Francisco Zuñiga (Mexican, 1912-1998) Silvia Nude, 1968 Onyx 13.25in. x 17.5in. x 10.5in. Signed and dated lower right ... (Total: 1 Item Item)
Auction amount: $83,650.00
Sold: May 25, 2006
Francisco Zuniga (Mexican, 1912-1998)
Sculptures
Also known as: Zuniga, Francisco; Francisco Zúñiga
Birth Place: San José (San José province, Costa Rica)Biography:
What is a Summary of Francisco Zuniga’s Artwork, Style, and Background?
Francisco Zuniga was a Costa Rican-born Mexican artist best known for his stylized figurative paintings and sculptures. Zuniga’s work often adopts qualities of pre-Columbian art, especially in his stone sculptures which strive to maintain a timeless, mysterious quality in their boldly simplified forms. Most of his work depicts female figures either as nudes within natural environs, or as contemporary women walking through the markets of Mexico ².
What Kind of Art Does Francisco Zuniga Make?
Francisco Zuniga made stylized figurative paintings and sculptures. His work often adopts qualities of pre-Columbian art, especially in his stone sculptures which strive to maintain a timeless, mysterious quality in their boldly simplified forms ².
How Did Francisco Zuniga Get Started?
Francisco Zúñiga 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 ¹.
Where Have Francisco Zuniga’s Works Been Exhibited?
Today, his works can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C ².
Who Influenced Francisco Zuniga’s Style?
Zúñiga was deeply influenced by the German Expressionists and the sculptor Auguste Rodin early in his artistic development ².
Is Francisco Zuniga Still Alive?
No
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