Treviño, an Army veteran who had to relearn how to paint following an injury, was known for West Side scenes and public art. His work includes some of the city’s largest and most eye-catching murals.
Alma E. Hernandez, For the San Antonio Express NewsSAN ANTONIO — San Antonio artist Jesse Treviño, who created some of San Antonio’s best known public art, has died. He was 76.
The Cortez family also posted a tribute on the Mi Tierra Cafe & Bakery Facebook page: “Jesse was a visionary who created many of San Antonio’s most iconic and important public art pieces that are now woven into the fabric of our city’s cultural landscape.” Treviño is known for public art pieces such as “The Spirit of Healing,” a 93-foot-tall mural he completed in 1997 on the side of Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital, since renamed the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio; and “La Veladora,” a three-dimensional, 40-foot-tall mural depicting a votive candle bearing the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe that is on the side of the Guadalupe Theater.
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