Letras y figuras

BALVINO MAURICIO, José Honorato Lozano, 1864

Letras y figuras (Spanish, "letters and

figures") is a genre of painting pioneered
by José Honorato Lozano during the
Spanish colonial period in the Philippines.
The art form is distinguished by the
depiction of letters of the alphabet using a
genre of painting that contoured shapes
of human figures, animals, plants, and
other objects called Tipos del País
popularized by Damián Domingo. The
letters depicted spell out a phrase or a
name, usually that of the patron who
commissioned the work.[1] The paintings
were done with watercolor on Manila
paper. The earliest example of this art form
dates from 1845; the latest existing
specimens were completed during the
latter portion of the American period in the
1930s during the administration of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines.[2]
In 1995, an album of José Honorato
Lozano's paintings were auctioned at
Christie’s at the starting bid of £300,000.[2]

Examples
The BALVINO MAURICIO was completed
by José Honorato Lozano in November
1864 for its namesake, Balvino Mauricio,
a Binondo merchant who was later
implicated in the 1872 Cavite mutiny.
Measuring 93 cm x 113 cm, this painting
depicts a Manila house of that time. This
house is believed to be the same house
described by José Rizal in the opening
chapter of the Noli Me Tángere.[3]
 The IMELDA ROMUALDEZ MARCOS, of
unknown provenance. Housed in the
Malacañang Museum, it is believed to
have been painted for former First Lady
Imelda Marcos. It depicts buildings and
institutions established by her and
Ferdinand Marcos.[4]
PASKO (Filipino, "Christmas"), painted by
Alvaro Jimenez in 1988 for the Ayala
Museum. It was printed as the museum's
Christmas card that same year.[5]

See also
Art of the Philippines
Historiated initial
References
1. Blanco, John D. (2009). Frontier
Constitutions: Christianity and
Colonial Empire in the Nineteenth-
Century Philippines. University of
California. ISBN 978-0-520-25519-7.
2. "Letras Y Figuras Uniquely Filipino Art
Genre" . Retrieved 20 July 2015.
3. Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2 April 2014). "A
peek into Kapitan Tiago's house" .
Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved
20 July 2015.
4. Kyo, Satoshi. "SATOSHI on Letras Y
Figuras, an ingenious Filipino art
form" . Retrieved 2 April 2015.
 5. Kyo, Satoshi. "SATOSHI on Letras Y
Figuras and Alvaro Jimenez" .
Retrieved 2 April 2015.

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