Federico Cantù

Born Federico Heraclio Cantú Garza in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1907 (though he later claimed 1908 and a different birthplace), Cantú's early life was shaped by the Mexican Revolution and time spent between Nuevo León and San Antonio, Texas. At just 14, he entered the Escuela de Pintura al Aire Libre, quickly encountering the burgeoning Mexican muralism movement. He even briefly studied fresco painting under the legendary Diego Rivera in 1924, though his own artistic path would…