▁well ▁as ▁the ▁political ▁influ ences ▁of ▁Cub an ▁Revolution ary ▁art . ▁ ▁Ex am ining ▁his ▁work ▁throughout ▁his ▁lifetime , ▁one ▁can ▁trace ▁the ▁art istic ▁pro gression ▁of ▁Cub an ▁art ▁from ▁Abstract ▁Expression ism , ▁to ▁the ▁later ▁coll ages ▁of ▁militar istic ▁figures . ▁ ▁In fl uen ced ▁by ▁the ▁growing ▁pop - art ▁movement , ▁Martínez ▁created ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁designs ▁for ▁mag az ines , ▁books , ▁and ▁post ers . ▁Note ▁that ▁while ▁the ▁pop ▁art ▁movement , ▁especially ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁War hol , ▁was ▁all ▁about ▁the ▁inclusion ▁of ▁ready - m ades ▁and ▁the ▁repet ition ▁of ▁pop ▁icons ▁that ▁were ▁found ▁images . ▁ ▁This ▁is ▁not ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Martínez . ▁ ▁Even ▁though ▁there ▁were ▁many ▁common ▁devices ▁found ▁in ▁his ▁work , ▁such ▁as ▁bright ▁colors ▁and ▁repet ition ▁of ▁culture ▁icons ▁( Mart í ), ▁his ▁work ▁that ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁of ▁the ▁pop ▁art ▁genre ▁was ▁mostly ▁painted , ▁und erm ining ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁ide als ▁of ▁pop ▁art ▁as ▁we ▁know ▁them ▁today . ▁Many ▁of ▁his ▁works ▁carried ▁the ▁them es ▁and ▁icon ography ▁of ▁the ▁Cub an ▁revolution , ▁using ▁v ibr ant ▁colors ▁and ▁com ic ▁book ▁them es . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁Martínez ▁began ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁many ▁designs ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁national ▁hero ▁José ▁Martí . ▁ ▁Works ▁by ▁Ra úl ▁Martínez ▁have ▁been , ▁and ▁are ▁still ▁on ▁exhib it