About Exhibition
THREE WOMEN WITH BASKETS
100 x 110 cm
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Three Women with Baskets by Anita Magsaysay-Ho The only female member of “13 moderns”, Anita Magsaysay-Ho’s artworks show her high regard for women in Filipino culture. This is true in all of her paintings including “Three Women with Baskets” where she pictured female basket weavers enamored with their daily lives.
SABEL
100 x 100 cm
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Sabel by Benedicto Cabrera The Philippine art scene would not be complete without the mention of National Artist Benedicto Cabrera. His artworks are currently on display inside his museum in Baguio City including his famous painting “Sabel”.
THE PARISIAN LIFE
100 x 100 cm
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Parisian Life by Juan Luna Also known as Interior d’un Cafi (or Inside a Café), the impressionist painting is another masterpiece of Juan Luna. Unlike his earlier works, the “Parisian Life” shy away from his usual intense and dramatic subjects and instead portrayed a “fleeting moment of ordinary life” during his stay in Paris in the 1890s.
FIRST MASS AT LIMASAWA
100 x 100 cm
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First Mass by Carlos Modesto Francisco An interpretation of the first documented Christian mass in the Philippines in 1521, “First Mass at Limasawa” is one of Carlos Modesto “Botong” Villaluz Francisco’s most important paintings. The national government commissioned Francisco to create the artwork for the commemoration of 400 years of Philippine Christianization.
SPOLIARIUM
100 x 100 cm
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SPOLIARIUM Spolarium by Juan Luna Considered the largest painting in the Philippines, “Spoliarium” is among the notable art pieces of Filipino painter Juan Luna. It features the bloody gladiator matches of Romans but is also an allegory to the despair and abuses Filipinos suffered from during the Spanish reign in the country.
PLANTING RICE
100 x 100 cm
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Planting Rice by Fernando Amorsolo An artist known for his distinctive art style and realistic paintings, Filipino painter Fernando Amorsolo is best known for his depiction of the country’s culture, its picturesque sceneries, portraits of women, and scenes from World War II
HILLS OF NIKKO
100 x 113 cm
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Hills of Nikko by Jose Joya No Filipino artist does abstract painting like National Artist for Visual Arts Jose Joya. With his masterful technique called “gestural painting” or “action painting,” he While it is his interpretation of the hills in Nikko, Japan, critics say Joya’s painting is an allegory of human imperfections.
YELLOW CONFETTI
100 x 100 cm
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Yellow Confetti by Benedicto Cabrera The rise of the people and fall of the dictatorship through the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution are among the major events that changed the course of Philippine history.
MADONNA OF THE SLUMS
100 x 100 cm
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Madonna of the Slums by Vicente Manansala A key modernist painting in the 1950s, Vicente Manansala’s “Madonna of the Slums” pictures a mother and child who are said to become shanties in the city after leaving their provincial life.
THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH
100 x 110 cm
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The Happiest Place on Earth by Elmer Borlongan Another Filipino gem is contemporary painter Elmer Borlongan. Having been born in the urban, Borlongan strived to depict the everyday life in the city. His famous work “The Happiest Place on Earth”, is currently stored in Pinto Art Museum in Antipolo City, Rizal.
