Xavier Martinez, Mexican, American, 1869 to 1943, oil painting on board depicting a forest landscape, 1929. Signed with monogram and dated, lower left. Framed. Xavier Martinez is known for Landscape and coastal painting, graphics. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Xavier Timoteo y Orozco Martinez was a painter noted for his Tonalist style, an etcher, lithographer and long time art activist in northern California. He began his art studies in Mexico, and moved to San Francisco in 1893 when his stepfather became consul general from Mexico. Martinez enrolled at the School of Design as a pupil of Arthur Mathews and won high honors including a scholarship to study with Jean Leon Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where he stayed five years, 1897 to 1901. During this time, he adopted Tonalism with somber greys, greens and browns. He also spent time with James McNeill Whistler, who had a strong influence on his work, especially with the Tonalist aesthetic. Mexican and Latin American Fine Art, Landscape Oil Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.