Luis Martínez Pedro was born in 1910 Habana, Cuba.
After two years of Architecture studies at the University of Habana, he enrolls in 1929 at the prestigious school of fine arts Academia Nacional de Bellas Arte San Alejandro.

Due to the repression and political turmoils under the dictatorship of Geraldo Machado, Martinez Pedro abandons his studies and travels to the United States, where he continues his studies.

In 1931 Martinez Pedro exhibits a series of watercolors at the Tampa Fair, which he is receives a price for and in 1932 he enrolls in the Arts and Crafts Cub of New Orleans. By 1933 he returns to Cuba, where he works at the publishing company Mestre y Compañía. In 1937 he exhibits 12 drawings of social character in the Salon de Arte Moderno and in 1940 in the exposition of Arte en Cuba, organized by the University of Habana.

In 1943 he has his first solo exposition at the Lyceum Lawn Tennis Club in Habana with the series El Amor y Los Animales, with bullfighting themes and other mythological characteristics. In the 40’s he continues his drawings and is considered one of the best in his genre in Cuba, but his style evolves into expressionism and surrealism, incorporating classic themes, Indian legends and African rituals in Cuba.