Federico Canessi

Federico Canessi del Campillo (1905 – 1977) was a Mexican sculptor, and muralist. He is one of the founders of modern figurative sculpture in Mexico.

Biography Federico Canessi del Campillo was born on September 25, 1905, in Mexico City, Mexico. Canessi studied sculpture at the Academy of San Carlos, and was a student of . 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. From 1934 to 1940 he lived in Jiquilpan, Michoacán. He was awarded the Brussels World Grand Prize in 1940. He collaborated with David Alfaro Siqueiros on the sculpture paintings of the rectory of Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City. Salvador Allende Lázaro Cárdenas, Arcelia-Ciudad Altamirano highway, in Tierra Caliente, Guerrero Monument to Teodoro Larrey, 1950, Puebla Monument to the Hero of Nacozari, 1950, Toluca Monument to the Flag (Monumento a la Bandera Nacional), 1951, Dolores Hidalgo 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