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As one of the artists in the vanguard of the Chicano Art and Los Angeles Mural Movements of the 1960's and 70's, Judithe Hernández is regarded as one of the important visual artists of the period. She was the only female member of the seminal and influential Los Angeles artist collective Los Four. The group also included the late well-known California painter, Carlos Almaraz. “It is safe to say that this grouping of artists, known collectively as Los Four, ‘legitimized’ Chicano art in the Anglo American art world and inspired the younger Chicanada to forge ahead with a school of art that would come to be known as Chicano Art. Today, Frank Romero, Carlos Almaraz,Gilbert Lujan, Judithe Hernández, and John Valadez represent a group of Chicano artists that have obtained international respect and are admired for producing original and exceptional bodies of work throughout their artistic careers. Los Four opened the commercial door to all in the Chicano art world." Reflection on the Chicano Art Movimiento: A Primer by Armando Vazquez.

She has exhibited extensively in the United States, Europe, and Mexico, including the ground-breaking first exhibition of contemporary Chicano Art in Europe: Le Démon des Anges. Her public works include the Los Angeles Bicentennial Mural, Recuredos de Ayer, Sueños de Mañana (1981) that commemorated the 200th anniversary of the city's founding in 1781. In contrast to her public art, her studio work has always been pastel on paper. The lush color and haunting imagery prompted one art critic to compare it to two legendary artists, saying it was a unique beautiful blend of Rivera and Rousseau"