Dr. Jose Rizal is a great painter.

 He once demonstrated
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his talent for painting
while in Dapitan. In
1894, Fr. Vicente
Balaguer thought of a
backdrop for the Holy
Week. He wanted one
that’s done in canvas oil José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso
painting. Realonda
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 He heard of Rizal’s painting ability and requested
him to paint a beautiful backdrop for the church
altar that would show a colonnaded court, seen from
a wide open gate like that of a scene depicting the
court of Pontius Pilate.

Title: Saturnina Rizal

Material: Oil
Remarks: Now in Rizal
Rizal Shrine, Fort Santiago
Shrine in Fort Santiago
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sketched his
idea based from a church in
Barcelona, Spain and after
Rizal showed him his
sketch, Rizal with the help
of Sister Agustina Montoya, Title: Dapita Church
a Filipina nun from Cavite Curtains
Material: Oil
who could paint, and Remarks: Made in Dapitan,
Francisco Almirol, a native 1894
painter of Dapitan started
the difficult task of painting
the scene in oil.
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 The backdrop was a
beautiful masterpiece and a
General Leonard Wood
prized possession to show
off. Senate President Manuel
L. Quezon and General
Leonard Wood, governor-
general to Philippines were
both impressed by the
painting. Manuel L. Quezon
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 After Commonwealth, the painting was kept in the
Ateneo de Manila Museum but fires and bombed
destroyed it during the World War II.
 List of more paintings
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Title: A painting on a pair of mother-
of-pearl
Material: Oil
Remarks: Shells painted by Rizal in
Dapitan and given as a gift to Doña
Leonor Valenzuela and later passed
into the hands of Doña Margarita
Valenzuela

Leonor Valenzuela Margarita Valenzuela

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Title: Spanish coat of arms
Material: Water color
Remarks:
Done during a fiesta of San Rafael
in Calamba in 1867
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Title: Immaculate Conception

Material: Crayon
Remarks: Made in Manila, 1974
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Title: Christ Title: Portrait of

crucified Morayta
Material: Crayon Material: Crayon
Remarks: 1875 Remarks: Made in
Barcelona, 1885