Artist
Federico Cantú
Mexican, 1907–1989
Federico Cantú was a Mexican artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Federico Cantú was born in Nuevo León.
Federico Heraclio Cantú Garza (March 3, 1907 – January 29, 1989) was a Mexican painter, engraver and sculptor. While considered to be a member of the Mexican muralism movement, his style was noticeably different, mostly for adhering to older and more academic forms of painting and sculpture. He had his most success exhibiting in the United States and Europe, but he did murals and sculptures in Mexico.
His best known work is a sculpture called La maternidad which was adapted as the logo of the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS).
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