Mary Martin (Maria Luisa Martin) born in Salamanca, Spain, 1927 had a very dramatic beginning to life. Her family attempted to flee Spain following the Spanish Civil War, was caught and her father was sent to a concentration camp! After he escaped, they were able to make it to Mexico where she began general studies, but left school to study art as a teen.
Martin was married to Eduardo Vasquez Jimenez (architect) and she concentrated on drawing and painting early on, turning to printmaking later, as well as teaching. Printmaking gave Mary Martin a "mouthpiece" for expressing her opinions on political and social issues such as the workingclass, indigenous peoples, the downtrodden Mexican woman, etc. She was also very supportive of the Cuban Revolution.
Her artwork was influenced by great Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera. She has exhibited all over the world. Her printmaking was characterized with by, solid black lines and contrasting ochre hues. Hacia el Seminaria (Toward the Seminar), 1957, is the title of the engraving below in the aforementioned style. Maria Luisa Martin died of cancer at the age of 65.
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