Francisco Zúñiga

Francisco Zúñiga (December 27, 1912 – August 9, 1998) was a Costa Rican and Mexican artist, known both for his painting and his sculpture. ["Costa Rican Enrichment", Washington Post, June 18, 1993.] Journalist Fernando González Gortázar lists Zúñiga as one of the 100 most notable Mexicans of the 20th century, [" [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2000/01/30/sem-fernando.html Mis cien mexicanos del siglo XX] ". La Jornada, January 30, 2000.] while the Encyclopædia Britannica calls him "perhaps the best sculptor" of the Mexican political modern style. [ [http://www.britannica.com/hispanic_heritage/article-253341 Latin American art] , Encyclopædia Britannica.]

Biography

Zúñiga was born in Costa Rica in 1912; his father, Manuel Maria Zúñiga, was also a sculptor. [http://www.medicinemangallery.com/bio/franciscozuniga.lasso Biography] , Medicine Man Gallery.] [http://www.artinfo.com/artists/profile/biography/185/ Biography] on artinfo.com.] He won first prize in a 1935 Latin American sculpture competition, the Salón de Escultura en Costa Rica, for his bronze sculpture "La maternidad", [http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/z/zuniga_francisco.htm Biografia de Francisco Zúñiga] , Biografias y Vidas.] and in 1936 moved to Mexico," [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/1999/01/15/francis.html Con su obra, Francisco Zúñiga retorna a su natal Costa Rica] ". La Jornada, January 15, 1999.] ["Muere destacado escultor mexicano Francisco Zuniga". Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 14, 1998.] where he studied art formally at La Escuela de Talla Directa, working with Guillermo Ruiz, sculptor Oliverio Martinez, and painter Manuel Rodriguez Lozano. In 1938, he took a faculty position at La Esmeralda; he remained at that position until retiring in 1970. [ [http://www.jcgltd.com/search/artist_details.cfm?artist_id=121 Biography] , Joan Cawley gallery.] In 1958 he was awarded the first prize in sculpture from the Mexican National Institute of Fine Arts.

Zúñiga's works have been shown widely, including displays in Los Angeles, [Francisco Zúñiga's publicly displayed artworks in Los Angeles: [http://www.publicartinla.com/UCLAArt/desnudo1.html] [http://www.publicartinla.com/UCLAArt/desnudo2.html] [http://www.publicartinla.com/UCLAArt/mother&child.html] [http://www.publicartinla.com/sculptures/Lincoln_Park/zaragoza.html] [http://www.publicartinla.com/USCArt/depie.html] [http://www.publicartinla.com/sculptures/Lincoln_Park/velarde.html] .] San Salvador, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Stockholm, and Toronto.Museums holding his works in their permanent collections include the San Diego Museum of Art, [ [http://www.sdmart.org/exhibition-garden.html May S. Marcy Sculpture Court and Garden] , San Diego Museum of Art.] the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, the Phoenix Art Museum, the Ponce Museum of Art in Puerto Rico, and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC.

References

Books

*citation
title = Homenaje al maestro Francisco Zúñiga : (1912 - 1998)
last1 = Anguiano
first1 = Raúl
last2 = Moyssén Echeverría
first2 = Xavier
last3 = Sebastián
first3 = Enrique Carbajal
publisher = Academia de Artes
year = 1998
isbn = 968-729212-1

*citation
first = Jerry
last = Brewster
title = Zúñiga
publisher = Alpine Fine Arts
year = 1984
isbn = 0881680079

*citation
first = Carlos Francisco
last = Echeverria
year = 1981
title = Zúñiga: An Album of His Sculptures
publisher = Hacker Art Books
isbn = 978-9687047034

*citation
first = Alfredo
last = Cardona Pena
title = Francisco Zúñiga: Viaje poetico
year = 1997
publisher = Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia
isbn = 978-9977648996

*citation
first = Luis
last = Ferrero
title = Zúñiga, Costa Rica: Colección Daniel Yankelewitz
year = 1985
publisher = Editorial Costa Rica
isbn = 9977231605

*citation
first = Marcel
last = Paquet
title = Zúñiga: La abstracción sensible
year = 1989
publisher = El Taller del Equilibrista
isbn = 9686285245

*citation
first = Sheldon
last = Reich
title = Francisco Zúñiga, Sculptor: Conversations and Interpretations
publisher = Univ. of Arizona Press
year = 1981
isbn = 978-0816506651

*citation
first = Ida
last = Rodriguez Prampolini
year = 2002
title = La obra de Francisco Zúñiga, canon de belleza americana
publisher = Sinc, S.A. de C.V / Albedrio
isbn = 978-9709027075

*citation
first = Ariel
last = Zúñiga
year = 2001
title = Francisco Zúñiga: Travel sketches 1
publisher = Sinc, S.A. de C.V / Albedrio
isbn = 978-9709027051

*citation
first = Ariel
last = Zúñiga
year = 1999
title = Francisco Zúñiga, Catalogo Razonado, Volumen I: Escultura / Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I: Sculpture (1923-1993)
publisher = Sinc, S.A. de C.V / Albedrio
isbn = 978-9709027020

*citation
first = Ariel
last = Zúñiga
year = 2003
title = Francisco Zúñiga, Catalogo Razonado, Vol. II: Oleos, estampas y reproducciones / Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II: Oil Paintings, prints and reproductions
publisher = Sinc, S.A. de C.V / Albedrio
isbn = 978-9709027082

*citation
first = Ariel
last = Zúñiga
year = 2007
title = Francisco Zúñiga Catalogo Razonado / Catalogue Raisonné Volume III (Drawings 1927–1970)
publisher = Sinc, S.A. de C.V / Albedrio
isbn = 978-9709027105

*citation
first = Ariel
last = Zúñiga
year = 2007
title = Francisco Zúñiga Catalogo Razonado / Catalogue Raisonné Volume IV (Drawings 1971–1989)
publisher = Sinc, S.A. de C.V / Albedrio
isbn = 978-9709027112

Additional sources

*citation
title = Francisco Zúñiga and the Mexican tradition
first = Rosa Amparo
last = Nieto Sua
year = 1983
publisher = M.A. thesis, Queens College, New York.

*citation
first = Maru
last = Ruiz de Icaza
journal = Actual
year = 1998
title = Francisco Zúñiga: sus mujeres indígenas se asentaron en el ex Palacio del Arzobispo
volume = 5
issue = 52
pages = 68.

*citation
first = Mary Carmen
last = Sánchez Ambriz
title = Francisco Zúñiga, 1912-1998; In memoriam
journal = Siempre!
year = 1998
volume = 45
issue = 2357
pages = 61.

*citation
first = Fernando
last = Ureña Rib
title = La sostenida maestría de Francisco Zúñiga
year = 2007
url = http://www.latinartmuseum.com/zuniga.htm.

*citation
first = Erin
last = Van Rheenen
title = Living Abroad in Costa Rica
year = 2007
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=YDTGFv74GLMC&dq=american+living+abroad&pg=PP1&ots=0uYdcDHDh8&source=citation&sig=lpHpdT3e7lL9PY0zHRpLERXYuAE&hl=en&prev=.

External links

* [http://www.franciscozuniga.org Francisco Zúñiga 1912–1998] . Artist's web site maintained by Fundación Zúñiga Laborde A.C.