Juan Luna de San Pedro

y Novicio Ancheta
October 23, 1857 - December 7, 1899
 Juan Luna

• Born on October 23, 1857 in

Badoc, Ilocos Norte
• The third of seven children of
Joaquín Luna de San Pedro y
Posadas and Laureana Novicio
y Ancheta.
• Juan Luna went to Ateneo
Municipal de Manila, where he
earned his Bachelor of Arts
degree.
• He excelled in painting and drawing. His interest and
passion for art were influenced by his brother, Manuel
N. Luna.
• Later, Juan Luna enrolled at the Escuela Nautica de
Manila (now called the Philippine Merchant Marine
Academy) and became a sailor.
• However, becoming a sailor by profession did not stop
Juan from giving free rein to his artistic passions and
pursuits to perfect his skill and talent.
•He began taking lessons under the notable and influential
painting teacher, Lorenzo Guerrero.
•He further entered the Academy of Fine Arts (Academia
de Dibujo y Pintura) in Manila, where he was influenced
and taught how to draw by Spanish artist Agustin Saez.
•Saez, however, was displeased by the vigorous
brushstrokes of Luna and had him discharged from the
academy.
•However, Guerrero was impressed by Juan’s skill and
pushed Luna to travel to Madrid to further pursue his craft.
 • Following this, his work started to garner
immense fame. Juan Luna was firmly
established as a commercially successful
and prolific artist.
• His unique skill in painting won him much
Artistic favor with the King of Spain, who was an
influential patron and also happened to be
Career an art enthusiast.
• Juan became a regular contributor to the
Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes.
 Spoliarium
• In May 1884, at the Exposición
Nacional de Bellas Artes in Madrid,
Juan Luna won a gold medal for his
painting, Spoliarium, which depicts
dying gladiators being stripped of
weapons and garments in a Roman
circus.
• Juan Luna is generally considered the
finest and most influential painter of
the Philippines.
The Parisian Life
• The Parisian Life, which depicts a
young, pretty woman sitting on a sofa
and three Filipino heroes (Jose Rizal,
Juan Luna, and Ariston Bautista Lin)
in the advent of the revolution. It was
around this time that Luna accidentally
killed his wife and his mother-in-law
because of jealousy.
 La Batalla de
Lepanto
• Other famous works by
Luna include La
Batalla de Lepanto
(The Battle of
Lepanto), which
depicts Don Juan of
Austria (also known as
Don John of Austria) in
the Battle of Lepanto.
 El Pacto de Sangre
• El Pacto de Sangre (The Blood
Compact) depicts the blood compact
ceremony between the Datu Sikatuna,
one of the lords on the island of Bohol,
and Spanish conquistador Miguel
Lopez de Legazpi.
The Celebrated
Tampuhan
• "Tampuhan" shows a
Filipino couple sulking in
their corner in the living
room. The man, who is
believed to be Bautista
Lin, is looking outside a
large Capiz shell
window; the woman,
Emilia Trinidad, seated,
is staring at the floor.
 The Dream of Love
• After a violent argument over his
wife's alleged infidelity, Luna
shot and killed her, then killed
her mother, and wounded her
brother when they tried to stop
him. Luna was arrested and tried
for murder. Incredibly, he was
acquitted by reason of insanity
under a 19th-
century unwritten law by which
the murder was deemed a "Crime
of Passion."
 REFERENCES
• https://kidskonnect.com/people/juan-luna/
• https://www.filipinoart.ph/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/juan-lun
a.html
• http://art-now-and-then.blogspot.com/2015/04/juan-luna.html
• https://www.artworkonly.com/famous-art-pt2/spoliarium-by-juan-luna-fam
ous-art-handmade-oil-painting-on-canvas
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parisian_Life_%28painting%29
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Lepanto_%28Luna_painting%
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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blood_Compact