Felix Hidalgo

Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla (February 21, 1855 – March 13, 1913) was a
Filipino artist. He is acknowledged as one of the great Filipino painters of the late 19th
century, and is significant in Philippine history for having been an acquaintance and
inspiration for members of the Philippine reform movement which included José Rizal,
Marcelo del Pilar, Mariano Ponce and Graciano López Jaena, although he neither
involved himself directly in that movement, nor later associate himself with the First
Philippine Republic under Emilio Aguinaldo.

His winning the silver medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along with the
gold win of fellow Filipino painter Juan Luna, prompted a celebration which was a major
highlight in the memoirs of members of the Philippine reform movement, with Rizal
toasting to the two painters' good health and citing their win as evidence that Filipinos
and Spaniards were equals.

Hidalgo was born in Binondo, Manila on February 21, 1855. He was the third of seven
children of Eduardo Resurrección Hidalgo and Maria Barbara Padilla. He studied in the
University of Santo Tomas. He studied law, which he never finished, received a
bacheller en filosifia degree in March 1871. He was simultaneously enrolled at the
Escuela de Dibujo y Pintura. In 1876, he previewed his La barca (The Native Boat),
Vendedora de lanzones (Lanzones Vendor) and other paintings at the Teatro Circo de
Bilibid before they were sent to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
of that year. In 1878, he painted the poignant and well-crafted Los mendigos (The
Beggars).
Las Virgenes Cristianas
Expuestas al Populacho, 1884

Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al

Populacho or The Christian Virgins
Exposed to the Populace is a famous
1884 history painting by Filipino
painter, reformist, and propagandist
Félix Resurrección Hidalgo. The
painting is alternately known as The
Christian Virgins Exposed to the
Rabble, Jovenes Cristianas
Expuestas al Populacho (Christian Maidens Exposed to the Populace), Christian Virgins
Presented to the Populace, The Christian Virgins Being Exposed to the Populace, and
Christian Virgins Exposed to the Mob.

The painting was a silver medalist (ninth silver medal award among forty-five during the
1884 Exposicion General de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain, also known as the Madrid
Exposition. According to Raquel A.G. Reyes, Hidalgo's winning the silver medal for the
painting was a landmark achievement that proved the ability of Filipinos to match the
work of Spaniards and laid claim to Filipino participation in European culture.

La Barca de Aqueronte, 1887

La barca de Aqueronte, translated in

English as The Boat of
Charon or Charon's Boat, is an
1887 oil on
canvas and allegorical painting by
award-winning Filipino painter Félix
Resurrección Hidalgo. The work was
a gold medalist during the Exposicion
General de las Filipinas (International Philippine Exposition) in Madrid. In 1889, an
international jury made the painting a silver medalist during the Paris Exposition, a
distinct recognition that no other Filipino painter had achieved at the major art arena in
Paris. The painting also won other awards such as a diploma of honor from the 1891
Exposicion General de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, a gold medal prize at the 1893 Madrid
Exposicion Internacional de Bellas Artes during the 400th Anniversary of the Discovery
of the Americas. The Government of Spain bought the work of art through a royal
decree for the amount of 7,500 pesetas on March 7, 1893. After displaying the artwork
at the Museo-Biblioteca de Ultramar (Ultramar Library Museum) and at the Museo de
Arte Moderno., La barca de Aqueronte is currently placed at Madrid’s Museo Nacional
de Pintura (National Museum of Paintings), after the Philippines became a United
States territory in 1898. A smaller study of the same painting in the collection of
the Lopez Museum in the Philippines.
Juan Luna

Juan Luna y Novicio (October 24, 1857 – December 7, 1899), better known as Juan
Luna was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine
Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized
Philippine artists.
His winning the gold medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along with the
silver win of fellow Filipino painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, prompted a celebration
which was a major highlight in the memoirs of members of the Propaganda Movement,
with the fellow Ilustrados toasting to the two painters' good health and to the
brotherhood between Spain and the Philippines.
Regarded for work done in the manner of the Spanish, Italian and French academies of
his time, Luna painted literary and historical scenes, some with an underscore of
political commentary. His allegorical works were inspired with classical balance, and
often showed figures in theatrical poses.
Born in the town of Badoc, Ilocos Norte in the northern Philippines, Juan N. Luna was
the third among the seven children of Joaquín Posadas Luna and Laureana Ancheta
Novicio-Luna. In 1861, the Luna family moved to Manila and he went to Ateneo
Municipal de Manila where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree. He excelled in
painting and drawing, and was influenced by his brother, Manuel N. Luna, who,
according to Filipino patriot José Rizal, was a better painter than Juan himself.
Spoliarium
The Spoliarium (often misspelled Spolarium) is a painting by Filipino painter Juan
Luna. The painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in
1884 in Madrid, where it garnered the first gold medal (out of three). In 1886, it was sold
to the Diputación Provincial de Barcelona for 20,000 pesetas. It currently hangs in the
main gallery at the first floor of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila, and is the
first work of art that greets visitors upon entry into the museum. The picture recreates a
despoiling scene in a Roman circus where dead gladiators are stripped of weapons and
garments.

The Blood Compact's Ceremony Between Miguel Lopez De Legazpi

(1503-1572)
The Blood Compact portrays the 1565 Sandugo (blood compact ritual) between Datu
Sikatuna of Bohol and Miguel López de Legazpi, surrounded by other conquistadors.
Datu Sikatuna was described to be 'being crowded out of the picture by Miguel López
de Legazpi and his fellow conquistadores'.
Vicente Manansala

Vicente Silva Manansala (January 22, 1910 – August 22, 1981) was a Filipino cubist
painter and illustrator.

Manansala was born in Macabebe, Pampanga. From 1926 to 1930, he studied at

the U.P. School of Fine Arts. In 1949, Manansala received a six-month grant
by UNESCO to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Banff and Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. In 1950, he received a nine-month scholarship to study at the École des
Beaux-Arts in Paris by the French government.

Manansala's paintings are the best and were celebrated as the best 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).

Vicente Manansala, a National Artist of the Philippines in Visual Arts, was a direct
influence to his fellow Filipino neo-realists: Malang, Angelito Antonio, Norma Belleza
and Manuel Baldemor.[1] The Honolulu Museum of Art, the Lopez Memorial
Museum (Manila), the Philippine Center (New York City), the Singapore Art
Museum and Holy Angel University (Angeles City, Philippines) are among the public
collections holding work by Vicente Manansala. Holy Angel University recently opened a
section of its museum called The Vicente Manansala Collection, holding most of the
estate left by the artist.

He died on August 22, 1981 in Manila, Philippines due to lung cancer.

“Candle Vendors” by Vicente Manansala (1976)
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Did you know:
Vicente Manansala developed transparent cubism, wherein the "delicate tones, shapes,
and patterns of figure and environment are masterfully superimposed".
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You can see this incredible work of cubism and more contemporary work in the
Variations of Expression exhibit at the Dragon Gallery in Yuchengco Museum.
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Madonna of the Slums

He painted an innovative mother and child, Madonna of the Slums, 1950, which
reflected the poverty in postwar Manila. Besides the mother-and-child, his subjects
included jeepnevs, barong-barong, cockfighters, families gathering for a modest meal,
and Quiapo women vendors of various goods.
Carlos Francisco

Carlos Modesto "Botong" Villaluz Francisco (November 4, 1912 – March 31, 1969) 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. According to restorer Helmuth Josef Zotter,
Francisco's art "is a prime example of linear painting where lines and contours appear
like cutouts."

He was responsible for the discovery of the now famous Angono Petroglyphs in 1965.
He was also involved in Costume Design in Philippine cinema.

His great works include portrayals of the 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. Some of
his murals have suffered big damage over the years. The "Pageant of Commerce"
emerged from several years of restoration in 2000.

His murals, The Progress of Medicine in the Philippines, was restored for the 3rd time in
2007 and is currently residing in the National Art Gallery of the Philippines. A high-
quality replica of the mural is also located at its previous location at the lobby of the
Philippine General Hospital.

Botong died on March 31, 1969 in Angono, Rizal, Philippines.

Pista ng Angono, The Fiesta of Angono
signed and dated 1960

Muslim Wedding, 1958

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