Chicano artist Roberto Gutierrez is one of the most important artists to come out of the East Los Angeles artistic boom of the early 1970s. This collection of papers, prints, sketches and photos represents a small but significant portion of Gutierrez's historical record. Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at www.chicano.ucla.edu

Robert Gutierrez (b. 1943)is one of the most important artists to come out of the East Los Angeles artistic boom of the early 1970s and his artistic influences are all apparent in his works. Among these are Vincent Van Gogh, Edouard Manet (particularly his images of Parisian rooftops,) Chaim Soutine, José Clemente Orozco, Carlos Almarez and Diego Rivera. he also points to the German expressionism of the 1920s, for being, as he says, so much like the work of peers in the world of Latino art. He counts as milestone's in his career his trips to Paris and New York, and from both of these trips great bodies of work are now being created by Gutierrez and, moreover, his participation in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Group Show. Currently, Robert spends his time in his Pasadena neighborhood, sketching the Latino men and women doing those jobs that many others loathe or refuse to do as well as painting local cityscapes on canvas.

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