ROBERT ARENIVAR
Biographical Information
Arenivar (c.1931-1985) was born in the northern California industrial suburb of Pittsburg, and he grew up in East Los Angeles. Self-taught as an artist, he quit his factory job after Goez Art Gallery and Studio was formed in order to work full-time as an artist. He spent many years as head designer and illustrator for Goez. He also did several projects with longime friend David Lopez, including a 1984 painting of the Hispanic Medal of Honor winner that hangs in the Pentagon. They also did a mural together in 1985 on an East Los Angeles bar (at Hammel and Gage) depicting the history of Mexico. It was destroyed in 1991 or 1992.
Mural Credits
Employment Through the Ages (photo)
Exposition Park Welcomes the World (photo)
The Four Elements as Plato Saw Them: Air, Fire, Water and Earth
La Nueva Unidad
Ofrenda Maya (photo)
A Story of Our Struggle (photos)
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