Prepared by Roland Lorenzo M.

Ruben
• Birth: 24 Oct, 1857
• Birthplace: Badoc, Ilocos Norte
• Death: 7 Dec 1899, Hongkong
• Father: Joaquin Luna de San Pedro
y Posada
• Mother: Laurena Novicio y
Ancheta
• Third among the seven children.
• Has four equally famous brothers
namely: Jose
• Manuel, 1855, a violin virtuoso;
• Jose, 1861, a physician;
• Joaquin Damoso, 1864, governor,
congressman, and senator
• Antonio, I866, writer and general
of the Philippine Revolution Army.

Antonio

Manuel Joaquin Damoso

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 Ateneo Municipal de Manila

• Early in his life, his family moved to Manila and lived in

Trozo.
• He went to Ateneo Municipal de Manila where he
received his Bachelor of Arts degree.
• He excelled in painting and drawing and is influenced
greatly by his brother, Manuel.
• Later went to Escuela Nautica de Manila,
he became an apprentice officer and travelled to
different Asian Ports like Singapore, Batavia,
Colombo, Amoy and Hongkong.
• While in port, he took up landscape painting at the
Academia de Dibujo y Pintura of Fr. Agustin
Saiz.
• He even received personal tutoring from Lorenzo
Guerrero in drawing.
• After sometime, Fr. Saiz became displeased with
Juan’s vigorous brush strokes and therefore
discharged from the academy.
• On the other hand, Guerrero urged him to travel
and continue his studies in Spain.
 Escuela de
• Upon sailing to Spain, he entered the
Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid
where he received accesit (outstanding) in color
composition and antique studies.
• He did not stay long in the academy; instead, he
apprenticed himself with Alejo Vera who took him
to Rome to undertake certain commissions.
• Luna became exposed to the immortal works of
Renaissance masters upon arriving in Rome.
• In 1871, his artistic talents were exposed in the
Exposicion Nacional de Bellas Artes.
• From then on, he produced a collection of
paintings that exhibited in the 1881 Exposition.
• He won a silver medal for “La Muerte de
Cleopatra, 1881” at the Madrid Art Exposition
1881.
LA MUERTE DE CLEOPATRA,
1881
• His growing popularity won
him a pensionado through the
Ayuntamiento de Manila.
•The condition was that he was
obliged to paint captured
scenes on Philippine History.
• It was while still in Rome when he worked on the
“Spolarium”. He had to ship the large canvas on its
way to Madrid for the year’s Exposicion Nacional de
Bellas Artes, 1844.
• The painting depicts defeated gladiators being dragged off
into a pit an unseen pit of corpses. A Roman scene on the
surface, the painting also carries an allegorical message of
the sufferings of Luna's fellow countrymen and women. The
word itself "Spolarium" connotes the action of plundering,
robbing, and despoiling.
• He became the first recipient of three gold medals
awarded in the exposition.
• Filipinos in Spain gathered to honor them (Luna and Felix
Hidalgo). One was Rizal who made a speech for his friend.
• Having attained fame, he developed
a friendly relationship with the King of
Spain and was later commissioned by
the Spanish Senate to paint a large
canvas which was called “La
Batalla de Lepanto (1571)”,
“Peuple et Rois” and “España y
Filipinas (1886)”.
La Batalla de Lepanto (1571)
• He moved to Paris in 1885, befriended Hidalgo, and
a year after he finished “El Pacto de Sangre,
1886” (The Blood Compact) in accordance with
the said scholarship.
• Ang modelo para kay Legazpi ay ang bayaw ng
pintor na si Trinidad Pardo de Tavera. Si Sikatuna si
Jose Rizal.
El Pacto de Sangre, 1886
In 1886 Luna's Las Damas Romanas
(Roman Ladies) won a diploma of
honor at the Munich Salon.
• In 1887 his Mestiza en su
tocador (Mestiza Lady at her
Dresser) won a similar award at the
Exposicion General de las Filipinas.
• Though only one painting is
required for the pensionado, he
made two additional paintings
which are portraits of Lopez de
Legaspi and Ramon Blanco.
• Luna’s canvases show more
drama and bravura. He has his
personality marked on every
canvas of his as a forceful
dynamic man. His power and
Ramon Blanco
cheerfulness were distinct
characteristics of his works.
 ENSUEÑOS DE AMOR, ca.
1890
• Ensueños de Amor, literally "Daydreams of
Love", is a "dreamy" oil on wood painting by
Filipino painter and hero Juan Luna.
• It depicts Luna's wife Maria de la Paz Pardo
de Tavera while sound asleep. It is currently
a part of the art collection of the Lopez
Museum.
Ensueños de Amor
• The idealism of this painting masks a darker fact in
real life, for although Luna was fond of his wife, he
was unfortunately also prone to fits of violent
jealousy.
• On September 23, 1892, after accusing her of
adultery, he killed his wife and mother-in-law,
Juliana Gorricho Pardo de Tavera, as well as
seriously wounding his brother-in-law, Felix.
• Luna was charged with murder but was acquitted
shortly thereafter, his deed judged as a crime of
passion.
“A Portrait of Paz
Pardo de Tavera” ni
Juan Luna.

Ang painting raw na ito ang

sinasabing pinakamalas na
pintura sa Pilipinas. Lahat
diumano ng nagmay-ari nito nito
ay minalas.
Jose Rizal (wearing a turban), Paz Pardo de Tavera
(wife of Antonio Luna), Mother of Nellie (seated),
Nellie Boustead (middle), Felix Resurrecion Hidalgo,
Sister of Nellie.
Nellie Bousted (standing third from right), who lived in Biarritz and Paris, fenced
with Rizal (second from left) and might have become Mrs. Rizal, had she not
insisted on turning him Protestant. Also in photo are artist Felix Resurreccion
Hidalgo (third from left) and Paz Pardo de Tavera Luna (second from right).
Juan Luna's mother-in-law, Juliana Gorricho Pardo de Tavera is seated at the
center holding Luna's son Andres.
• Luna went back to the Philippines and traveled to
Japan in 1896, returning during the Philippine
Revolution of the Cry of Balintawak.
• September 16, he was arrested, along with his
brother Antonio, for complicity in the Katipunan
revolt. Despite imprisonment, he was still able to
produce artworks which he gave to a visiting priest.
• He was pardoned during the birthday of King
Alfonso XIII, May 27, 1897. The following month, he
left for Spain.
• He was appointed as a member of the Paris
delegation which was working on the diplomatic
recognition of the Philippines. When the treaty of
Paris was signed on December 10, 1899, he was
named a member of the delegation to Washington
to press for the recognition of the Philippine
government.
Juan Luna in his Paris studio, between
circa 1885 and circa 1890
 Luna’s children

Andres Luna de San Pedro o Luling, Maria de la Paz Luna o Bibi, obra ni
obra ni Juan Luna Juan Luna
 AFTER THE DANCE
(DESPUES DEL BAILE)
JOSE RIZAL
PICNIC IN NORMANDY
ESPAÑA Y FILIPINAS

US$3.5M
THE PARISIAN LIFE, 1892
(INTERIOR D'UN CAFÉ)
 THE PARISIAN LIFE, 1892
• The painted illustration captured the gathering of three
significant personas and heroes in Philippine History
having a discussion about the Philippines “on the eve of
momentous events” during the springtime in Paris.
• The three gentlemen are dressed in European garbs –
the top hats and the coats – at the left of the image are
Luna himself, José Rizal, and Ariston Bautista Lin, who
were on an “expedition” during a casual evening in a
café believed to be named as Maxim’s, brimming with
self-confidence while enjoying a moment inside the
café. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parisian_Life)
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