Federico Canessi Explained

Federico Canessi
Other Names:	Federico C. del Campillo
Birth Name:	Federico Canessi del Campillo
Birth Date:	September 25, 1905
Birth Place:	Mexico City, Mexico
Education:	Academy of San Carlos
Occupation:	Sculptor
Awards:	Brussels World Grand Prize (1940)

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.^{[1] [2] [3]} Canessi studied sculpture at the Academy of San Carlos, and was a student of .^[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.

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.

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, 25m (82feet)-high and 240m (790feet)-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.

Canessi died on August 29, 1977.

Works

• Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
• Vicente Lombardo Toledano
• B. Traven^[8]
• Salvador Allende
• Lázaro Cárdenas, Arcelia-Ciudad Altamirano highway, in Tierra Caliente, Guerrero
• Flag Monument, 1940, Iguala; with architect Jorge L. Medellín^[9]
• Monument to Teodoro Larrey, 1950, Puebla
• Monument to the Hero of Nacozari, 1950, Toluca
• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Shipp, Steve . Latin American and Caribbean Artists of the Modern Era: A Biographical Dictionary of More Than 12,700 Persons . 2003 . McFarland & Company . 978-0-7864-1057-6 . 129 . en . Google Books.
2. Book: Romero, Héctor Manuel . Enciclopedia Mexicana del Turismo: Temática Socioeconómica del Turismo . 1986 . Editorial Limusa . 978-968-18-1932-3 . 135 . es . Google Books.
3. Book: Escultura Mexicana: de la Academia a la Instalación . 2001 . Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes . 978-968-5059-53-4 . 418 . es . Google Books.
4. Web site: Canessi, Federico . limited . 2024-05-25 . . en.
5. Web site: Federico Canesi . 2024-05-25 . Portal de la Academia de Artes . en.
6. Web site: 2020-03-11 . Canessi, Federico . 2024-05-25 . Enciclopedia Guerrerense . es.
7. Book: Le Pays (The Country) . 1969 . Comité Organizador de los Decimonovencs Jueges Olimpices . fr.
8. Book: Miller, Charles H. . B. Traven Continued . 1929 . . Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889–1932, Leo Baeck Institute Archives . Internet Archive.
9. Web site: García Juárez . José . 2010 . Dolores Hidalgo . cultura.guanajuato.gob.mx . Guanajuato, MX . 107–108.