Who Are of The Famous Counterpart Artists of Impressionism in The Philippines
Who Are of The Famous Counterpart Artists of Impressionism in The Philippines
Juan Luna y Novicio, better known as Juan Luna 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. 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 to the brotherhood between Spain and the Philippines.
Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla (February 21, 1855 – March 13, 1913) was
a Filipino artist. He is acknowledged as one of the great Filipino painters of the late 19th
century. 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.
The Spoliarium (often misspelled Spolarium) is a painting by Filipinopainter Juan Luna.
The painting was submitted by Luna to theExposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884
in Madrid, where it garnered the first gold medal (out of three). [1] In 1886, it was sold to
theDiputación Provincial de Barcelona for 20,000 pesetas. It currently hangs in the main
gallery at the first floor of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila, and is the first work of
art that greets visitors upon entry into the museum. The picture recreates a despoiling scene
in aRoman circus where dead gladiators are stripped of weapons and garments.
Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho or The Christian Virgins Exposed to the
Populace is a famous 1884history painting by Filipino painter, reformist,
and propagandist[1]Félix Resurrección Hidalgo. The painting was a silver medalist (ninth silver
medal award among forty-five[2][7][4][8]) during the 1884 Exposicion General de Bellas Artes
in Madrid, Spain, also known as the Madrid Exposition.[3][9][10][11] According to Raquel A.G.
Reyes, Hidalgo's winning the silver medal for the painting was a landmark achievement that
proved the ability of Filipinos to match the work of Spaniards and laid claim to Filipino
participation in European culture.
2. Who are the famous artist of expressionism in the Philippines?
Ang Kiukok (March 1, 1931 – May 9, 2005) was a Filipino painter of Chinese descent
and was a National Artist for Visual Arts. Ang's first formal recognition in his career as an
artist was when his work Calesa garnered third place at the Shell National Students Art
Competition in 1953. In 1954, he launched his first one-man show at the Contemporary
Arts Gallery after he was urged by his mentor Manansala.[1] Within a few years his works
such as garnered him more recognition such as Still Life (1951, Honorable mention), The
Bird (1959, First Prize), Still Life in Red (1963, Third Prize), Fish (1963, Second Prize),
andGeometric Still-Life Fish (1963, Second Prize). All of these recognition was from the
Art Association of the Philippines.
Vicente Silva Manansala (January 22, 1910 – August 22, 1981) was a
Filipino cubist painter and illustrator. Manansala was born in Macabebe, Pampanga.
From 1926 to 1930, he studied at the U.P. School of Fine Arts. In 1949, Manansala
received a six-month grant by UNESCO to study at the École des Beaux-Arts
in Banff and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1950, he received a nine-month scholarship
to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris by the French government.
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5. Who are the represenatative artist of abstract expressionism in the Philippines?