Federico Canessi del Campillo (1905 – 1977) was a Mexican sculptor, and muralist. He is one of the founders of modern figurative sculpture in Mexico.
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.jpg) Canessi at work on a bust of B. Traven in 1929 in Mexico City | |
| Born | Federico Canessi del Campillo September 25, 1905 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | August 29, 1977 (aged 71) |
| Other names | Federico C. del Campillo |
| Education | Academy of San Carlos |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Awards | Brussels World Grand Prize (1940) |
Biography
editFederico Canessi del Campillo was born on September 25, 1905, in Mexico City, Mexico.[1][2][3] Canessi studied sculpture at the Academy of San Carlos, and was a student of Manuel Centurión.[3][4] In 1924, he received a scholarship and travelled to the United States on behalf of the Mexican government. There he worked in New York City and Chicago, and with the Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović.[3]
In 1930, Canessi returned to Mexico, and taught at the Central School of Plastic Arts (Old Academy of San Carlos). He was a founding member of the Academia de Artes (Academy of Arts) in 1968.[5] From 1934 to 1940 he lived in Jiquilpan, Michoacán.[6] He was awarded the Brussels World Grand Prize in 1940.[6]
Canessi created numerous sculptures made of wood, stone, clay, and bronze; including busts, and bas reliefs. In 1934, he worked with sculptor Oliverio Martínez on the Monumento a la Revolución. He carved a monumental stone relief into a rock face, 25 metres (82 ft)-high and 240 metres (790 ft)-wide at the Nezahualcóyotl Dam in 1964.[7] He collaborated with David Alfaro Siqueiros on the sculpture paintings of the rectory of Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City.[6]
Canessi died on August 29, 1977.[4]
Works
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- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
- Vicente Lombardo Toledano
- B. Traven[8]
- Salvador Allende
- Lázaro Cárdenas, Arcelia-Ciudad Altamirano highway, in Tierra Caliente, Guerrero[6]
- Flag Monument, 1940, Iguala; with architect Jorge L. Medellín[9]
- Monument to Teodoro Larrey, 1950, Puebla[6]
- Monument to the Hero of Nacozari, 1950, Toluca[6]
- Monument to the Flag (Monumento a la Bandera Nacional), 1951, Dolores Hidalgo[6]
- Monument to the Family, 1963, Tlatelolco
- Man Controlling the Forces of Nature for the Benefit of the Land and Industry, 1964, stone relief at the Nezahualcóyotl Dam
References
edit- ^ Shipp, Steve (2003). Latin American and Caribbean Artists of the Modern Era: A Biographical Dictionary of More Than 12,700 Persons. McFarland & Company. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-7864-1057-6 – via Google Books.
- ^ Romero, Héctor Manuel (1986). Enciclopedia Mexicana del Turismo: Temática Socioeconómica del Turismo (in Spanish). Editorial Limusa. p. 135. ISBN 978-968-18-1932-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c Escultura Mexicana: de la Academia a la Instalación (in Spanish). Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. 2001. p. 418. ISBN 978-968-5059-53-4 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Canessi, Federico". De Gruyter. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Federico Canesi". Portal de la Academia de Artes. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Canessi, Federico". Enciclopedia Guerrerense (in Spanish). 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ Le Pays (The Country) (in French). Comité Organizador de los Decimonovencs Jueges Olimpices. 1969.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Miller, Charles H. (1929). B. Traven Continued. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889–1932, Leo Baeck Institute Archives. The New York Times Book Review – via Internet Archive.
- ^ García Juárez, José (2010). "Dolores Hidalgo" (PDF). cultura.guanajuato.gob.mx. Guanajuato, MX. pp. 107–108.
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