WORKS OF

JUAN LUNA AND

FERNANDO
AMORSOLO

Readings in Philippine History

Midterm Period
WHO IS
JUAN
LUNA?
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 Juan Luna de San Pedro y
Novicio Ancheta
 Born on October 24, 1857 in
Badoc, Ilocos Norte, third
among the seven children of
Joaquin Luna de San Pedro
and Laureana Novicio
An ilustrado, a part of the
Propaganda Movement
Philippines’ foremost master
painter
Died on December 7, 1899 in
Hong Kong due to heart attack

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EDUCATION
◦graduated in Ateneo
Municipal de Manila where he
obtained his Bachelor of
Arts degree
◦enrolledat Escuela Nautica
de Manila (now Philippine
Merchant Marine Academy)
and became a sailor
◦healso enrolled in
the Academy of Fine Arts
◦sentto Madrid to pursue his
career
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• gotmarried on 1886
with Maria de la Paz
Pardo de Tavera

•had a son, Andres,

who would later
become one of the
Philippines’ most
discerning architect in
the pre-war period

• also had a daughter,

Maria.
WORKS
OF
JUAN
LUNA
The Death 1881
of La Muerte de
Cleopatra
Cleopatra first art
exposition
a silver
medalist during
the National
Exposition of Fine 7
Spoliariu  1884
 won the gold medal for

m this particular painting

during the National
Exposition of Fine Arts
 Presently displayed in
the National Museum
Meaning:
◦ gladiators die for
entertainment
◦ Filipino people dragged
by the Spanish rule

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The Blood 


1885
El Pacto de Sangre
Compact 
The
1565 Sandugo betwe
en Datu
Sikatuna of Bohol an
d Miguel López de
Legazpi, surrounded
by
other conquistadors

Displayed in the
Malacañang Palace
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España y
Filipinas
1886
"Spain Leading the
Philippines“
Meaning:
an allegorical depictio
n of
two women together,
one a representation
of Spain and the other
of the Philippines
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 The Battle
of Lepanto
1887
“Spanish victory
against the Turks”
The painting
features Don Juan of
Austria
Meaning:
The victory at Lepanto
was a Catholic victory
over the invading
forces of Islam
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The Battle of 1887
Lepanto “Spanish victory
against the Turks”
The painting
features Don Juan of
Austria
Meaning:
The victory at Lepanto
was a Catholic victory
over the invading forces
Una Chula II (1885)
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La Bulaqueña (1895)

Mi Hijo Andres 14
Tampuhan (1895) Painting of Rizal
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Who is Fernando Amorso

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 Fernando Amorsolo y
Cueto
First national artist of the
Philippines
known for his
craftsmanship and mastery
in the use of light
At the age of 13,
Amorsolo became an
apprentice to Dela Rosa (his
mother’s cousin) who
May 30,1892- April 24, 1972)
would eventually become 17
He enrolled at the Art School of the Liceo
de Manila
After graduating from Liceo, he entered the
University of the Philippines’ School of Fine
Arts, where Dela Rosa worked at that time
After 3 years, was given a grant to study at
the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid,
Spain by Filipino businessman Enrique Zobel
de Ayala
died of heart failure at the age of 79 on
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Styles and techniques
used natural light in his paintings and
developed the backlighting technique
Chiaroscuro, which became his artistic
trademark and his greatest contribution to
Philippine painting.

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  He was an incessant
sketch artist, often
drawing sketches at his
home, at Luneta Park and
in the countryside

Sketch of a woman,
whose unfinished style
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Awards and Achievements
1922- 1st Prize, Commercial and Industrial Fair in
the Manila Carnival.
1929 – 1st Prize, New York’s World Fair for Afternoon
Meal of Rice Workers
1940 – Outstanding University of the Philippines
Alumnus Award
1959- Gold Medal, UNESCO National Commission
1961- Honorary Doctorate in the Humanities, from
the Far Eastern University
1963- Diploma of Merit from the University of the
Philippines
1963- Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award,
from the City of Manila
1963- Republic Cultural Heritage Award
1972- Gawad CCP para sa Sining, from Cultural
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Center of the Philippines.
Leyendo El
Periodico 1908
First success as
a young painter
Second place at
Bazar Escolta, a
contest organized
by the Asociacion
Internacional de
Artistas
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 won first prize in
the 1939 New York
Worlds Fair by
popular vote.

Afternoon Meal of the Rice Workers

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 Making of the Philippine
Flag

Defence of a Filipina
Woman’s Honour
(1945)
 a series of historical paintings on Pre Colonial and Spanish Colonization
events.
 Amorsolo’s Making of the Philippine Flag, in particular, was widely
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Mango Pickers (1936) Planting Rice
(1949)
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Realism
The representation in art
or literature of objects,
actions, or social
conditions as they
actually are, without
idealization or
presentation in abstract
form.

Adopted to describe 26
Symbolism
A symbol, in general, is a visible
sign of something invisible in
such as an idea or a quality. Art of
Symbolism is the art to use
symbols to represent things,
ideas and emotions.
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