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.
Exhibitions
The Netherlands
La Libre Esthétique (Brussels), 1910, 1911
De Branding (Rotterdam and Utrecht), 1918, (Rotterdam) 1919
Vereniging Voor de Kunst (Utrecht), 1918, 1921, 1923, 1927, 1934
Exhibitions at many other Dutch art associations and Dutch art galleries (in Amsterdam and The Hague) 1921 and thereafter Solo exhibition in the Haags Gemeentemuseum (The Hague), 1956 Solo exhibition in museum De Wieger (Deurne), 1999
Belgium
Galerie San Salvador (Brugge), 1926
France
Galerie Imberti (Bordeaux), 1938
Switzerland
Galerie Max Rohr (Bern), 1951
Museum collections
The Netherlands
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
Museum De Wieger, Deurne
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
France
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
References
'Raoul Martinez', by Rosella Huber-Spanier, Museum De Wieger 1999, 'Raoul Martinez en zijn Don Quichot', article by Rosella Huber-Spanier in Jong Holland, jaargang 16 nr.1, 2000, pag. 42-50