About This Stamp
In 2003 the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp honoring civil rights leader Cesar E. Chavez, who is best known as the founder of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO (UFW). Painted by freelance illustrator Robert Rodriguez, the stamp art features a portrait of Chavez against a background of empty grape fields. Rodriguez based the portrait on a 1976 photograph of Chavez taken by Bob Fitch and provided to the Postal Service by the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation in Los Angeles, California. He based the background on an aerial photograph taken in the 1960s by Ted Streshinsky.
Cesar E. Chavez name and likeness™ Cesar E. Chavez Foundation
Stamp Art Director, Stamp Designer
Carl T. Herrman
As an art director for the U.S. Postal Service® for more than 15 years, Carl T. Herrman designed more than 50 stamps and guided more than 250 stamp projects, including Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Humphrey Bogart, and Comic Strip Classics. He also served as art director for five of the Celebrate the Century stamp panes. He has won more than 260 awards for design and design management, including two gold medals from the Society of Illustrators.
Herrman’s career has included positions as Director of Creative Services and adjunct professor at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, and Director of Marketing and Publications for the University of California at Irvine. He has provided consulting services for the Smithsonian Institution, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and numerous academic institutions. Herrman lives in Carlsbad,California.