Rodriguez, Peter, 1926-
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Birth Date
- 1926-06-25
Death Date
- 2016-07-01
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1970
- Affiliation End: 1973
- Organization: Galería de la Raza (San Francisco, Calif.)
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1973
- Affiliation End: 1984-09
- Organization: Mexican Museum
Birth Place
- Stockton (Calif.)
Associated Language
- English
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Sources
- found: A life in color, 1992:t.p. (Peter Rodriguez) p. 33 (b. June 25, 1926 in Stockton, Calif.)
- found: Meier, Matt S. Mexican American biographies, 1988:page 193 (Peter Rodriguez, painter, museum director. Family moved to Jackson when he was an infant, then returned to Stockton when he was ten. Exhibited his work at age 13 in 1939 in New York, then in 1940s San Francisco's World Fair. Studied at Stockton Community College, but was primarily self-taught. Moved to San Francisco and co-founded the Galeria de la Raza in 1970, a group he split from in 1973, when he founded and became the first director of the Mexican Museum, stepping down as its director in September 1984.)
- found: Mission Local (online), viewed July 14, 2021:"Mexican Museum Founder Peter Rodriguez Dies at 90" (Peter Rodriguez, died July 1, 2016 in San Francisco.)
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- 1998-12-07: new
- 2021-08-11: revised
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