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España y Filipinas. España y Filipinas (“Spain and the Philippines") is a series of oil on wood paintings [1][2] by Filipino painter, Ilustrado, and revolutionary activist, Juan Luna. It is an allegorical depiction [3] of two women together, one a representation of Spain and the other of the Philippines. [4] The painting, also known as ...
Description. La Barca de Aqueronte is a Neoclassic -style painting based by Hidalgo on his reading of Dante's Inferno while in Italy. [1][2] It is Hidalgo’s interpretation of damned souls journeying across the River Acheron towards the gates of hell or Hades. [1][2] The protagonist of the painting is the boatman of classical mythology named ...
26.7 cm × 32.4 cm (10 + 1⁄2 in × 12 + 3⁄4 in) Location. Lopez Museum. Ensueños de Amor, literally " Daydreams of Love ", is a "dreamy" oil on wood painting by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Luna. It depicts Luna's wife Paz Pardo de Tavera while sound asleep. It is currently a part of the art collection of the Lopez Museum.
Fernando Amorsolo. Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto (May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972) was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. Nicknamed the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art," [2] he was the first-ever to be recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines. [3] He was recognized as such for his "pioneering use of impressionistic ...
La Bulaqueña. La Bulaqueña, literally "the woman from Bulacan " or "the Bulacan woman", also sometimes referred to as Una Bulaqueña ("a woman from Bulacan"), is the Spanish title of an 1895 painting by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Novicio Luna. Bulacan is a province in the Philippines in Luzon island and its residents are ...
Francisco was a most distinguished practitioner of mural painting for many decades and best known for his historical pieces. He was one of the first Filipino modernists along with Galo Ocampo and Victorio C. Edades who broke away from Fernando Amorsolo's romanticism of Philippine scenes. According to restorer Helmuth Josef Zotter, Francisco's ...
Joaquin Luna (brother) Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈluna], Tagalog: [hwɐn ˈluna]; October 23, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artists.
In 2008, The Blood Compact and other Luna works became a part of a twenty-three painting exhibition from the collection of the Bank of the Philippine Islands.The public exhibition celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the Bank of the Philippines Islands, and marked the first time that the so-called "BPI collection" was shown to the public.