Luis Felguérez grew up surrounded by art, and he founded the Arte Felguérez® Workshop/Gallery in 1988 to maintain his father’s legacy of creative, unique sculpture-making. The original Arte Felguérez® sculptures were designed in 1964 by the world renowned artist Manuel Felguérez, Luis’ uncle. Originally, twenty five animal models and sixty human figurines were designed with themes such as sports and playing children. These works of art were a fusion of iron and paper maché, showing the subtle influences of Manuel’s teachers Ossip Zadkine and Franciso Zuñiga. Luis’ father, Luis Sr., continued the development and sales of these sculptures.