AMORSOLO

NATIONAL ARTIST FOR VISUAL ARTS

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FERNANDO AMORSOLO

THE

Filipino artist, Fernando Cueto Amorsolo, was born in Manila in 1892. Upon studying at the Liceo de Manila, he completed the fine arts program at the University of the Philippines in 1914. Diego Velasquez and New York postwar imitators influenced Amorsolo’s art. He had an impact on Philippine painting, particularly in the area of backlighting. He crafted paintings of self-portraits and human agony during World War II. He served as an assistant to the director and illustrator of the University of the Philippines’ College of Fine Arts after the war. Amorsolo was honored as the first Philippine National Artist and passed away in 1972. In 2003, his children founded the Fernando C. Amorsolo Art Foundation to remember his achievements and preserve the country’s history.

Filipino National Artist Fernando Amorsolo was born | Today in History

HONORABLE AWARDS

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PAINTING STYLES

Ever since his childhood, Amorsolo’s paintings were heavily influenced by his environment, often painting rural landscapes in which he grew up. Family also served as his centerpiece in many of his paintings.
He studied European Baroque, French Realists, Impressionists, and Post-Impressionists in his stay in Madrid.
In terms of brushwork and color mastery, he was heavily influenced by Diego Velasquez
His techniques involved the use of sunlight to create dramatic contrasts, which he developed while learning the works of Joaquin Sorolla

Some artworks of Joaquin Sorolla:

Sad Inheritance!, 1899

My Wife and Daughters in the Garden, 1910

COLLECTION OF ARTWORKS

The painting shows two dalagang Filipinas, poised and graceful, cooking their meal of the day while enjoying the warmth provided by the fire and the glow of the late afternoon sunlight.

Women Cooking

1955