Frank Edward Romero is an American artist considered a pioneer of the Chicano art movement. Born in 1941 near Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, California, he was the third child of a middle-class family whose parents were of Spanish and Mexican descent, which influenced his future exploration of Chicano art. His work explores urban and cultural portraits across California in the tone of Chicano art, and incorporates palm trees and vibrant colors into his paintings as creative features.
The Chicano Movement represents a pioneering movement of unique artistic identity established by Mexican-American artists in the United States. Many of the artists who created and created Chicano were heavily influenced by the Chicano movement that began in the 1960s.
Chicano art was also influenced by the post-Revolutionary social ideology of Mexico, the traditional art of the pre-Columbian era, the art of European painting, and the social, political, and cultural issues of Mexican-Americans. It is also committed to countering and challenging mainstream social norms and stereotypes of cultural autonomy and self-determination. Some of the issues the movement focused on were awareness of collective history and culture, the restoration of land grants and equal opportunities for social mobility.
Throughout the movement and beyond, the Chicano used art to express their cultural values, as a protest as well as aesthetic values. The arts have evolved over time not only to illustrate current struggles and social issues, but also to continue to inform chicano youth and unify around their culture and history. Chicano art isn't just a Mexican-American work of art: it's also a public forum that emphasizes "invisible" history and people in a uniquely American art form.