Additional information
| Artist | Zuniga |
|---|---|
| Country | Costa Rican, Mexican |
| Region | Latin American |
ArtistZuniga, Francisco
Artist Years1912-1998
Artist NationalityCosta Rican, Mexican
TitleGrupo de Mujeres Sentadas III
Year1933
MediumPrint > Color Lithography
Dimensions22 X 4 inches
Sheet: 6 X 7 inches
Catalog ReferenceZuniga 216
Description
Color lithograph, signed and dated with charcoal pencil and annotated “EE 4/5”, printed in eight colors on heavy, textured, cream wove paper, without margins. Mint condition. Free shipping to US address.
NotesZúñiga was born in Guadalupe, Barrio de San José, Costa Rica on December 27, 1912 to Manuel Maria Zúñiga and María Chavarría, both sculptors. His father worked as a sculptor of religious figures, and in stone work. His artistic inclinations began early and by the age of twelve had already read books on the history of art, artistic anatomy and the life of various Renaissance painters. At age fifteen he began working in his father’s shop. This experience sensitized him to shape and spaces. In 1926 he enrolled in the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Mexico, but left the following year to continue on his own. As part of his self-study, he studied German Expressionism and the writings of Alexander Heilmayer, through which he learned of the work of two French sculptors, Aristide Maillol and Auguste Rodin, coming to appreciate the idea of subordinating technique to expression.
Zúñiga’s painting and sculpting work began receiving recognition in 1929. His first stone sculpture won second prize at the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes. In the following two years continued to win top prizes at this event. This work made critics recommend him for study abroad. He won first prize in a 1935 Latin American sculpture competition, the Salón de Escultura en Costa Rica, for his stone sculpture La maternidad, but the work caused controversy and the government rescinded its award. In the 1930s, he began to research pre-Hispanic art and its importance to contemporary Latin American art, as well as what was happening artistically in Mexico. The scholarship never materialized so various colleagues organized his first individual exhibition in Costa Rica. The earnings from this endeavor earned his passage to Mexico City. In 1936 he immigrated to Mexico permanently.
(source: wikipedia.org)
Price $2,500.00