Francisco ZúñigaEL BANO (THE BATH)1979
1979
About the Item
- Creator:Francisco Zúñiga (1912 - 1998, Costa Rican)
- Creation Year:1979
- Dimensions:Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- Medium:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Portland, ME
- Reference Number:
Francisco Zúñiga
Known as one of the most important Expressionist artists to emerge from Latin America, Francisco Zúñiga is remembered for his monumental sculptures, figurative paintings and prints, nude drawings and portraits of Central America’s rural indigenous women.
Born in San José, Costa Rica, in 1912, Zúñiga’s exposure to artistic sculpture began at the age of 13, when he worked with his father, Manuel Maria Zúñiga, carving religious figures for local churches. Spurred by a growing interest in art, Zúñiga attended San José’s School of Fine Arts, where he became influenced by classical, renaissance figurative art. After winning several local awards for his prodigious talent, Zúñiga left San José for Mexico City in 1936.
In Mexico City, he attended La Esmeralda, the painting and sculpture school of the National Institute of Fine Arts. There, Zúñiga studied under sculptor Oliverio Martinez and painter Manuel Rodriguez Lozano.
In 1938, Zúñiga joined the faculty at La Esmeralda, where he taught sculpture and painting until 1970. Meanwhile, during the early 1940s, Zúñiga’s works began to attract the attention of art critics in the United States as well as important collectors. In 1941, the Arts Club of Chicago included him as part of their “Thirteen Mexican Artists” group show. The following year, Alfred Barr, director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, purchased one of his stone sculptures for MoMA’s permanent collection. Then, in 1943, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired two of Zúñiga’s drawings.
Throughout most of his career, Zúñiga limited his subject matter to indigenous peasant women. However, he experimented with working with a variety of materials for his sculptures — bronze, alabaster, plaster, marble and modeling clay — and sought new media to create his art. (He made his first lithograph at age 60.)
Zúñiga won countless accolades in his lifetime. He won international awards for 35 of his public sculptures along with other works, and in 1992, he won Mexico’s highest cultural award, the Premio Nacional de Calidad.
Even after his death in 1998, Zúñiga’s legacy lives on. His sculptures, drawings, paintings and prints are found in museums around the world, including MoMA and the Met in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, the Fogg Museum at Harvard University, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Middleheim Museum in Antwerp, Belgium and the Open-Air Museum in Hakone, Japan.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of Francisco Zúñiga prints, drawings and paintings.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Portland, ME
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 10 days of delivery.
- STUDY OF A BEGGARBy Edmund BlampiedLocated in Portland, MEBlampied, Edmund. STUDY OF A BEGGAR. Drawing, charcoal on paper, circa 1930s. Signed within the image. 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches, 282 x 218 mm. The gray paper has faded to tan, else in v...Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsCharcoal
- PRECIOUS MOMENTSLocated in Portland, MEBarraza, Lucas (American 1993-. PRECIOUS MOMENTS Color pastels on paper, 2023. 17 x 14 inches. Lucas Barraza is from Texas, and presently lives and works in the New York area. He des...Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsCharcoal
- CLOSING TIMELocated in Portland, MEBarraza, Lucas (American 1993-. CLOSING TIME Charcoal on paper, 2023. 14 x 17 inches. Lucas Barraza is from Texas, and presently lives and works in the New York area. He describes hi...Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsCharcoal
- POW WOWLocated in Portland, MEBarraza, Lucas (American 1993-. POW WOW Color pastels on paper, 2023. 17 x 14 inches. Lucas Barraza is from Texas, and presently lives and works in the New York area. He describes hi...Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsCharcoal
- SNACK FIX FOR THE FLIXLocated in Portland, MEBarraza, Lucas (American 1993-. SNACK FIX FOR THE FLIX Color pastels on paper, 2023. 17 x 14 inches. Lucas Barraza is from Texas, and presently lives and works in the New York area. ...Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsCharcoal
- FAMILY TIESLocated in Portland, MEBarraza, Lucas (American 1993-. FAMILY TIES Charcoal on paper, 2023. 17 x 14 inches. Lucas Barraza is from Texas, and presently lives and works in the New York area. He describes his...Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsCharcoal
- UntitledBy Mark BeardLocated in New York, NYUntitled 2019 Signed and dated Two-sided drawing in charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper 30 x 20.5 inches $1,600 This work is offered by CLAMP in New York...Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPaper, Conté, Charcoal
- Untitled: Seated Rear Nude 2Located in New York, NYUnknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Seated Rear Nude 2", Unsigned Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 18 x 14, Late 20th Century Colors: Brown...Category
Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsWatercolor, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Paper
- Untitled: Solo Seated NudeLocated in New York, NYUnknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Solo Seated Nude", Signed Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 17 x 14, Late 20th Century Colors: Black, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Turquoise, Green, Purple *Unidentified/ Unknown Artist signature...Category
Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPaper, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Watercolor
- Untitled: Three Nude FemalesLocated in New York, NYUnknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Three Nude Females", Figurative/ Nude Charcoal signed Drawing on Paper, 24 x 18, Late 20th Century Colors: Black a...Category
Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPaper, Charcoal
- Untitled: Women in BathLocated in New York, NYUnknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Women In Bath", Signed Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 14 x 17, Late 20th Century, 1967 Colors: Black,...Category
Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsCharcoal, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
- Mid 20th Century French Charcoal Drawing - Portrait of a Standing Nude WomenLocated in Cirencester, Gloucestershire"The Portrait" by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013) pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed paper size: 26 x 19 inches Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century French origin...Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsOil, Charcoal