Jose Cruz Reyes - Artist Info

About Jose Cruz Reyes

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Juan Cruz Reyes
  • Biography

    Jose Cruz Reyes was born in 1914.

    Reyes was a sculptor and Mexican teacher. Reyes graduated of the Academy of San Carlos and pertaining to the then Institute of Ethnographic Investigations of the UNAM.

    In 1940, he worked as a teacher with Francisco Zúñiga in the School of Sculpture and Direct Carving. He also collaborated with Guillermo Ruiz in various works for the state of Michoacán, commissioned by Lázaro Cárdenas, as the monument to Jose Maria Morelos on the island of Janitzio and the sculpture consecrated to Gertrudis Bocanegra in Patzcuaro.

    Reyes is currently considered one of the most representative Mexican sculptors of the 20th century. Reyes passed away in 1991.

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