Federico Canessi

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 Manuel Centurión [es].^[3][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.^[3]

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.^[6]

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, 25 metres (82 ft)-high and 240 metres (790 ft)-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.^[6]

Canessi died on August 29, 1977.^[4]

• Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
• Vicente Lombardo Toledano
• B. Traven^[8]
• Salvador Allende
• Lázaro Cárdenas, Arcelia-Ciudad Altamirano highway, in Tierra Caliente, Guerrero^[6]
• Flag Monument, 1940, Iguala; with architect Jorge L. Medellín^[9]
• Monument to Teodoro Larrey, 1950, Puebla^[6]
• Monument to the Hero of Nacozari, 1950, Toluca^[6]
• Monument to the Flag (Monumento a la Bandera Nacional), 1951, Dolores Hidalgo^[6]
• 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