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Fernando Amorsolo

Fernando Amorsolo was a renowned Philippine artist known for his portraits, rural landscapes, and mastery of light. Born in 1892, he apprenticed under Fabian de la Rosa and studied at the University of the Philippines. Amorsolo is renowned for paintings depicting Philippine rural life, traditions, and ideals of beauty. His works often portrayed farmers, families, and festivals in a realistic yet idealized manner.

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Fernando Amorsolo

Fernando Amorsolo was a renowned Philippine artist known for his portraits, rural landscapes, and mastery of light. Born in 1892, he apprenticed under Fabian de la Rosa and studied at the University of the Philippines. Amorsolo is renowned for paintings depicting Philippine rural life, traditions, and ideals of beauty. His works often portrayed farmers, families, and festivals in a realistic yet idealized manner.

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FERNANDO AMORSOLO

FERNANDO AMORSOLO
• The Philippine artist Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972)
was a portraitist and painter of rural landscapes. He
is best known for his craftsmanship and mastery in the
use of light.
• Called as the “Grand old man of the Philippine Art”.
• Fernando Amorsolo was born May 30, 1892, in the
Paco district of Manila. At 13 he was apprenticed to
the noted Philippine artist Fabian de la Rosa, his
mother's first cousin.
• In 1909 Amorsolo enrolled at the Liceo de Manila and
then attended the fine-arts school at the University of
the Philippines, graduating in 1914.
FERNANDO AMORSOLO PAINTINGS
Styles: Impressionism, Luminism, Realism
Subjects: Philippine genre, nudes and
historical and society portraits
PRINSESA URDUJA, 1934
(OIL ON CANVAS)
• Fernando Amorsolo painted Prinsesa
Urduja because there is no historical
data written.
• Princess Urduja is a figure from
Philippine legend, a warrior princess
who is said to have ruled the kingdom
of Tawalisi (Bolinao) in the province of
Pangasinan.
BAYANIHAN, 1962
(OIL ON CANVAS)
• The term bayanihan refers to a spirit of
communal unity or effort to achieve a particular
objective. Bayanihan is taken from the root word
bayani meaning “hero”.
ANTIPOLO FIESTA, 1947
(OIL ON CANVAS)
• Despicting Filipinos celebrating a town fiesta
where group of people are shown celebrating
fiesta in Antipolo. The pair of dancers are
surrounded by revellers both youth and old.
Abundant food is presented as well as the
famous roasted pig or “lechon”.
PALAY MAIDEN, 1920
(OIL ON CANVAS)
• “Palay” is Tagalog for grain, which is symbolic of
the Philippines’ most staple crop. Maiden bears
significance to Amorsolo’s preference for beauty.
He portrayed his standard of beauty to have:
• A rounded face, the eyes should be exceptionally
lively, the nose should be of the blunt form but firm
and strongly marked
• So the ideal Filipina beauty should not necessarily
be white complexioned, nor of the dark brown
color of the typical Malayan, but of the clear skin
or fresh colored type.
AFTERNOON MEAL OF RICE
WORKERS, 1929
(OIL ON CANVAS)
• First prize at the New York's World Fair for
Afternoon Meal of Rice Workers.
• It talks about the farmers. They will eat something
after they do their work. You can see some farmers
are still harvesting and planting crops. At the left
side is a woman who is cooking food for them, then
there’s a mother breastfeeding her baby, and the
old man who is resting after doing his work. You
can see the hardwork and the efforts of the
farmers just to gain something. Their job is difficult
but they’re doing it because they have to.

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