Ma Popre Galerie d’ œveres d’Art An Artfolio of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Sketches and Etchings from

Different Museums within Metro Manila

Justine Casey Z. CorpuzHumanities II - TFG

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NATIONAL MUSEUMP. Burgos Drive, Rizal Park, Manila

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Hall of Masters(Bulwagang Luna at Hidalgo)

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Juan LunaJuan Luna y Novicio (October 23, 1857 — December 7, 1899) was an Ilocano Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of thePhilippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artists. His winning the gold medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along with the silver win of fellow Filipino painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, prompted a celebration which was a major highlight in the memoirs of members of the Propaganda Movement, with the fellow Ilustrados toasting to the two painters' good health and citing their win as evidence that Filipinos and Spaniards were equals. Regarded for work done in the manner of the  Spanish and French academies of his time, Luna painted literary and historical scenes, some with an underscore of political commentary. His allegorical works were inspired with classical balance, and often showed figures in theatrical poses.

Felix Ressureccion-HidalgoFélix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla was a Filipino artist. He is acknowledged as one of the great Filipino painters of the late 19th century, and is significant in Philippine history for having been an acquaintance and inspiration for members of the Philippine reform movement which included José Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, Mariano Ponce and Graciano López Jaena, although he neither involved himself directly in that movement, nor later associate himself with the First Philippine Republic under Emilio Aguinaldo. His winning the silver medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along with the gold win of fellow Filipino painter Juan Luna, prompted a celebration which was a major highlight in the memoirs of members of the Philippine reform movement, with Rizal toasting to the two painters' good health and citing their win as evidence that Filipinos and Spaniards were equals.

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Don Luis Perez Dasmariñas Felix Ressureccion-Hidalgo 1896 oil on canvas 128cm x 159cm

Portal de un Jardin Felix Ressureccion-Hidalgo undated oil on hardwood 20cm x 27cm

Le Enferma Felix Ressureccion-Hidalgo 1910 oil on canvas 64.5cm x 48.5cm

Amancer de un Bretagne Felix Ressureccion-Hidalgo undated oil on wood 14cm x 24.3cm

Atdardecer de un BretagneFelix Ressureccion-Hidalgo undated oil on wood 14cm x 24.3cm

Cote de Normandie Felix Ressureccion-Hidalgo 1911 pencil sketch 17.2cm x 27.8cm

La Playa de un Cadox Felix Ressureccion-Hidalgo 1911 oil on canvas 45cm x 64.5cm

El Disierto Felix Ressureccion-Hidalgo 1885 oil on canvas 45.5cm x 62cm

Portrait of a Lady Juan Luna undated oil on canvas 82.5cm x 63cm

The Lady in Red ( La Parsienne) Juan Luna undated oil on wood 16cm x 14cm

Chula Madrileña Juan Luna undated oil on wood 27cm x 16.2cm

El Golfo Juan Luna 1891 oil on canvas 60.4cm x 46cm

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Spoliarium Juan Luna 1884 oil on canvas 422cm x 767.5cm

The painting features a glimpse of Roman history centered on the bloody carnage brought by gladiatorial matches. Spoliarium is a Latin word referring to the basement of the Roman Colosseum where the fallen and dying gladiators are dumped and devoid of their worldly possessions.

At the center of Luna’s painting are fallen gladiators being dragged by Roman soldiers. On the left, spectators ardently await their chance to strip off the combatants of their metal helmets and other armory. In contrast with the charged emotions featured on the left, the right side meanwhile presents a somber mood. An old man carries a torch perhaps searching for his son while a woman weeps the death of her love one.

The Spoliarium is the most valuable oil-on-canvas painting by Juan Luna, a Filipino educated at the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura (Philippines) and at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, Spain. With a size of 4.22 meters x 7.675 meters, it is the largest painting in the Philippines. A historical painting, it was made by Luna in 1884 as an entry to the prestigious Exposicion de Bellas Artes (Madrid Art Exposition, May 1884) and eventually won for him the First Gold Medal.

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Portrait of Miguel Morayta Juan Luna 1885 oil on canvas 67cm x 51cm

Portrait of Felipe Agoncillo Felix Ressureccion-Hidalgo 1899 oil on canvas 70cm x 38.5cm

Assassination of Governor Bustamante and His Son Felix Ressureccion-Hidalgo undated oil on canvas 412cm x 338cm

Marina en el Oriente Juan Luna 1900 watercolor 28.5cm x 22cm

Normandie Juan Luna undated oil on wood 32.5cm x 45.7cm

Una Bulaqueña Juan Luna 1895 oil on canvas 185cm x 87cm

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(Bulwagan ng mga Pambansang Manlilikha ng Sining para sa Sining Biswal)

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Cesar T. Legaspi (1990)In his work, the promise of modern art in the 1930’s finds full fruition, and the pioneering modernists of which he was an important member prove that they chose rightly in that crucial turning point of art.

Napoleon V. Abueva (1976)He is the acknowledged patyriarch of modern sculpture in the Philipines… Massive abstractions and constructions, of incredible variety and diversity. His works are a metaphor for his world and his age.

Abdulmari Asia Imao (2006)His expertise in brass making has helped the indigenous communities, particularly the Maranaos, Maguindanaos, and T’boli, improve on their brass-casting technology… Through his works, the indigenous Ukkil, Sarimanok and Naga motifs have been popularized and instilled in the consciousness of the Filipino nation.

Benedict R. Cabrera (2006)His exploration of form, finding his way out of the late neoralism and high abstraction of the sixties to be able to reconsider the potency of figurative expression, had held out vital options for Philippine Art in the Martial Law years in the seventies through the contemporary era. The cirtical transition can only affirm that his vision is resonant.

J. Elizalde Navarro (1999)He experimented with form and medium, often to express a profound vision and sometimes to simply play, thereby expanding the frontiers of his discipline.

Guillermo E. TolentinoThe restless search of Tolentino for the proper mold in which to pour his talents led him to commemorative sculpture. In this form, he found at last the medium most congenial to his questing spirit…delicate and classically balanced, and more often monumental with a scale and grandeur matched by no other sculptor of his time.

Fernando C. Amorsolo (1972)The light of his painting is the light that suffuses our life. The light that envelopes his mango trees and his bamboo groves, and his fields of golden rice is really the light of optimism, the light of a world unsullied by technology and materialism.

Hernando R. Ocampo (1911)

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What is abundantly clear about Ocampo’s development over a span of five decades from radically simplified representationalism to abstract symbolism to the rarefied sphere of purely plastic or non-objective art is an integrity and originality of invention.Jose T. Joya (2003)He introduced the value of Kinetic Energy and spontaneity in painting that became significant artistic values in Philippine Art. Alongside this was his assiduous exploration of vital approaches to material and his innovative use of tools and techniques that considerably enriched the language of modernism.

Carlos V. Fancisco (1973)To the poet of Angono, art is an indissoluble bond with the soil from which it springs. No painter of his time was more closely attuned to the spirit of his land and people.

Vicente S. ManansalaA master of Filipino cubism and neorealism, he created works depicting local scenery and folk imagery with a native heart and universal style…stimulating the establishment of modern art in the areas of technique and Filipino iconography.

Ang Kiukok (2001)Out of such common images as doorknob, table, fish, thorns, bones, barbed wire, cockfight, dogs, cats, nudes, industrial junk…he has devised a personal system of metaphors that attests to what art does at its most compelling, reinventing the familiar to create a whole new perception.

Victorio C. Edades (1976)Painter, architect, teacher, and humanist, he is the original iconoclast of Philippine Art. A powerful polemicist in defense of modern art, he infused new life into art… introducing new values which had … agitated and transformed the art of painting everywhere. It is his emphasis on new perceptions as the true spirit of art that is his most important contribution to the development of Philippine Art.

Arturo Rogerio Luz (1997)Painter, sculptor and designer for more that forty years, he created masterpieces that exemplify an ideal of sublime austerity in expression and form… such feats bear witness to an artistic taste and sensibility of a very high order, a significant peak in modernist Philippine Art.

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TorsoNapoleon Abueva 1972 adobe 66cm x 42.5cm

The Origins Jose Joya 1960 oil on canvas (triptych) 203cm x 351.5cm

Mother and Child Napoleon Abueva 1953 adobe 101.5cm x 83cm

The Memorial Cesar Legaspi 1966 oil on wood 60cm x 122cm

Patuloy ang Buhay Vicente Manansala 1948 oil on canvas 76cm x 88.5cm

Modern Maria Clara Victorio Edades 1958 oil on canvas 94cm x75cm

Burial Vicente Manansala 1948 oil on canvas 75cm x 88cm

Towards Graveyard Ang Kiukok 1955 oil on canvas 40cm x121cm

Planting of the First Cross Vicente Manansala

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1965 oil on canvas 145cm x 301cm

The painting depicts the planting of the cross in Cebu in 1521 with Ferdinand Magellan, Spanish soldiers and the natives with the intricate tattoos known as pintados. The original cross can still be found in a special kiosk in Cebu City. This mural painting is one of the best representations of historical artwork in the collection. Manansala’s rendition is an amalgamation of the traditional and modern techniques in painting. It also manifests his mastery of transparent cubism.

The artwork was commissioned by the national government in celebration of the 400 years of Philippine Christianization held in Cebu in 1965.

Harana in Manila Serenade in Manila

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Arturo Luz 1959 image etched on Steuben glass 30cm x 20cm

First Mass Carlos Francisco 1965 oil on canvas 145cm x 301cm

Hills of Nikko Jose Joya 1964 oil on canvas 172cm x 198.3cm

Homage to Tandang Sora H.R. Ocampo 1977 acrylic on canvas 101.6cm x 40.2cm

Portrait of President Manuel Roxas 1950 oil on canvas 114.2cm x 89cm

Imaginary Portrait of Sabel Cabrera 1969 oil on canvas 9cm x 90cm

Kagampanan Napoleon Abueva 1970 bronze cast with gold leaf 110cm x 19cm x 25cm

Sarimanok Abdulmari Imao 1969

bronze 47.5 x 25.5

Idiot Box J. Elizalde Navarro 1964 wood 71cm x 46cm

Bust of Mrs. Bernarda Tinio de Gabaldon Guillermo Tolentino1947 marble 47cm x 45cm x 24cm

Old Bureau of Science Building Macario Santos 1975 oil on canvas 49cm x 32cm

UP Site Today Dominador Castañeda 1945 oil on lawanit board 33.2cm x 43cm

Manila Skyline Dominador Castañeda 1940 oil on canvas 45.5cm x 65.5cm

Pasig River Miguel Galvez 1948 oil on canvas 305cm x 40.5cm

Jones Bridge Emilio Aguilar Cruz 1975 watercolor

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31.5cm x 47.8cm

Portrait of Melecio Figueroa Juan Arellano

1903 oil on canvas 76cm x 56.8cm

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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM

OF MANILASentral ng Pilipinas Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Malate-Manila

Suite Vollard

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Pablo Picasso1930-1937100 etchings of different techniques on watermarked Montval paper

Commissioned by the art dealer and editor Ambroise Vollard, Pablo Picasso created 100 copper etchings between September 13, 1930 to March 1937 that have come to be known in art history as the Suite Vollard. In 1939, the set of 100 prints appeared in two different formats, one large (760mm x 500mm) on vellum paper, signed by the artist with red or black pencil and 50 copies per plate. The other, small version (445mm x 340mm) is on laid Montval paper, watermarked with “Vollard” or “Picasso” and produced in runs of 250 copies.

Today, the small format is found spread out as single prints in different private and public collections, and only some of those sets, such as FUNDACION MAPFRE’S, are preserved in their entirety. The complicated history of the work’s origin, the varied themes and diverse techniques used, such as graver, etching, aquatint, color wash and drypoint, and even combinations thereof, encouraged their dispersion and there are few complete collections currently in existence. The Suite Vollard makes up, as such, one of the most important historic-artistic testimonies of the 20th century.

The complete series includes three portraits of Ambroise Vollard, five plates referred to ask the The Battle of Love, or Rape, created in 1933; forty-six plates from the sculptor’s studio (40 etchings from March 20 – May 5, 1934); four plates of Rembrandt (created July 27-31, 1934); 15 plates of the The Blind Minotaur, created from May 17 – June 18 and September 22 – October 22, 1933; and 27 varied compositions. The etchings do not follow a logical sequence in their images, their chronology follows more current and the artist’s personal experiences. The Suite Vollard fully reflects the Picasso-type dialectic that fluctuates between order and violence, classicisms and disfiguration, serenity and chaos… All of Picasso’s influences can be seen in the series, his delusions of grandeur and his deep Mediterranean culture.

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Pablo Ruiz PicassoPablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso, was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. He is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during theSpanish Civil War. Picasso is commonly regarded, along with Henri Matisse and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics. Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years, painting in a realistic manner through his childhood and adolescence; during the first decade of the 20th century his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas. His revolutionary artistic accomplishments brought him universal renown and immense fortune, making him one of the best-known figures in 20th century art.

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Nude Woman Crowning Herself with Flowers16 September 1930Etching

Nude Woman Crowned with Flowers13 September 1930Etching

Rape9 July 1930Etching

Startled Bathers22 May 1933Etching and Drypoint

Woman Resting19 September 1931Etching

Flute-player and Three Nude Women19 September 1931Drypoint Bull and Horse in the Arena7 November 1933Etching

Death in the Sunly8 November 1933Drypoint and Wash

Winged Bull Contemplated by Four ChildrenDecember 1934Etching

Faun Uncovering a Woman12 June 1936Aquatint

Woman Bullfighter III22 June 1934Etching

The Circus 11 November 1933Drypoint

Two Catalan Drinkers29 November 1934Etching

Boy and Sleeping Woman by Candlelight

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18 November 1934Etching and Aquatint

Seated Nude Woman and Three Bearded Heads January 1934Etching, Burin and Aquatint

Masked Figures and Bird-woman19 November 1934Etching and Aquatint

Nude Woman Seated in front of a Curtain3 April 1931Etching

In the Bath17 October 1930Etching

Flute-player and Young Girl with Tambourine30 January 1934Etching

Seated Woman with a Hat and Draped Standing Woman29 January 1934Etching

Three Actors 14 March 1933Drypoint

Nude Woman with Bent Leg9 July 1931Etching

Young Couple Crouching, the Man with a Tambourine30 January 1934Etching

Seated Nude Woman with her Head Resting on her Hand9 March 1934Burin

Woman Bullfighter II20 June 1934Etching

Man Uncovering a Woman20 June 1931Drypoint

Heads and Figures Entangled30 January 1934Etching

Two Models Looking at Each Other29 January 1934Etching

Woman Seating and Woman Viewed from Behind8 November 1933Etching

Sculptor, Models and Sculpture20 March 1933Etching

Two Sculptors in front of a Statue9 July 1931Etching

Reclining Sculptor IV4 April 1933Etching

Sculptor and Sculptures of Three Dancers2 March 1934Etching

Reclining Sculptor I3 April 1933

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Etching

Reclining Sculptor II3 April 1933Etching

Reclining Sculptor III3 April 1933Etching

Sculptor and His Model in front of a Window31 March 1933Etching

Resting Sculptor and Surrealist Sculpture31 March 1933Etching

Model Contemplating Sculpture 5 April 1933Etching

Reclining Sculptor in front of a Centaur and a Woman31 March 1933Etching

Reclining Sculptor in front of the Young Horseman30 March 1933Etching

Sculptor and Reclining Model Viewing Sculpture of Two Horses and a Bull31 March 1933Etching

Sculptor Reclining and Bacchanal with a Bull30 March 1933EtchingFamily of Acrobats30 March 1933Etching

Reclining Sculptor in front of a Small Torso30 March 1933

Etching

Model, Sculpture Viewed from behind and Bearded Head5 May 1933Etching

Sculptures and Vase of Flowers5 May 1933Etching and Aquatint

Sculptor and Standing Model7 April 1933Etching

Sculptor and Kneeling Model8 April 1933Etching

Nude Model and Sculptures13 May 1933Etching

Woman Leaning on her Elbow, Sculpture Viewed from behind and Bearded Head3 May 1933Etching

Three Nude Women near a Window6 April 1933Etching

Model and Large Sculpture Viewed from Behind4 May 1933Etching and scraper

Sculpture of a Young Man with a Goblet11 April 1933EtchingFour Nude Women and Sculpted Head 10 March 1934Etching and Burin

Two Male Statues27 March 1933

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Etching

Model and Surrealist Sculpture4 May 1933Etching

Nude woman in front of a Statue4 July 1931Etching

Sculptor, Reclining Model and Sculpture17 March 1933Etching

Sculptor, Model and Sculpture of a Seated Figure15 March 1933Drypoint

Model Reclining on a Painting21 March 1933Etching

Sculptor with goblet and Crouching Model21 March 1933Etching

Two Clothed Models21 March 1933Etching

Old Sculptor at Work23 March 1933Etching and scraper

Sculptor, Model and Sculpted Bust17 March 1933Etching

Sculptor and Model Admiring a Sculpted Head23 March 1933Etching

Young Sculptor at Work25 March 1933

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Sculptor, Seated Model and Sculpted Head23 March 1933Etching

Sculptor at Work26 March 1933Etching

Sculptor and Two Sculpted Heads26 March Etching

Reclining Sculptor and Model with Mask27 March 1933Etching

Reclining Sculptor in front of a Draped Nude27 March 1933Etching

Rembrandt and Female Heads27 January 1934

Rembrandt with Palette27 January 1934

Rembrandt and Two Women31 January 1934Etching and scraper

Rembrandt and Woman with a Veil31 January 1934Etching

Blind Minotaur Guided through the Night by a GirlNovember 1934Aquatint

Blind Minotaur Guided by a Girl 223 October 1934Aquatint

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22 September 1934Etching and Burin

Blind Minotaur Guided by a Girl 34 November 1934Etching and Burin

Dying Minotaur30 May 1933Etching

Wounded Minotaur 626 May 1933Etching

Minotaur Caressing a Sleeping Woman18 June 1933Drypoint

Defeated Minotaur29 May 1933Etching

Minotaur Attacking an Amazon23 May 1933Etching

Bacchic Scene with Minotaur18 May 1933Etching

Minotaur, Drinker, and Women18 June 1933Etching

Minotaur Caressing a Woman16 June 1933

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Woman Contemplating a Sleeping Minotaur18 May 1933Etching

Rape beneath the Window3 May 1933Etching, drypoint, aquatint

Rape 72 November 1933Drypoint and aquatint

Rape 422 April 1933Etching, drypoint, aquatint

Rape 222 April 1933Drypoint

Rape 523 April 1933Drypoint

Portrait of Vollard 21937Aquatint

Portrait of Vollard 41937Etching

Portrait of Vollard 31937Aquatint

Hidalgo: The Noble as a SubjectSelections from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Collection

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Felix Resurreccion-HidalgoFelix Eduardo Resurreccion Hidalgo y Padilla (21 February 1855 – 13 March 1913) was a multi-awarded Filipino painter in the 19th century. He painted scenes from mythology, seascapes, landscapes, and portraits using oil, water color, pastel, and charcoal. Hidalgo was said to have obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ateneo de Municipal in a a biographical entry written by the National Historical Institute. E. Arsenio Manuel, however, wrote that the artist was granted a degree in Bachelor of Philosophy from the University of Santo Tomas in March 1871 after attempting to study law upon the command of his parents. Hidalgo was trained in the Escuela de Dibujo y Pintura under Agustin Saez, a Spanish painter. His early works, such as the La Banca (The Native Boat) and La Vendedora de Lanzones (Lanzones Vendor), were featured at the Teatro-Circo de Bilibid in 1876. Simultaneously, Hidalgo also learned to play the violin while he was training in the art of painting. The years between 1884 and 1896 were considered by Jose Maria Asuncion as the most productive in Hidalgo’s artistic career. In 1884, his large canvass Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho (The Christian Virgins Exposed to the Populace) won second place in the Exposicion General de Bellas Artes in Madrid. This was the same exhibit where Juan Luna’s Spoliarium received the first prize. The victory was celebrated by the Filipino colony in Madrid with a feast at Café Ingles on June 15 of that year. Jose Rizal was quoted to have praised the two artists and the significance of their works. In 1887, Hidalgo’s La Barca de Aqueronte (The Boat of Charon) won a gold medal in the Philippine Exposition in Madrid. Also displayed in the said exhibit was the Laguna Estigia. In 1889, Hidalgo’s La Barca received the silver medal when it was displayed at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. The piece was exhibited for the third time in 1891 at the Expocision General de Bellas Artes of Barcelona where it was accorded the diploma de honor. The painting was again awarded the gold medal in the International Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid during the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus. The Spanish government finally purchased the masterpiece for 7,500 pesetas under a Royal Decree dated 7 March 1893. It was first hung at the Museo-Biblioteca de Ultramar and but was later on transferred to the Museo Nacional de Pinturas de Madrid following America’s acquisition of the Philippine territory.

Juan LunaThe year 2007 marks the 150th anniversary of painter Juan Luna, who was born on October 24, 1857. Juan Luna is popularly known for his work Spoliarium, which won a gold medal at the National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid in 1884. He and Felix Resurreccion-Hidalgo, whose work Las Virgenes Christianas Expuestas Al Populacho won a silver medal, are acknowledge as “The First Filipino International Achievers”. A painter genius with vibrant, daring personality, Juan Luna successfully used his art to establish a career, to assist in building a nation at a crucial juncture in the Philippine History, and to call attention to important social issues. More than just his Spoliarium, he continues to be commemorated because the lessons, insights, and inspirations that could be derived from his life and works remain plentiful and relevant until now. A century and a half may have passed, but Juan Luna is by no means closed book in the history of the Philippine nations.

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Las Virgenes Christianas Expuestas Al PopulachoFelix Resurreccion-HidalgoChristian Virgins Exposed to the PopulaceOil on canvas1884

La Barca de AqueronteFelix Resurreccion-HidalgoThe Barca de AcheronOil on canvas 1887

Portrait of the Artist’s MotherFelix Resurreccion-HidalgoOil on canvas1897

Portrait of the Artist’s MotherFelix Resurreccion-HidalgoOil on canvas1888

In Memory of My Dear Uncle SabinoFelix Resurreccion-HidalgoOil on canvas1888

Houses by a Narrow RoadJuan Luna Oil on canvas1897

Portrait of Antonio PaternoJuan Luna Oil on panel1881

Portrait of Antonio PaternoJuan Luna Oil on panel1882

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CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES

Roxas Boulevard, Malate, Manila

Edades

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Bolosan: Birth and Breaking Free

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Kite and VisionsAcrylic on Plywood43cm x 28cm1980

Carabao BathWatercolor on paper25.4cm x 35.5cm1982

Carabao SeriesOil on canvas

28cm x 43.1cm1980

My Birthplace: Bolosan, PangasinanPen and Ink on Paper33.5cm x 45cm1978

Self Portrait Watercolor on Paper32.4cm x 25cm1966

Sowing the Seeds of Art

Palmera at BulaklakWatercolor on Paper62cm x 80cm1980

Seated Nude Charcoal on Paper87cm x 68cm1985

Esther Oil on canvas122cm x 153cm

Jean and Joan

Jean Watercolor on Paper56cm x 46cm1928

Baby in a CribWatercolor on Paper35cm x 27.5cm1960’sGrandpa and Baby

Watercolor on Paper35cm x 27.5cm1960’s

Joan at 5Oil on canvas68cm x 58cm1939

American Soujourn, as OFW and as an Art Student

Japanese Girl

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Oil on canvas46cm x 38.75cmMid-1920’s

The BuildersOil on Plywood119cm x 320cm1928

The Return to the Philippines

Lalaki at Babae sa Ilalim ng IlogWatercolor on Paper23cm x 15cm1934

Bountiful HarvestOil on canvas255cm x 271cm1935

An Educator and Administrator

UST Botanical Garden IOil on canvas50cm x 40cmUndated

UST Botanical Garden IIOil on canvas50cm x 40cmUndated

Garcia Publishing CompanyGouache and Pencil on Paper36cm x 60.5cmUndated

Phoenix Press Publishing HouseGouache and Pencil on Paper36cm x 60.5cmUndated

The Artist as an Architect

Portrait of a LadyOil on canvas66cm x 43cm

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Carmen Kierulf FletcherOil on canvas215.5cm x 145cm1963

The Educator and His Students

Anting-anting Angelito Antonio Oil on canvas91cm x 101.3cm1971

Obliquities Rhoda RectoMixed Media53.5cm x 58.5cm2005

Flight Rosario Bitanga Oil on canvas31.5cm x 39.5cm1960

Red BancaRaul IsidroAcrylic on canvas56.6cm x 44.6cm2009

Dark Days of TripoliJ. Elizalde NavarroOil on canvas101.5cm x 76cm1979

Male FigureAng KiukokOil on canvas144cm x 90cm1976

Homage to Edades, the BuilderManuel BaldemorOil on canvas62.25cm x 89.5cm2011

UntitledEdgar DoctorWelded Steel127.6cm x 81cm x 35cmUndated

The Graceful Sprouting FormEd CastrilloHand Crafted Brass in Antique and Sanded Finish88cm x 80cm x 104cmUndated

HaranaAntonio AustriaAcrylic on Marine Plywood71cm x 80cm1974

Bakya Mo NenengLazaro SorianoOil on canvas76cm x 91.5cm 2011

KasalanVeronica Lim YuyitungPastel on paper59cm x 41.5cm 1990’s

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Baguio CottageOnib OlmedoPastel on paper49.5cm x 63.5cm1984

LandscapeJaime de GuzmanOil on canvas43cm x 54.5cm 1973

May Sala, Now Kamalig InnJaime de GuzmanOil on canvas45.7cm x 61cm 1994

The Joy of Being a WomanEd CastrilloHand Crafted Brass in Yellow Gold Sanded Finish21cm x 18cm x 95cm1934

Hannah’s MamaDanilo DalenaOil on canvas91.5cm x 61cm 1985

Danny’s InaanakDanilo DalenaPen on Paper20cm x 30cm 1985

Still LifeLeon PacunayenWatercolor on paper41cm x 61cm1980

PapayaAntonio AustriaAcrylic on canvas76cm x 42cm

Magkakandila Angelito Antonio Oil on canvas91cm x 127cm 1967

Ning Ning Ramon OrlinaCarved Blue and Green Glass Sculpture29cm x 25cm x 18cm2011

Edades on Reality and Nature

Going to Market Oil on Plywood163cm x 145cm1952

Girl Picking PapayaWatercolor on Paper35cm x 27.5cmMid-1960’s

BananasWatercolor on Paper

35cm x 27.5cmMid-1960’s

Boy by the PondWatercolor on Paper35cm x 27.5cmMid-1960’s

Still LifeOil on canvas51cm x 61cm1987

Davao Fruits

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Oil on canvas50cm x 59.7cm

1980

Going Full Circle in Davao

Anda House Interiors Watercolor on paper77cm x 96cm1981

Horse FightingWatercolor on paper43cm x 73.5cm1980

Davao ShorelineOil on canvas59.75cm x 49.5cm1985

Handaan Oil on canvas23cm x 38cm1975

Ethnic GirlOil on Canvas63.5cm x 56cm 1979

Little House by the SeaOil on canvas40.6cm x 47cm1981

KargadoresOil on canvas71cm x 65cm1980

On the BeachOil on canvas74cm x 67cm1977

Liongoren BoysOil on canvas60cm x 46cm1983

Theresa AngustiaOil on canvas68.5cm x 60cm1976

Reclining NudeCharcoal on Paper59cm x 78cm1980

Nude I Charcoal on paper49cm x 60cm1974

Nude IICharcoal on paper49cm x 60cm1974

Portrait of a School TeacherCharcoal on paper90cm x 74.5cm1980

OdetteOil on canvas126cm x 94cm1979

Nude Reclining on a HammockPen, Ink and Pencil on Linen Paper21.8cm x 29cm

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Undated

Joan in Red DressOil on canvas95.5cm x 80cm1977

Portrait of TeresaOil on Canvas73cm x 63cm1980

Nude Oil on canvas83cm x 77cm1976

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NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE

AND THE ARTSIntramuros, Manila

KAARAWAN:Parangal sa ika-100 Taon ng mga Pambansang Alagad ng Sining12 December 2011 – 6 January 2012A memorabilia exhibition of Vicente Manansala (Visual Arts), Hernando Ocampo (Visual Arts), Carlos Quirino (Historical Literature) and Levi Celerio (Music)

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Featured Artists:

Levi Celerio30 April 1910 – 02 April 2002

Levi Celerio was born in Tondo, Manila where he also grew up and studied in primary school. He took violin lessons at the age of 11 from a Philippine Constabulary musician and continued a two-semester course at the University of the Philippines Conservatory of Music. He was also given a scholarship at the Academy of Music of Manila and became the youngest member of the Manila Symphony Orchestra. An unfortunate event that resulted in a broken wrist halted Celerio’s early career as a violinist, but this did not stop his calling in the field of music.

Celerio shifted his profession as a lyricist in the mid-1930s and wrote theme songs for various films. Some of his popular songs are “Sa Ugoy ng Duyan”, “Sapagkat Kami ay Tao Lamang”, “Saan Ka Man Naroroon”, “Gaano Kita Kamahal” and “Waray-waray”. He was responsible as well in putting lyrics to the folk songs “Pandangguhan”, “Subli” and “Maglalatik” among others. The popular Christmas songs “Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon”, “Ang Pasko ay Sumapit”, “Merry Christmas ang Bati” at “Misa de Gallo” are also works of Celerio. Furthermore, he became known worldwide as the first man who could play music with a leaf.

Celerio was proclaimed National Artist for Music and Literature in 1997.

Hernando Ocampo28 April 1911 – 28 December 1978

Hernando Ocampo, sometimes referred as H.R. Ocampo, was born in Santa Cruz, Manila. He was a pre-Law student who later dropped out of Law school to pursue his passion in literature. It was in the bookstore Philippine Education Company that he gained access to a wide array of literary publications. He met other young writers and formed the Veronica Writers Group with them. He wrote several short stories and plays for stage and bemae editor of the Manila Sunday Chronicle Magazine. He became a scriptwriter, director and producer for television and the Filipino Players Guild. He also worked as associate editor of the Herald Midweek Magazine and then held the position as director of the National Media Production Center.

Although Ocampo had numerous accomplishments in the field of literature, he became more eminent as a visual artist particularly in painting. He was part of the Thirteen Moderns that Victorio Edades founded in 1938. After the war, he focused on the social reality of the time such as poverty, labor issues and class struggles. This movement became known in art history as Neo-Realism. But the legacy that Ocampo imparted in Philippine art was his original mode of abstraction that focuses on design, color, texture and organic shapes. One of his major works is “Genesis” (1969) which was executed into a tapestry and serves as curtain for the main theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Ocampo was proclaimed National Artist for Painting in 1991.

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Vicente Manansala22 January 1910 – 22 August 1981

Vicente Manansala was born in Macabebe, Pampanga and moved to Intramuros, Manila in 1914 where he worked as newsboy, caddy and bootblack at an early age to help the family. It was in Intramuros where he honed his basic artistic skills through kite-making and drawing insects. His first mentor was the painter Ramon Peralta, and later he entered the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts in 1926. He then worked as an illustrator for the Philippines Herald and Liwayway and as layout artist for Photonews and Saturday Evening News Magazine.

Victorio Edades included Manansala to his list of the Thirteen Moderns, but Manansala associated himself more to the Neo-realist group headed by Hernando Ocampo. In 1945, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Canada through the UNESCO art fellowship, where he met Joe Plaskett who taught him the basic principles of Cubism. His training in painting was further influenced with the Cubist style at Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris by the Frencg Cubist Fernand Ledger. He returned to the Philippines in 1951 and held his first solo exhibition. He experimented in various styles throughtout this career though some art historians coined the terms “Transparent cubism” to described and label his prominent style. Nevertheless, his works consistently focused on the theme of poverty and other facets of social realities in Philippine culture.

Mananasala was proclaimed National Artist for Painting in 1981.

Carlos Quirino 14 January 1910 – 20 May 1999

Carlos Quirino was the second son of Jose Quirino, a pioneering gynaecologist, and Dolores Lozada. He completed his elementary and high school at De La Salle. It was during this period that his fondness in reading started and was greatly inspired by the writings of Rafael Sabolini and William Shakespeare. He graduated at the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a degree in journalism. He was the first Filipino correspondent for the United Press Institute. A well-rounded man, he was also a sportsman who tried his athletic skills in swimming, track and field, marksmanshyip and game fishing. He was appointed Director of the National Library in 1961 by then President Diosdado Macapaga. He was also the founding curator of the Ayala Museum and one of the brains behind the conceptualization of the museum’s diorama.

Among his biographical works are “The Great Malayan’, one of the earliest written biographies about Jose Rizal in English, and “Man of Destiny” that chronicles the life of President Manuel Quezon at the height of his political career. He also wrote the biographies of Emilio Aguinaldo, Ramon Magsaysay, Elpidio Quirino, Jose P. Laurel, Eulogio Rodriguez Sr., Charles “Chick” Parsons, Ramon Durano, Vicente Madrigal, and Juan Luna. “Philippine Cartography” published in Armsterdam in 1958 gave him the opportunity to become kember of the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain. His other writings include “Maps and Views of Old Manila”, “The History of Philippine Sugar Industry”, “Filipino Heritage: The Making of a Nation” and “Filipinos at War, The Fight for Freedom from Mactan to EDSA”.

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Quirino was proclaimed National Artist for Historical Literature in 1997.

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