Federico Silva (painter)

Federico Silva (born September 16, 1923 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican painter and sculptor .

biography

On the way to learning his artistic skills autodidactically , Silva temporarily assisted in the studio of David Alfaro Siqueiros with the creation of the murals for the Palacio de Bellas Artes . From 1935 he was editor-in-chief of an art magazine founded jointly with Diego Rivera , Siqueiros, Leopoldo Méndez , José Revueltas and other artists. At first rather realistic, his works became increasingly kinetic and abstract in their characteristics. His works include wall paintings, reliefs and sculptures in public spaces, some of them monumental in shape, which can be seen in Mexico, Poland , the United States , Cuba , Jamaica and Japan . Since 1946 he has presented his works in numerous national and international exhibitions. In 1977 he designed the “Espacio Escultórico” room at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and became the coordinator of the artists who took part there, including Helen Escobedo , Manuel Felguérez and Mathias Goeritz . Silva was the first artist in the world to use a laser at a kinetic art event . In 2002 he showed his first digital art exhibition in the Centro Nacional de las Artes .

In 1961, Silva received an honorary entry in the painting's salon of honor, the “Primer Salón de Pintura”, of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL). Since 1969 he has been a guest of the French Ranchemont Society. He has been a member of the Academia de Artes since 1991 and in 1993 he was awarded the honorary title “Creador Emérito” by the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes for his creative work.

The Museo Federico Silva.Escultura Contemporánea in San Luis Potosí is named after Silva .

Awards

• 1987: UNAM Medal of Merit
• 1995: National Prize for Science and the Arts
• 1995: Medal of Merit from the Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala

Web links

• Literature by and about Federico Silva (painter) in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin

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1. ^ Academia de Artes: Escultura - Federico Silva
2. ↑ Museo Federico Silva: Mtro. Federico Silva ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.