The Artist as Eyewitness: Antonio Bernal Papers, 1884-2019 offers the first survey of the life and work of Antonio Bernal. Bernal is often identified as a muralist-his 1968 mural in Del Rey, California, has been cited as the first Chicano mural-yet his career has been wide-ranging. He has been a union organizer and an iconoclastic education; an actor and author; and an artist of paintings and drawings as well as murals. All have been shaped by Bernal's unwavering political viewpoint and commitment to truth telling. The Antonio Bernal Papers, a special collection at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, supported the research presented in The Artist as Eyewitness. Essays by Charlene Villaseñor Black, Gabriela Rodriguez-Gomez, and Miguel Samano assess Bernal's life and career. The volume concludes with a bibliography and a finding and for the CSRC collection, which contains personal correspondence, personal writings, photographs, and audiovisual materials that document Bernal's travels, artwork, and family history. Book jacket.