JUAN LUNA

FERNANDO AMORSOLO

Fernando Amorsolo was one of

Juan Luna’s artworks are very the famous national artists, and
phenomenal due to his classical
Each artist he is known for his exceptional
and theatrical style of paintings. represents the
Philippine
skills in using light art in his
He was also known as a political
traditions, history,
and culture in
work. He uses those skills in a
activist of the Philippine revolution their own work mastery of the Filipino genre
during the 19th century Juan Luna and
Fernando He was also known as the
Amorsolo both
An example of Juan Luna’s contributed in for Painter of t Philippine sun
the betterment of
artworks was the Espana Y our country lights because his paintings
Filipinas, where he painted two They both show
represent the traditional,
images of female figures that
love for their
country by
illuminated landscape that
represent the relationship between promoting ad shows the culture and
mastering Filipino
Spain and the Philippines. He also genre in painting traditions like fiestas and
to promote
painted the Spolarium which shows Philippine arts occupations.
an image of gladiators being pulled An example of his artwork was
in a dead pile of corpses which the fruit pickers under the
represents the hardships of mango which shows the
Filipinos during the Spaniard farmers in a community about
Colonization. their relationship to their family