Martín Ramírez
Martín Ramírez
American, born Mexico, 1895–1963
Birth placeMexico
BiographyMartin Ramirez (1895 - 1963) created nearly 300 drawings of remarkable visual clarity and expressive power within the confines of DeWitt State Hospital in northern California, where he resided the last 15 years of his life. Ramirez had been codified primarily as a "schizophrenic artist".Ramírez created the roughly 300 drawings that make up his known work between 1948 and 1963 while confined to a mental hospital in Northern California.
Person TypePerson
