Raoul Martinez

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Raoul Martinez
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Raoul Martinez at work c. 1955
Born
Raphael Jules (Raoul) Martinez

(1876-09-09)September 9, 1876
DiedSeptember 18, 1974(1974-09-18) (aged 98)
Nationality French
Known for Painting

Raoul Martinez (1876–1974) was a French artist.

Life

The French painter Martinez was born from well to do parents who lived in Paris. The family owned a hacienda near Havana. After his education in Paris Martinez worked for some years at the estate. He had a Cuban background and he had Cuban connections for many years. After his stay there he returned to Europe, first to Brussels where he lived from 1896 till circa 1915. In Brussels he started his career as a painter in 1907 and had his first exhibition at La Libre Esthétique in 1910. During the First World War and thereafter he worked a couple of periods in the Netherlands and in Belgium, after the Second World War he settled in Paris.

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Exhibitions

The Netherlands

Belgium

France

Switzerland

Museum collections

The Netherlands

France

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