Luna, Amorsolo and Zobel Exhibit in San Francisco
U.S.-based admirers of Filipino art will get a chance to view the works of three great Filipino painters: Juan Luna, Fernando Amorsolo and Fernando Zobel.
“Pioneers of Philippine Art: Luna, Amorsolo, Zobel,” a traveling version of the new Ayala Museum’s inaugural exhibit, opens at the Hambrecht Gallery of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (AAMSF) from October 20 to January 7, 2007. Curated by Baker, the exhibit showcases 18 paintings by Luna, some 40 by Amorsolo and more than 50 by Zobel. The exhibit includes notably iconoclastic and highly revealing pieces, such as forays into social realism by Luna, a painting of an American lady in Filipiniana costume by Amorsolo and realistic portrait of Jose McMicking in the grand academic manner by Zobel.
The painting above is an untitled oil-on-canvas piece by Amorsolo (1920). I wish I lived closer to San Francisco to see this and the other works in person. If you are in the area, make sure you stop by to see the exhibit.
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[Source: Manila Times]
Tags: Filipino painters, Filipino art, Juan Luna, Fernando Amorsolo, Fernando Zobel
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