Born today, in 1907, Federico Cantu Garza's parents were both writers, his mother a novelist and his father a journalist. He lived in Texas for some of his childhood, but returned to Mexico in the 1920's. Cantu began studying art at age 14, and became a muralist, engraver and sculptor. In his adulthood he lived in the US from time to time as well as Paris, France, but primarily Mexico.
His murals and sculptures were large scale with some in low relief, a cross between the two mediums. Roberto Montenegro collaborated with Cantu on the first mural. Following that creation Cantu created many more murals for various home owners, government buildings and universities. He also illustrated poems for several friends, as well as commissions for sculpture. He taught in the US and Mexico.
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