Federico Canessi del Campillo (1905 – 1977) was a Mexican sculptor, and muralist. He is one of the founders of
modern figurative sculpture in Mexico.
Biography
Federico Canessi del Campillo was born on September 25, 1905, in Mexico City, Mexico.
Canessi studied sculpture at the
Academy of San Carlos, and was a student of .
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.
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. From 1934 to 1940 he lived in
Jiquilpan, Michoacán.
He was awarded the Brussels World Grand Prize in 1940.
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, -high and -wide at the
Nezahualcóyotl Dam in 1964. He collaborated with
David Alfaro Siqueiros on the sculpture paintings of the rectory of
Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City.
Canessi died on August 29, 1977.
Works
* ''
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
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Vicente Lombardo Toledano''
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B. Traven''
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Salvador Allende''
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Lázaro Cárdenas
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,'' Arcelia-Ciudad Altamirano highway, in
Tierra Caliente, Guerrero
* ''Flag Monument'', 1940, Iguala; with architect Jorge L. Medellín
* ''Monument to Teodoro Larrey'', 1950,
Puebla
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* ''Monument to the Hero of Nacozari'', 1950,
Toluca
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* ''Monument to the Flag (Monumento a la Bandera Nacional)'', 1951, Dolores Hidalgo
* ''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
External links
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1905 births
1977 deaths
20th-century Mexican sculptors
Academy of San Carlos alumni
Artists from Mexico City
Mexican male artists
20th-century Mexican sculptors
Mexican modern sculptors
Members of the Academia de Artes