Pante, Jomar Jubileo L.

BSMT-2C

Fernando Amorsolo (Dalagang Bukid)

Fernando Amorsolo was born on May 30, 1892 in Calle Herran in Paco, Manila to Pedro
Amorsolo and Bonifacia Cueto. Although born in the nation’s capital, Amorsolo would
spend most of his childhood in the small town setting of Daet in Camarines Norte where
his love for the simple rural life would become the foundation for his artistic output for
which he is most well-known.
Amorsolo's bright and colorful pastoral representations are unmistakable for being
suffused with a golden glow, reflecting the sweet disposition, charm, and wholesome
beauty of the dalagang bukid, or Philippine provincial lass - widely recognized to be the
maestros most iconic subject matter. Surrounded by verdant foliage dappled with
sunlight, she is the picture of a longed-for, bygone era - the epitome of everything that is
good about the motherland.