6 Items, 6 video files (2 hrs., 53 min.), digital, mov; 6 Items, 6 video recordings (Betacam); 39 Pages, Transcript
Access Note / Rights:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
An interview of José A. Torres Martino conducted 1997 October 26, by Luis Cancel, for the Archives of American Art's Puerto Rican Artists Video Project.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with José Antonio Torres Martinó, 1997 October 26. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Funding:
Funded by the Smithsonian Institution's Latino Pool Fund. This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
Use Note:
The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the recording is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Biography Note:
José Antonio Torres Martinó (1916-2011) was a Puerto Rican painter and author. He co-founded the Puerto Rican Arts Center, the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico, and the Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico.
Luis R. Cancel (1952- ) is a Puerto Rican arts administrator and artist from New York City, N.Y. Cancel is the President of Esperanto Internet Services, LLC. He is the former director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts and a scholar on 20th century Latin American and Puerto Rican art.
Language Note:
Interview was conducted in Spanish.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
