ART APPPRECIATION

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

EARLY FILIPINOS EXPRESS THEIR ARTISTRY IN:

BURIAL

Towards Graveyard

1955

Ang Kiukok

oil on canvas

RELIGION

First Mass at Limasawa

1965

Carlos V. Francisco

oil on canvas

--This historical event viewed largely in its religious context in the Philippines but more comprehensively in its global context.

DAILY LIFE

Manila Skyline

Dominador Castaneda

1940

oil on canvas

Monday, August 6, 2012

NATIONAL ARTIST AND THEIR ART WORK

1. VICENTE MANANSALA (January 22, 1910--August 22, 1981)

Planting of the First Crosss

1965

oil on canvas

-- A beautiful painting filled with historic details.

Burial
1951
oil on canvas

--It shows a deep sadness during burial.

Patuloy ang Buhay
1948
oil on canvas

--Even though we feel sad during burial we must continue our life.

2. JUAN LUNA (October 23, 1857 — December 7, 1899)

Una Balaquena
--It reminds me of a woman wearing a Maria Clara gown. Beautiful.

Spolarium (Rome,1884)

oil on canvas

--I was amazed because it was painted on a very large canvas. It must be the most well-known painting of a Filipino artist because of its historical significance. They say that the dead bodies of gladiators represent the Spanish killings of Filipino revolutionaries.

Portrait of a Lady

oil on canvas

--This work of art is a lonely woman. And when I see this art I feel sad.

3. FELIX RESURRECCION HIDALGO (February 21, 1885--March 13, 1913)

La Tragedia de Gobernador Bustamante

"Assassination of Governor Bustamante and His Son"

oil on canvas

-- It is also stunningly beautiful. I was amazed becaused it was also painted on a large canvas.

Don Luis Perez Dasmarinas

1896

oil on canvas

-- Letter of the governor of Filipinas, Don Luis Perez Dasmarinas informing his majesty of the poor reception the Portuguese gave his cousin, Don Hernando de Castro, whom he sent to look for the galley that he Chinese who mutinied and killed his father took and brought to China.

La Enferma

1910

oil on canvas

--La Enferma (The Invalid)

SCULPTURES

Torso

Napoleon Abueva (b. 1930)

National Artist in Sculpture, 1976

1972

Adobe

Mother and Child

1953

Adobe

Kaganapan

1970

Napoleon Abueva

Bronze cast with gold leaf

Kaganapan is one of Napoleon Abueva's work of art. Sculpted out of marble in 1952 when Abueva was still a young student at the University of the Philippines

Bust of Gabaldon

1947

Guillermo Tolentino (1890-1976)

National Artist in Sculpture, 1973

Marble

The master portraitist in sculpture was Guillermo Tolentino who did a bust of Mrs. Gabaldon in 1947 as well as numerous other busts and full length figures of personalities.

Legaspi and the Founding of Manila

Napoleon Abueva

Normandie

Normandie

Juan Luna

oil on wood

Everyday Life

From Houlgate, Normandy, Juan Luna wrote in 1890 to his compatriot Jose Rizal that living there is as agreeable

From Houlgate, Normandy, Juan Luna wrote in 1890 to his compatriot Jose Rizal that living there is as agreeable as living in Tondo or Antipolo

From Houlgate, Normandy, Juan Luna wrote in 1890 to his compatriot Jose Rizal that living there is as agreeab

From Houlgate, Normandy, Juan Luna wrote in 1890 to his compatriot Jose Rizal that living there is as agreeable as living in Tondo or Antipolo

From Houlgate, Normandy, Juan Luna wrote in 1890 to his compatriot Jose Rizal that living there is as agreeable

From Houlgate, Normandy, Juan Luna wrote in 1890 to his compatriot Jose Rizal that living there is as agreeable as living in Tondo or AntFrom Houlgate, Normandy, Juan Luna wrote in 1890 to his compatriot Jose Rizal that living there is as agreeable as living in Tondo or Antipol