FERNANDO AMORSOLO

GRAND OLD MAN OF PHILIPPINE ART

FERNANDO CUETO AMORSOLO
 BIOGRAPHY

• Born May 30 1892, Calle Hernan Paco Manila

• Pedro Amorsolo & Bonifacia Cueto
• They moved at Daet, Camarines Norte
• 1903 his father died when he was 11 y/o
• He enrolled at University of the Philippines school of
Fine Arts, 17 y/o
• Don Fabian dela Rosa art professor at UP
• He graduated with honors, member of the first
graduating class
• Amorsolo became a professor at UP in his early 20
 BIOGRAPHY

• Salud Jeorge, first wife , at the age of 25, with 6

children
• Virgina Guevarra Santos, common-law-wife, with 6
children
• 1935 he married Maria del Carmen, with 8 children
• Amorsolo rented a house at Raon St.
• Azcarraga ( CARLO M. RECTO AVE.)
• Afflicted with Diabetes and Arthritis
• He undergo to a Cataract operation
• 1964 his son Fernando Jr. died from asthma and
tubercolosis
 BIOGRAPHY

• 7 years later his son Milo died

• April 24 1972, Amorsolo died due to heart failure

• SOURCE: Fernando C. Amorsolo Art Foundation by

Edwin Martinez
http://www.fernandocamorsolo.com/bio4.html
 NATIONAL ARTIST

- First National Artist for Painting

- Awarded: 1972
- Contributed his technique backlighting
PAINTINGS
AFTERNOON MEAL OF THE WORKERS

• Won 1st Prize, New

York's World Fair
• 1958
• oil on canvas
• hardwork and
efforts of the
farmers just to gain
something
BATAAN OR THE MAID OF BATAAN

- oil on canvas

- 1942

- Compares the misery

of war with hell.

- The maiden, depicted

with an ethereal aura,
symbolic of resilience
and represents the
power of good over
evil.
 BOMBING OF THE INTENDENCIA

- 1942

- It depicts the World

War II when Japanese
occupied Manila.

- Fernando Amorsolo war

times paintings are
considered among his
finest works and were
exhibited at Malacañang
Palace in 1948.
 THE BURNING OF MANILA

• depicts the idea

how the Manila is
devastated during
Japanese invasion.

• painted in the year

1945
 EL CIEGO

- known as "The Blind

Man“

- commissioned by a
naval intelligence
officer who helped in
the liberation of
Manila during World
War II.
 DEFENSE OF A FILIPINA WOMAN'S
HONOR
• World War II-era
painting
• Filipino man defends
a woman, who is
either his wife or
daughter, from
being raped by an
unseen Japanese
soldier
• Note the Japanese
military cap at the
man's foot
 DALAGANG BUKID

• 1958
• Oil on canvas
• Ayala Museum
Collection
• reflecting the sweet
disposition, charm,
and wholesome
beauty of the
dalagang bukid, or
Philippine provincial
lass
 EXPLOSION

• Oil on canvas
• September 21, 1944.
• Red flames break
through Amorsolo's
typically idyllic blue
sky in this oil painting
created during
World War II.
 THE FIRST BAPTISM

• 1955-1960
• Oil on canvas
• Ayala Museum
Collection
• sometimes called
The First Mass
• commissioned by
Cebu High School.
 THE FIRST CATHOLIC MASS

• The first Catholic

Mass in the
Philippines was held
on March 31, 1521,
Easter Sunday (Father
Pedro de
Valderrama)
• referred to in the
journals of Antonio
Pigafetta as
"Mazaua".
 FRUIT GATHERER

• 1950

• the ideal Filipina

beauty - clear skin or
fresh colored type
which we often
witness when we met
a blushing girl.
 FRUIT PICKERS HARVESTING UNDER
THE MANGO TREE
• 1939
• It was made by
using oil on 25 1/4 x
37 1/2 inches
canvas and was
finished at the year
1937.
• painting consists of
Filipino fruit
harvesters.
 MAIDENS BY A STREAM

• 1961
• oil on canvas
• 86.5 x 60.5 cm.
(34.1 x 23.8 in.)
• The rustic scene in
the master's
characteristic style
embodies the
young, slender
and shapely type
of feminine beauty
he favored.
THE MAKING OF PHILIPPINE FLAG

• Historical event

• They were
tasked by Gen.
Emilio
Aguinaldo to
sew the first flag
for the new
republic
 MARCA DEMONIO

• Ginebra San Miguel, St.

Michael
• Age of 25 (1867)
• Don Enrique Zobel
offered Amorsolo an
opportunity to study
at the Academia de
San Fernando in
Madrid
 PLANTING RICE

• painted in 1935
• (2016) display at the
Galeria De las Islas
in Intramuros,
Manila.
• Exhibits the
happiness across
from the difficulties
in planting rice.
 OUR LADY OF LIGHT

• 1950
• town of Cainta, Rizal
• Palermo, Italy
• burning of the original relic
during the Filipino-
American war in 1899
 THE RAPE OF MANILA

• 1942
• switched to darker
themes, one of sorrow
and destruction
• Japanese Occupation.
 QUIZ

1. What did Amorsolo contributed in the field of

painting?
2. When did Planting Rice shown to the public?
3. Who offered Amorsolo to study in Madrid?
4. When did Amorsolo awarded as National Artist?
5. Why did Amorsolo remaked the Our Lady of Light?
6. What is the other name for El Ciego?
7. Amorsolo is also known as the?
8. What is the ideal Filipina beauty favored by
Amorsolo?
9. Give one painting
10. of Amorsolo and explain
 ANSWERS

1. BACKLIGHTING TECHNIQUE
2. 2016
3. DON ENRIQUE ZOBEL
4. 1972
5. THE ORIGINAL WAS BURNED DURING DILIPINO-
AMERICAN WAR / ORIGINAL WAS BURNED IN 1899
6. THE BLIND MAN
7. GRAND OLD MAN OF PHILIPPINE ART
8. CLEAR SKIN/FRESH COLORED TYPE/ BLUSHING