Francisco Xavier Camplís (born 1934) is an American Chicano visual artist, printmaker, photographer, and filmmaker. In 1970, he co-founded the

Galería de la Raza Galería de la Raza (GDLR) is a non-profit art gallery and artist collective founded in 1970, that serves the largely Chicano and Latino population of San Francisco's Mission District. GDLR mounts exhibitions, hosts poetry readings, workshops, a ...

in San Francisco.

Biography

Francisco Xavier Camplís was born in 1934, in San Francisco, California. He attended the

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, and

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. He was a veteran of the

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

. In 1970, Galería de la Raza was founded by artists including Camplís, Chuy Campusano, Ralph Maradiaga,

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Rupert García Rupert García (born in 1941), is an American Chicano visual artist, and educator. He is known as a painter, pastellist, and screen printer. In the 1960s, he led a Chicano movement against 'Yankee' culture through the production and use of poster ...

, Gustavo Ramos Rivera, Carlos Loarca, Manuel Villamor, Robert Gonzales, Luis Cervantes, and Rolando Castellón. It was a

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and

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that featured Latino and Chicano artists in the

Mission District The Mission District ( Spanish: ''Distrito de la Misión''), commonly known as the Mission ( Spanish: ''La Misión''), is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. One of the oldest neighborhoods in San Francisco, the Mission District's name ...

of San Francisco. He also worked as an art director of Casa Hispana de Bellas Artes in San Francisco. Camplís' work can be found in museum and public collections, including the

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM; formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds one of the world's lar ...

, the

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, is the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco. FAMSF's combined attendance was 1,1 ...

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, the César E. Chávez Branch Library Poster Collection at the

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, the

San Francisco Arts Commission The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) is the City agency that champions the arts as essential to daily life by investing in a vibrant arts community, enlivening the urban environment and shaping innovative cultural policy in San Francisco, Cal ...

Filmography

* 1974, ''Los Desarraigados'' (English: The Uprooted), short film * 1976, ''Outlines'' * 1977, ''La Morenita'' * 2000, ''Unmined Treasures'', short film

References

External links

Francisco Camplis Papers, 1967-2000
University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Collections {{DEFAULTSORT:Camplís, Francisco X. 1934 births Living people 20th-century American printmakers American artists of Mexican descent American military personnel of the Korean War Artists from San Francisco Chicano art Hispanic and Latino American artists San Francisco Art Institute alumni Stanford University alumni University of San Francisco alumni