Artwork by Joaquin Chinas, 1961

Item Overview

Title

Artwork by Joaquin Chinas, 1961

Alternative title

Portraits and works of black male artists in Los Angeles

Date Created

1961

Date

1961

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Charcoal drawing of a young woman by Mexican/Native American artist Joaquin Chinas
Joaquin Chinas was an 'Indian' born in Tehuantepec, Mexico in 1924. Self-taught as an artist, he earned his primary living as a day laborer. He worked in charcoal, and specialized in portraits. In the late 1950s, he was befriended and sponsored by California congressman Bob Wilson of Chula Vista, who arranged for Chinas to show his works at the Pan American Union in San Diego in 1959. He later was exhibited regularly at the Dalzell Hatfield at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Physical Description

Extent

1 drawing

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Names

Chinas, Joaquin, 1924-

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Mexican art
Native American artists