Francisco Zúñiga

Francisco Zúñiga (1912, 1998) was a Costa Rican-Mexican sculptor and printmaker renowned for his monumental depictions of indigenous Mexican women, capturing their dignity, strength, and quiet resilience. Working primarily in bronze, stone, and graphic media, he developed a distinctive figurative style that blended pre-Columbian influences with modernist sensibilities. He is considered one of the most significant Latin American sculptors of the 20th century, celebrated for humanizing indigenous subjects at a time when they were largely marginalized in mainstream art.