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Rupert García
Chicano artist (b.
Rupert garcia biography
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Rupert García (born in ), is an American Chicano visual artist, and educator. He is known as a painter, pastellist, and screen printer. In the s, he led a Chicano movement against 'Yankee' culture through the production and use of posters and screen prints.
He worked in collaboration with many Chicanx artists at different printing and art studios in the Los Angeles area, and made many activist works in support of the Chicano movement.[1][2] In , he co-founded the Galería de la Raza in San Francisco.[3][4][5] He is a professor emeritus of art at San Jose State University since
Early life and education
Rupert García was born in in French Camp, an agricultural town in the San Joaquin Valley.[3][6] He grew up in the nearby city of Stockton, California.[6] García was raised mostly by his mother and grandmothers, and from them learned different styles and mediums o