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Roberto Isaac " Beto " de la Rocha (born November 26, 1937) is a Mexican-American painter, graphic artist, and muralist. He was part of the Chicano art collective Los Four for a few years. De la Rocha was also influential in re-establishing the traditional Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead in Los Angeles.
De la Rocha was born in Long Beach, California, on January 12, 1970, to Robert "Beto" de la Rocha and Olivia Lorryne Carter. His father is a Mexican-American , [6] with African and Sephardi Jewish heritage, [7] [8] while his mother was born to Manuel García Urias, a Mexican-American, and Olive Pearl Fleming, who was of German and ...
Jul 19, 2022 · From his early years to the heights of Rage's success to his current-day status as something approaching a rock elder statesman, De La Rocha has never failed to remain true to himself as an artist and activist, stand up against injustice, and just rock flagrantly hard.
A 1995 Los Angeles Times article profiles de La Rocha, explaining an incident in which he decided to destroy all of his artwork. Disillusioned by the way things progressed after the LACMA exhibition, de La Rocha stopped painting and moved into his father's home.
Feb 24, 1995 · Twenty years ago, Rocha defected from the Chicano art scene, broke and disenchanted by the glamour and attention that a record-breaking 1974 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art had...
Robert de la Rocha. American, born 1937. de la Rocha, Beto. Biography. Works of Art. Biography. Printer at Gemini G.E.L. Compare Images List. connected. National Gallery of Art.
The Chicano artist collective Los Four originally consisted of four friends; Frank Romero (b. 1941), Carlos Almaraz (1941–1989), Robert de la Rocha (b. 1937) and founder Gilbert Luján (1940–2011).
