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Fernando Amorsolo
Fernando Amorsolo
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PANLAPI AT SALITANG-UGAT
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Amorsolo graduated
with medals from the
University of the
Philippines in 1914
CAREER
• Amorsolo worked as a
draftsman for the Bureau of
Public Works, as a chief artist
at the Pacific Commercial
Company, and as a part-time
instructor at the University of
the Philippines (where he
would work for 38 years).
CAREER
illuminated landscapes
an imagined sense of nationhood in counterpoint to
American colonial rule
He was educated in the classical tradition and aimed "to
achieve his Philippine version of the Greek ideal for the
human form.
Amorsolo used natural light in his paintings and developed
the backlighting technique Chiaroscuro, which became his
artistic trademark and his greatest contribution to Philippine
painting
DEATH AND LEGACY
RICE PLANTING
DEFENCE OF A FILIPINA WOMAN'S
HONOR
PLANTING RICE (1946)
SUNDAY MORNING GOING TO TOWN
(1958)
RICE PLANTING
DEFENCE OF A FILIPINA WOMAN'S HONOR
SUNDAY MORNING GOING TO TOWN
Leyendo el periódico (FIRST WORK)
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
1908 – 2nd Prize, Bazar Escolta tea and taki (Asocacion
Internacional de Artistas), for Levendo Periodico
1922 – 1st Prize, Commercial and Industrial Fair in the
Manila Carnival
1929 – 1st Prize, New York's World Fair, for Afternoon
Meal of Rice Workers (also known as Noonday Meal of
the Rice Workers)
1940 – Outstanding University of the Philippines
Alumnus Award
1959 – Gold Medal, UNESCO National Commission
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
1961 – Rizal Pro Patria Award
1961 – Honorary Doctorate in the Humanities, from the Far
Eastern University
1963 – Diploma of Merit from the University of the
Philippines
1963 – Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award, from the
City of Manila
1963 – Republic Cultural Heritage Award
1972 – Gawad CCP para sa Sining, from the Cultural Center
of the Philippines
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS