On October 23, 1857, Juan

Luna y Novicio, one of the

first internationally-
recognized Filipino painters,
was born to well-off parents
in Badoc, Ilocos Norte.
 Luna left for Barcelona in 1877, together with his
elder brother Manuel, who was a violinist. While there,
Luna widened his knowledge of the art and he was
exposed to the immortal works of the Renaissance
masters. One of his private teachers, Alejo Vera, a famous
contemporary painter in Spain, took Luna to Rome to
undertake certain commissions.
 His artistic talents was established in 1878 with the
opening of the first art exposition in Madrid, which was
called the Exposicion Nacional de Bellas Artes (National
Demonstration of Beautiful Arts).

From then on, Luna became engrossed in painting and

produced a collection of paintings that he exhibited in the
1881 Exposition.
 Don Lorenzo Guerrero,
the first painting tutor of Juan
Luna, easily recognized the
young man's natural talent
and persuaded his parents to
send him to Spain for
advanced painting lessons.
Juan Luna’s paintings
"Spoliarium", a painting he entered in the Exposicion General de Bellas Artes in 1884 in
Madrid, where it won a gold medal. It currently hangs in the main gallery at the ground
floor of the National Museum of the Philippines.

Also, his Spoliarium had provided a distinctive picture and persona of an open struggle
against reason and idealism, which were coupled with justice, fanaticism and cases of
prejudice.
 La Batalla de Lepanto (The Battle of Lepanto),
commissioned by the Spanish Senate after he developed a
friendship with the King of Spain.
 El Pacto de Sangre (The Blood Compact) , which depicted
the blood compact ceremony between the native chieftain Datu
Sikatuna and the Spanish conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legazpi,
now displayed in Malacanang.
 Ensueños de Amor, literally "Daydreams of Love", is a "dreamy"
oil on wood painting by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist 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.
HYMEN O HYMENEE 1889
Titled after a line from ‘Leaves of Grass,’ a poem written by Walt
Whitman, this lithograph is a copy of the painting of the same name that
won Juan Luna a bronze medal during the 1889 Paris Exposition
Universelle.
 In 1885, Luna's
Odalisque made Luna
officially accepted artist
of the annual art
exhibition in Paris, the
"Salon of Paris".
Odalisque was part of
the painting collection
of Philippine national
hero Jose Rizal.
Juan Luna’s other paintings
Juan Luna’s contributions &
his works
 Luna also took part in the
revolutionary government by
accepting appointment by the
executive board of the Philippine
revolutionary government as member
of the Paris delegation working for
the diplomatic recognition of the
Philippine Republic.
 Juan Luna is hailed as a hero of the
Philippines due to being actively involved
in the emancipation of the country from
the hands of the Spaniards. He is a political
activist involved during the Philippine
Revolution. Some of his works portrayed
political situations and commentary
through his skills and talents of art.
 Mostly his paintings are inspired by what is going around
throughout his life and he wanted to paint those in a canvas and to show it
to the world like any painter would but His Spoliarium was all about the
bloodied bodies of gladiators, who were drawn as slaves; and dragged
away from the wide and powerful arena as they attempted to fight their
Roman oppressors, with their own precious and God given lives.
 In addition, these slaves on this world-renowned painting of Juan Luna
were physically stripped of their clothing in order to gratify the lewd and
devilish contempt of those Roman oppressors. Thus, this had excellently
embodied the essence of the political, moral and social lives of the Filipino,
based on the critical analysis of Dr. Jose Rizal, the national hero of the
Philippines; and a contemporary of Luna. According to the author of Noli Me
Tangere, the masterpiece of Juan Luna centered on the severe ordeal of the
Filipino nation, in which its encompassing human nature, had never been
regained.
Juan Luna also paints his own versions
of historical events
Relevance of Juan Luna’s paintings
 The relevance of the artworks of Juan Luna, it shows the details of
what is happening in the country during his time. His painting also tells
something to the Filipinos. It speaks about the different issues within our
country. He uses other subjects from different countries that will relate to the
issues in the Philippines. Each of his paintings symbolizes something and has
a deep meaning. Through his paintings, he showed us how to deal with this
problems and tells us that we must do something for our country.
Significance of Juan Luna’s paintings
 The significance of his artworks to the life of Modern Filipinos is that
through art, we can use this as an instrument to express our own thoughts and
at the same time our feelings. Juan Luna proves to us that the great message
of an artist is through his masterpiece.
1. He was one of the first internationally-recognized Filipino painters.
2. This painting entered in the Exposicion General de Bellas Artes in 1884
in Madrid.
3. He was the first painting tutor of Juan Luna
4. TRUE or FALSE : The Battle of Lepanto, commissioned by the
Spanish Senate after he developed a friendship with the King of Spain.
5. A painting which depicted the blood compact ceremony between the
native chieftain Datu Sikatuna and the Spanish conquistador Miguel
Lopez de Legazpi, now displayed in Malacanang.
6-8. Give atleast 3 paintings of Juan Luna

9. A"dreamy" oil on wood painting by Filipino painter and revolutionary

activist Juan Luna.
10. The significance of Juan Luna’s paintings
1. Juan Luna
2. Spoliarium
3. Don Lorenzo Guerrero
4. True
5. El Pacto de Sangre (The Blood Compact)

6-8. Spoliarium, The Battle of Lepanto, The Blood Compact, Daydreams of Love,
HYMEN O HYMENEE, Odalisque, España Y Filipinas, DEATH OF CLEOPATRA,
THE PARISIAN LIFE, LAS DAMAS ROMANAS, TAMPUHAN

9. Ensueños de Amor or "Daydreams of Love“

10. Through art, we can use this as an instrument to express our own thoughts and at the
same time our feelings