Funeral Mass set for Thursday for San Antonio artist Jesse Treviño
Alma E. Hernandez/Alma E. Hernandez / For the SanThe service is set to begin at 2 p.m.
Treviño will be buried in a private ceremony at a later date at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, according toFriends hope to have a public celebration of his life and his work some time in the future. Treviño, died Feb. 13 at age 76. He had COVID-19 and pneumonia at the end of last year and had been treated twice for cancer in the last decade of his life. He was receiving hospice care when he died.The Fox Tech High School graduate made a name for himself with photo-realist depictions of life on the West Side, where he grew up and developed a reputation from the time he was young for his artistic abilities.
Shortly after his tour began, he was shot by a sniper then stumbled into a booby trap. He lost a lot of blood, nearly lost his leg, and lost the use of his right arm. After he returned to the United States, he endured a series of operations to try to quell the constant pain in his injured arm, which he had used to paint. After three years, the arm was amputated, though the pain lingered for the rest of his life.Treviño taught himself to paint with his left hand, and he created prolifically.
It also can be found on the walls of San Antonio. His public art includes a number of murals, most notably the iconic “The Spirit of Healing” 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 on the side of the Guadalupe Theater.
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