as you might know, I live now for the last seven years in manila, philippines. it is a very poor country that is struck by disasters regularly, like the major typhoons and the floodings last year, …
I love vintage ephemera of any kind, especially Christmas greeting cards. I recently got a few native cards I'd like to share. The graph...
The exhibit “Pioneers of Philippine Art” at Ayala Museum features the works of Filipino masters Juan Luna, Fernando Amorsolo and Fernando Zobel.
Far from being the idyllic countryside, the gleaners who followed the harvesters brought a strong social message.
Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto was an important influence on contemporary Filipino art and artists, even beyond the so-called "Amorsolo school". Amorsolo was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. He is popularly known for his craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light. The volume of paintings, sketches and studies of Amorsolo is believed to have reached more than 10,000 pieces.
(UPDATED) Pacita Abad was the first woman to win the Ten Outstanding Young Men award
This series will make you more aware of the principles of design are and how you can employ them to make your designs even better!
A waiting Independence Day last June 10 at Leon Gallery’s “Spectacular Midyear Auction,” Ang Kiukok’s “Fishermen” became the most expensive Philippine artwork ever sold in the country.
Victorio C Edades (1895 - 1985) Victorio C. Edades (December 13, 1895 - March 7, 1985) is a Filipino painter who was the leader of the revolutionary Thirteen Moderns who engaged their classical compatriots in heated debate over the nature and function of art. He was named a National Artist in 1976. Subjects are distorted figures (those whose proportions defy classical measure), and Edades’ brush strokes are agitated and harsh. The choice of his subject also caused quite a stir to those who viewed the show. He portrayed tough, dirty construction laborers and simple folk wrestling in dung and dust. Even his nudes are nothing like Amorsolo’s portrayal of the Filipina at her best. With the uproar Edades’ ideas raised, he knew that he cannot make a living out by merely painting what he wished. So he got by producing commissioned works, particularly murals. He did murals for prominent individuals (like Juan Nakpil) and institutions. His later works are said to be ‘flatter.’ His portraits and genre paintings in Davao are not seen to be as heavy or solid as his earlier phase with The Builders. From Cézanne, Edades grew more interested in the style of Utamaro of Japan and other artists whose charm is in color rather than solidity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorio_C._Edades http://www.globalpinoy.com/ch/ch_nationalartists_sub.php?name=Victorio%20C.%20Edades%20%281895-1985%29&category=Visual%20Arts http://heart-2-heart-online.com/2010/03/16/meaning-to-be-modern/ http://www.pasyalan.net/victorio-edades/ http://manilaartblogger.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/victorio-edades-the-builders.jpg http://www.askart.com/AskART/photos/SOS20050410_5998/95.jpg Vincente Manansala (1910 - 1981) Vicente Silva Manansala (January 22, 1910 - August 22, 1981) was a Philippine cubist painter and illustrator. Manansala's canvases were described as masterpieces that brought the cultures of the barrio and the city together. His Madonna of the Slums is a portrayal of a mother and child from the countryside who became urban shanty residents once in the city. In his Jeepneys, Manansala combined the elements of provincial folk culture with the congestion issues of the city. Manansala developed transparent cubism, wherein the "delicate tones, shapes, and patterns of figure and environment are masterfully superimposed". A fine example of Manansala using this "transparent and translucent" technique is his composition, Kalabaw (Carabao). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Manansala http://www.lopezmuseum.org.ph/gallery_manansala.html http://fil.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Vicente_S._Manansala http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tagalog/themes/Beginning_Lessons_1/names_of_Objects,etc/daig_m1.jpg Carlos V. Francisco [Botong] (1912 – 1969) Carlos V. Francisco (November 4, 1912 – March 31, 1969), popularly known as Botong, was a muralist from Angono, Rizal. Francisco was a most distinguished practitioner of mural painting for many decades and best known for his historical pieces. He was one of the first Filipino modernists along with Galo Ocampo and Victorio C. Edades who broke away from Fernando Amorsolo's romanticism of Philippine scenes.His great works include Blood Compact, First Mass at Limasawa, The Martyrdom of Rizal, Bayanihan, Magpupukot, Fiesta, Bayanihan sa Bukid, Sandugo, Portrait of Purita, The Invasion of Limahong, Serenade, and Muslim Betrothal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_V._Francisco http://www.globalpinoy.com/ch/ch_nationalartists_sub.php?name=Carlos%20V.%20Francisco%20%281914-1969%29&category=Visual%20Arts http://groups.csail.mit.edu/cag/bayanihan/bayanfnl.jpg https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqp7UAcvXVy8ugalol0tEdUGLkZ_RilfBUAnOm8pT4YwLJg6F4XRAVXm09kHhskr7ajavKYvlGBT4AYMK4baODC1dAT1OTCddmYFq9DdDVxSmHisB4ET98Zxc3167mecnPS_hsuQZT1GV/s400/1_419593599l.jpg http://fil.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Katipunan http://www.christies.com/lotfinderimages/d46251/d4625188r.jpg Pablo Baen Santos http://thecruciblegallery.com/2009/08/pablo-baen-santos/ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3123/2888415467_62fcd21ae3.jpg http://www.universes-in-universe.de/car/singapore/eng/2006/special/sam/img-03.htm http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/2733472700_bd75a67e05.jpg http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=498669 Benedicto Cabrera (1942) Benedicto Reyes Cabrera, who signs his paintings "BenCab", is a National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts (Painting), and has been noted as "arguably the best-selling painter of his generation of Filipino artists." When BenCab returned to the Philippines in 1972, he was hailed as a Filipino pioneer of the arts and a significant influence among his peers. However, he returned to London once more in 1974, partly to get away from the tightening grip of Martial Law, which Ferdinand Marcos had declared in 1972. That event is said to have "marked the beginning of [BenCab]'s passionate involvement with social commentary and the topics of repression and freedom." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_%22BenCab%22_Cabrera http://www.artsentralasia.com/docs/artists/benedicto_cabrera.html https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZo7kSZ8iPwHz6KXLUp19cykX38W1uWSSNuWsCxs0dCRVPwjgUckpHqNamR7RqvkYKsByaXRzD3-mJKAcFZHIKNO0u6oXIegJhZtLfbFmXnl0SKar6DkVcicPP2lUDgAYX8WqOZV-e3UQ/s400/ATPS+KEEPINGTHEFAITH+1.jpg http://rogue.ph/images/uploads/jun09/bencab15.jpg http://marnescriptsmain2.blogspot.com/2008/06/no16-second-filipinas-issue-in.html http://museumfoundationph.org/images/news/2008/bencab-twonames.jpg http://la.indymedia.org/uploads/2010/03/lost_bencab_painting1.jpgv2cmj7.jpg http://blogs.stylebible.ph/rajosblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/21.jpg Antipas Delotavo http://kapirasongmantika.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/pw-main-story-manggagawa-tanggalan-artwork-antipas-delotavo.jpg http://bjanepr.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/antipasdelotavo-itaksapusonimangjua.jpg http://www.finaleartfile.com/show08_aba_list.html http://www.ipophil.gov.ph/images/liwanagatdilim.jpg http://www.sagg.com.sg/page/images/stories/2007_10/10artesan1.jpg World (Social) Realist Art (Index of Countries) This blog page is part of an ongoing project by artist and part-time lecturer Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin (http://gaelart.net/) to explore Realist / Social Realist art from around the world. The term Realism is used in its broadest sense to include 19th century Realism and Naturalism as well as 20th century Impressionism (which after all was following in the path of Courbet and Millet). Social Realism covers art that seeks to examine the living and working conditions of ordinary people (examples include German Expressionism, American Ashcan School and the Mexican Muralists). Click here for (Social) Realist Art Definitions, World (Social) Realism and Global Solidarity, Art and Politics, Social Realism in history and Country Index. Suggestions for appropriate artists from around the world welcome to [email protected].
Here are the latest batch for October. I've tried to mix them up even more this month. D Joy McFadden (?) What colour! Love this. Edward Wesson Lars Eje Larsson The more I see of this artists work the more I like it. Aine Devine This Scottish lady is an amazing artist. John Yardley One of the greats in the modern era of British Watercolour Ivelina Vladimirova Kate Osborne Viktoria Prischedko Fabio Cembranelli Cornelius Dragan Winslow Homer Am American great. Michal Jasiewicz Chien Chung-Wei - Thought it was probably him. Wonderful Chinese artist. Milind Mullick Giulio Boscaine Yuko Nagayama Michele Clamp Ted Nuttal Catherine Rey Annemiek Groenhout Aine Devine Karl Martens Some terrific artists here I hope most will agree. We all have our different tastes but good painting is universal. How I wish I could paint like many of those above.
Jef Cawaon Cablog is an artist from Barlig, Mountain Province, Philippines who believes in charting his future as a painter by looking to his past. Although he sought an artist’s education within a modern institution, he promptly quit school when he felt that his instruction has begun to alter his traditional vision. Unlike most artists who strive to change the current, Jef look upon his elders to try to see a window to his people’s past. His paintings will show how stories and dreams handed down from the elders have translated themselves to visual images on canvas. Jef, an artist steadily gaining recognition in the Cordillera and national art scene, has always done his artistic creation in the mountains of Barlig where he gets his inspirations.
