Francisco Zuniga (1912 - 1998) Costa Rica
Color Lithograph
Edition 39/135
Measure 23 1/4"in H x 35"in W and 32"in H x 43 1/2"in W with frame

Known for: Genre, figure, muralist, sculptor
Biography: The common people of Mexico and their endurance are the inspiration for Francisco Zuniga's art. This celebration of the human spirit is most often expressed in sculpture, drawings, and lithographs of women as timeless and stoic earth mothers. Zuniga's women have the startling presence of ancient goddesses disguised in the situations of daily life and motherhood. They are staunch and monumental females, madonnas with Indian feature, ,solemnly poised. As a young boy Zuniga worked for his father, who was a carver of religious statues. He began formal art studies in his native Costa Rica, but in 1935 at the age of 23, he left for Mexico, where he lived ever since. While working as an assistant in several sculpture workshops, he discovered the magic world of pre-Hispanic art at the old Museum of Archeology in Mexico City. This, along with a lifelong interest in such modern European masters as Brancusi, Giacometti and Henry Moore were contributors to his style. Of his style, Zuniga says, "I begin with an emotion, an attitude, a movement caught by chance, a woman wrapped in thought, sitting, walking, or perhaps leading a child. Long famous in Latin America, Zuniga's art is being enthusiastically received throughout the world.. He is represented in numerous prestigious public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, Mexico; the Phoenix Art Museum; Harvard University; Ponce Art Museum, Puerto Rico; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C..as well as the Museum of Art in New York City

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