - 2012.12.2A-O - SAAM-2012.12.2A_1 - 78629

Ken Gonzales-Day

Media - 2013.21 - SAAM-2013.21_1 - 86703

Media - 1998.97 - SAAM-1998.97_1 - 50012

Media - 2013.19.1 - SAAM-2013.19.1_1 - 86729

Media - 2013.19.2 - SAAM-2013.19.2_1 - 86730

Media - 1997.71A-G - SAAM-1997.71A-G_1 - 84728

Media - 2010.26 - SAAM-2010.26_1 - 74051

Enrique Chagoya

Media - 2013.23A-P - SAAM-2013.23A-P_1 - 85107

María Magdalena Campos-Pons

Media - 2005.3.3 - SAAM-2005.3.3_1 - 70071

Media - 2005.3.5 - SAAM-2005.3.5_1 - 70073

Media - 2013.28.1 - SAAM-2013.28.1_1-000001 - 87896

Scherezade García

Media - 2013.28.2 - SAAM-2013.28.2_1-000002 - 87897

Scherezade García

Media - 2013.32.1 - SAAM-2013.32.1_1 - 82226

iliana emilia garcía

Media - 1998.159 - SAAM-1998.159_1 - 13362

Abelardo Morell

Media - 2012.59.1 - SAAM-2012.59.1_1 - 87894

Antonio Martorell

Media - 2013.18 - SAAM-2013.18_1 - 87127

Arturo Rodríguez

Media - 1995.50.7 - SAAM-1995.50.7_2-000001 - 138847

Carlos A. Cortéz

Media - 2013.16 - SAAM-2013.16_1 - 79451

Media - 2011.51.1 - SAAM-2011.51.1_1 - 82214

Media - 1995.50.32 - SAAM-1995.50.32_2-000001 - 138845

Ester Hernandez

Media - 2013.56 - SAAM-2013.56_3 - 138834

Ester Hernandez

Media - 2013.24.1A-B - SAAM-2013.24.1A-B_5 - 134808

Carlos Irizarry

Media - 1995.50.38 - SAAM-1995.50.38_1 - 12598

Malaquias Montoya

Media - 1996.47.5 - SAAM-1996.47.5_2 - 138237

Amado M. Peña, Jr.

Media - 1995.50.23 - SAAM-1995.50.23_2-000001 - 138844

Luis C. González, Héctor D. González, RCAF

Media - 2013.58.1.1 - SAAM-2013.58.1.1_1 - 84472

Media - 2013.58.1.2 - SAAM-2013.58.1.2_1 - 84469

Media - 2013.57 - SAAM-2013.57_1 - 87832

Jorge Soto Sánchez

Media - 1995.50.58 - SAAM-1995.50.58_2 - 138234

Xavier Viramontes

Media - 1993.19 - SAAM-1993.19_1 - 65177

Media - 1992.95 - SAAM-1992.95_1 - 87966

Emanuel Martinez

Media - 2013.15 - SAAM-2013.15_1 - 79450

Media - 2013.60.1 - SAAM-2013.60.1_1 - 87548

Jorge Soto Sánchez

Media - 2011.19.5 - SAAM-2011.19.5_1 - 77488

Emilio Sánchez

Media - 1996.81.3 - SAAM-1996.81.3_1 - 55775

Joseph Rodríguez

Media - 1996.81.4 - SAAM-1996.81.4_1 - 12715

Joseph Rodríguez

Media - 2013.53.1A-C - SAAM-2013.53.1A-C_4 - 88592

Media - 2013.51.9 - SAAM-2013.51.9_1 - 85613

Oscar R. Castillo

Media - 2013.51.2 - SAAM-2013.51.2_1 - 85599

Oscar R. Castillo

Media - 2013.42 - SAAM-2013.42_1 - 87477

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Media - 2011.12 - SAAM-2011.12_1 - 77591

Media - 1995.94 - SAAM-1995.94_1 - 81758

Carmen Lomas Garza

Media - 1995.50.59 - SAAM-1995.50.59_1 - 12619

Carmen Lomas Garza

Media - 2012.53.6 - SAAM-2012.53.6_1 - 82041

Judithe Hernández

Media - 2012.53.10 - SAAM-2012.53.10_1 - 82052

Guillermo Bejarano

Media - 2012.53.11 - SAAM-2012.53.11_1 - 82053

José Cervantes

Media - 2012.53.4 - SAAM-2012.53.4_1 - 82039

Leonard Castellanos

Media - 1998.161 - SAAM-1998.161_2 - 91105

Amalia Mesa-Bains

Media - 1995.40 - SAAM-1995.40_1 - 12547

Media - 2013.48.1 - SAAM-2013.48.1_1 - 88678

Franco Mondini-Ruiz

Media - 2013.14 - SAAM-2013.14_1 - 86673

Media - 2012.37 - SAAM-2012.37_2 - 79865

Media - 2012.50A-B - SAAM-2012.50_1 - 79843

Media - 2012.35.1A-D - SAAM-2012.35.1A-D_2 - 79883

Margarita Cabrera

Media - 2012.35.2A-D - SAAM-2012.35.2A-D_1 - 79884

Margarita Cabrera

Media - 2012.36 - SAAM-2012.36_1 - 79885

Margarita Cabrera

Media - 2012.49.1 - SAAM-2012.49.1_3 - 89026

Media - 1994.95 - SAAM-1994.95_1 - 12471

John M. Valadez

Media - 1994.74 - SAAM-1994.74_1 - 83173

Media - 2011.24.1 - SAAM-2011.24.1_1 - 79841

Media - 2011.24.2 - SAAM-2011.24.2_1 - 79842

Media - 2013.45.2 - SAAM-2013.45.2_1 - 82016

Media - 2013.45.1 - SAAM-2013.45.1_1 - 82014

Media - 2013.44.1 - SAAM-2013.44.1_1 - 83724

Asco, Gronk, Willie F. Herrón III, Patssi Valdez, Harry Gamboa, Jr.

Media - 2013.44.2 - SAAM-2013.44.2_1 - 83726

Asco, Harry Gamboa, Jr., Gronk, Willie F. Herrón III, Patssi Valdez

Media - 2013.24.2 - SAAM-2013.24.2_1-000001 - 87260

Carlos Irizarry

Media - 1978.107 - SAAM-1978.107_1 - 5141

Media - 2013.20A-B - SAAM-2013.20_5 - 87452

Media - 2013.17 - SAAM-2013.17_2 - 89864

Media - 2012.31.1 - SAAM-2012.31.1_1 - 81906

Media - 2013.46.2 - SAAM-2013.46.2_1 - 85430

Alberto Valdés

Media - 2013.46.1 - SAAM-2013.46.1_1 - 85429

Alberto Valdés

Media - 2011.27A-B - SAAM-2011.27A-B_2 - 90591

Blog Image 104 - Preparing for Our America: Music and Abstraction, Works by Freddy Rodríguez

Freddy Rodríguez

Media - 2011.11.3A-B - SAAM-2011.11.3A-B_3 - 96012

Paul Henry Ramirez

Media - 1992.64.1 - SAAM-1992.64.1_1 - 11508

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez

Media - 1996.1A-F - SAAM-1996.1A-F_3 - 86430

Media - 1999.25 - SAAM-1999.25_1 - 13381

Media - 2013.48.2A-DD - SAAM-2013.48.2A-DD_3 - 88533

Media - 2013.37A-F - SAAM-2013.37A-F_2 - 91087

Ruben Trejo, Mandalas

Media - 1997.68 - SAAM-1997.68_1 - 12814

María Martínez-Cañas

Media - 2012.38A-C - SAAM-2012.38A-C_5-000001 - 137295

Teresita Fernández

Media - 1995.54.2 - SAAM-1995.54.2_1 - 12633

Online Gallery for Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art

Media - 2013.56 - SAAM-2013.56_3 - 138834 — Ester Hernandez, La Virgen de Guadalupe Defendiendo los Derechos de los Xicanos, 1975, etching and aquatint, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Explore Art and Artists

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Something Fun

Which Artist Shares Your Birthday?
Comics

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Current Exhibitions
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Traveling Exhibitions
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Art Conservation

Lunder Conservation Center

Collection Highlights

20th Century

Asian American Art

Asian American Art

Photography

Latinx Art

Sculpture

Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art

Skip to the next menu

Research Resources

Research and Scholars Center
Nam June Paik Archive Collection
Photograph Study Collection
National Art Inventories Databases
Save Outdoor Sculpture!
Researching Your Art
Library

Publications

American Art Journal
Toward Equity in Publishing
Catalogs and Books
Scholarly Symposia
Publication Prizes

Fellows and Interns

Fellowship Programs
List of Fellows and Scholars
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Featured Resource

A painting of an eye seen in the reflection of a mirror

How Do I Research My Art?

Want to learn more about the painting you found while clearing out the attic? For answers, be prepared for a little detective work.

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For K-12 Teachers

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