Art. In 1939 he exhibited Portrait of Elsie at the 1939–1940 Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE), on Treasure Island. Martinez was selected in 1940 to represent California in the Hall of Fame at the World's Fair of 1940 in New York as one of three (along with Father Junipero Serra and William Keith). Writings During the last two decades of his life, Martinez became increasingly interested in his indigenous Mexican heritage. He published poetry and philosophic writings in a column entitled "Notas de un Chichimeca" in the Hispano-Americano, San Francisco's Spanish-language newspaper. Death In 1941, Martinez became ill. Elsie brought him to Carmel to be with her, their daughter, and Harriet Dean. He was with Elsie for seven months before he died on January 13, 1943. Permanent collections Xavier Martinez' paintings are held in the following museums: Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Guadalajara Art Museum Mills College Art Museum Oakland Museum of California See also California Tonalism References External links Online Archive of California: "Self-portrait of Xavier Martinez"; oil sketch on academy board, presented to Haig Patigian in 1912. Xavier Martinez and Benjamin Bufano, 1922 Elsie Martinez oral history 1869 births 1943 deaths Mexican emigrants to the United States 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters 20th-century American painters Tonalism Artists from Guadalajara, Jalisco People from Piedmont, California History of the San Francisco Bay Area American artists of Mexican descent Painters from California People of the New Deal arts projects American alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts San Francisco Art Institute alumni California College of the Arts faculty People from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California Naturalized citizens of the United States Mexican people of Purépecha descent American people of Purépecha descent 20th-century American male artists