ROBERTO DE LA ROCHA
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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Roberto "Beto" de la Rocha is an American painter, graphic artist, and muralist.
He was born in Wilmar, California to Mexican-American parents.
However, according to Carlos Almaraz, he claimed to be a Hasidic Jew from a Spanish Jewish family.
He earned his Master's of Fine Arts from California State University, Long Beach
In 1973, he joined the influential Chicano art collective Los Four.
The group, composed of Carlos Almaraz, Frank E. Romero, Gilbert "Magu" Lujn, and de la Rocha, was responsible for numerous murals and public art installations in the Los Angeles area.
The group was also one of the first to draw mainstream attention to Chicano art, exhibiting at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1974.
After a few years with the group, he suffered a mental breakdown and destroyed his paintings.
According to Almaraz, "he left the group under very, very terrible circumstances.
