César Martínez is a ground-breaking artist and one of the founders of the Chicano Art Movement. His work goes back to the 1960s when he pioneered in such San Antonio-based art collectives as Con Safo and Los Quemados. He is renowned for his portraits of “pachucos” and “batos.” Latinopia asked César about the influences on his work and what strives to achieve with his portraits of Chicanas and Chicanos.