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FAMOUS FILIPINO AND FOREIGN PAINTINGS

Fernando Amorsolo’s Paintings

Defence of a Filipina Woman's Honour

- Representative of Amorsolo's World War II-era paintings.
- a Filipino man defends a woman, who is either his wife or daughter,
from being raped by an unseen Japanese soldier.
Afternoon meal of the rice workers, 1951 (Oil canvas)
-Fruit
Won first prize
Gatherer, at the
1950 (OilNew York World's
on board)
- A specimen of Amorsolo's conception of an ideal Filipina beauty

The Palay Maiden

- Filipino beauty was an important symbol of national identity.
- The colors of the Philippine flag are evident in the blue kerchief, red
skirt, and white blouse.
Ahope-filled
-El Ciego moment
(The Blind for the young
Man),1929 (Oil onPhilippines.
panel)
- This work commissioned by a naval intelligence officer who helped in
the liberation of Manila during World War II.
The making of the Philippine Flag
- original design by the first President of the First Philippine
Republic, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy.
- The general subsequently tasked Marcela Marino de Agoncillo
(regarded
Tinikling as the Mother
in Barrio, 1951 of the Philippine Flag) to sew the first flag for
- the
Renowned newas the republic, with
First Contemporary theFilipinohelp of Marcela’s
Artist, Amorsolo painted
daughter Lorenza and Delfina Herbosa de Natividad.
the Philippine landscape in sunny and colorful depictions that idealized
both nature and native beauty. Using techniques of natural outdoor
lighting and taking from the Impressionists of Europe, he mastered the
skill of natural lighting in his paintings, and this trademark was later
called his mastery of the "Philippine Sun."

Planting Rice
- His oeuvre is characterized by scenes of the Filipino countryside, Juan Luna’s
harmoniously composed and richly coloured, saturated with bright Paintings
sunlight and populated by beautiful, happy people: it is an art of beauty,
contentment, peace and plenty.
Souvenir de 1899, 1899

Souvenir de 1899, was completed by Luna on May 21, 1899, in Leitmeritz,

Bohemia, after his meeting with Rizal’s bosom friend, Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt

Odalisque, 1885

The Odalisque one of Luna's "Academic Salon portraits" that followed

the standards of proper proportion and perspective, and realistic
depictions with “an air of dignity and allure”. The Odalisque is one of the
paintings that made Luna as an officially accepted artist at the Salon of
Paris. The Odalisque was a part of the painting collection of Philippine
national hero Jose Rizal.
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Spoliarium

The painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de

Bellas Artes in 1884 in Madrid, where it garnered the first gold medal.

Vincent Van Gogh’s Paintings

Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889

Van Gogh painted outdoors with a special talent for capturing the
subtleties of nighttime light and shadow

Starry Night

Van Gogh painted outdoors with a special talent for capturing the
subtleties of nighttime light and shadow.

Vase with Twelve Flowers

Van Gogh firmly believed that to be a great painter you had to first
master drawing before adding color. Over the years Van Gogh clearly
mastered drawing and began to use more color. In time, one of the
most recognizable aspects of Van Gogh’s paintings became his bold
use of color.
Leonardo da Vinci’s
Paintings
Mona Lisa

The subject's expression, which is frequently described as enigmatic, the

monumentality of the composition, the subtle modeling of forms, and the
atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the
continuing fascination and study of the work.

The Last Supper

The Last Supper is Leonardo da Vinci's most famous work of

religious art and his only surviving mural.
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Annunciation

The subject matter is drawn from Luke 1.26-39 and depicts the

angel Gabriel, sent by God to announce to a virgin, Mary, that she
would miraculously conceive and give birth to a son, to be
named Jesus, and to be called "the Son of God" whose reign would
never end. The subject was very popular for artworks and had been
depicted many times in the art of Florence, including several
examples by the Early Renaissance painter Fra Angelico. The
details of its commission and its early history remain obscure.

Edvard Munch’s Paintings

The Scream 1893

The Scream is Munch's most famous work, and one of the most
recognizable paintings in all art. It has been widely interpreted as
representing the universal anxiety of modern man.

The Sick Child 1907

In the works, Sophie is typically shown on her deathbed accompanied by a

dark-haired, grieving woman assumed to be her aunt Karen; the studies often
show her in a cropped head shot. In all the painted versions Sophie is sitting
in a chair, obviously suffering from pain, propped by a large white pillow,
looking towards an ominous curtain likely intended as a symbol of death. She
is shown with a haunted expression, clutching hands with a grief-stricken
oldera woman who seems to want to comfort her but whose head is bowed
OTHER PAINTINGS
as if she cannot bear to look the younger girl in the eye.

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali

It is possible to recognize a human figure in the middle of the

composition, in the strange "monster" that Dalí used in several
contemporary pieces to represent himself – the abstract form
becoming something of a self-portrait, reappearing frequently in
his work. The figure can be read as a "fading" creature, one that
often appears in dreams where the dreamer cannot pinpoint the
creature's exact form and composition.

Ati-Atihan (1983) by Pacita Abad

"I always see the world through color, although my vision, perspective and
paintings are constantly influenced by new ideas and changing
environments. I feel like I am an ambassador of colors, always projecting a
positive mood that helps make the world smile."
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The Death of General Wolfe, 1770

by Benjamin West

The painting became one of the most frequently reproduced

images of the period. It returned to the French and Indian
War setting of his General Johnson Saving a Wounded French
Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indiand of 1768.

Women working in a rice field By Vincent Van Gogh

by Hernando Ocampo
by Fabian dela Rosa

The Creation of Adam (1510)

Fruit Vendor  by Michelangelo In the Berkshires, 1850
by Pablo Amorsolo by George Inness