Description
Fidencio Castillo, Mexican (1907-1993) Woman with Rebozo Sculpture signed Fide<br>C. , mounted to black marble base some chips on stone base, no damage to bronze.<br>Overall: approx 9.5"h, 7 1/8"w, 6 1/8"d, 11lbs<br><br>Fidencio Castillo Santiago (November 16, 1907 – July 29, 1993) was a Mexican<br>artist, educator, and a founding member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana.<br><br>He was born in Etzatlán, Jalisco, Mexico to Trinidad Castillo and Raymunda<br>Santiago shortly before the Mexican Revolution. His younger sister, Rosa<br>Castillo Santiago (1910-1989) was also an established artist.<br><br>Fidencio Castillo Santiago studied at the Academy of San Carlos and then at the<br>Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda".[1] He then<br>taught at the latter for over thirty years and married to Paz Castillo Alarcón.<br><br>His work was exhibited in Mexico and abroad, including cities such as Tokyo and<br>Kurashiki during the Mexican Art Exhibition in 1995 and in Phoenix, Arizona in<br>1967. In Mexico, major exhibitions include the Bienal Mexicana Contenporánea in<br>1960, the Salón de Invierno, Galería Plástica Mexiana in 1956, the Salón de Arte<br>Mexicano in 1958 and the first Salón de Pintura y Escultura Contemporánea<br>Jalisciense in 1964. In 1971, the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana hosted a<br>retrospective of his work. Another was held in 2004 co-hosted by the Asociación<br>de Artistas Plásticos de México, UNESCO and the Mexico City Metro, to honor both<br>him and his sister, Rosa Castillo. He died in Mexico City from multiple causes<br>at the age of 85. Today the Museo Histórico of Guachinango, Jalisco hosts a<br>permanent exhibition by this author
