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Fernando Amorsolo was the Philippines' first National Artist in Painting. He was born in 1892 in Manila and served as director of the University of the Philippines' College of Fine Arts from 1938 to 1952. Amorsolo was known for his portraits and pastoral landscapes depicting rural Philippine life, seeking to represent the spirit and national character of the Philippines through his idealized scenes. He died in 1972 at the age of 79.
Fernando Amorsolo was the Philippines' first National Artist in Painting. He was born in 1892 in Manila and served as director of the University of the Philippines' College of Fine Arts from 1938 to 1952. Amorsolo was known for his portraits and pastoral landscapes depicting rural Philippine life, seeking to represent the spirit and national character of the Philippines through his idealized scenes. He died in 1972 at the age of 79.
Fernando Amorsolo was the Philippines' first National Artist in Painting. He was born in 1892 in Manila and served as director of the University of the Philippines' College of Fine Arts from 1938 to 1952. Amorsolo was known for his portraits and pastoral landscapes depicting rural Philippine life, seeking to represent the spirit and national character of the Philippines through his idealized scenes. He died in 1972 at the age of 79.
Philippines’ first National Artist in Painting in 1972 and the so-called "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art“ was a portrait artist and known painter of rural Philippine landscapes. He was a portrait artist and known painter of rural Philippine landscapes. He served as director of the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines from 1938 to 1952. He died on April 24, 1972 at the age of 79. The main meaning of the Fruit Gatherer painted by Fernando Amorsolo is to be sure you recognize and appreciate the small things. It represents a hard worker who is often not appreciated. [The women I paint should have] a rounded face, not of the oval type often presented to us in newspapers and magazine illustrations. The eyes should be exceptionally lively, not the dreamy, sleepy type that characterizes the Mongolian. The nose should be of the blunt form but firm and strongly marked. So the ideal Filipina beauty should not necessarily be white complexioned, nor of the dark brown color of the typical Malayan, but of the clear skin or fresh colored type which we often witness when we met a blushing girl. - Fernando Amorsolo Amorsolo was committed to two fundamental ideas in his art: first, a classical notion of idealism and second a conservative concept of Filipino national character as rooted in rural communities and the cycles of village life. The two come together in pastoral scenes such as ‘Planting Rice with Mayon Volcano’, painted in 1949. Here, happy Filipino villagers in their bright clothes and straw hats work together amid a green and sunlit landscape of plenty. Behind them, releasing a peaceful plume of steam, rises the beautifully symmetrical cone of Mayon stratovolcano. Mayon is a celebrated symbol of the Philippines, and its presence in Amorsolo’s painting emphasizes his wish to represent the spirit of the nation on canvas. One of his most iconic motifs, Amorsolo paints a romanticized scene of Filipino rural life. A family sets out together, leaving their hut for a place beyond the viewer’s eye. Light cascades on them from the rising morning sun, and they are left to cover themselves with either the natural shade or, in the case of the woman in the center, a pink parasol. Even the cocks take shade from the beating sun, finding refuge behind a pile of hay in the corner.The journey ahead is not without its strains, the men carry makeshift sacks on their backs, enlisting the help of a carabao to carry the season’s yield. The artist does not shy away from the humble reality of the peripheries. It is as if Amorsolo had captured the joyously resolute spirit of the scene and its people. Amorsolo's bright and colorful pastoral representations are unmistakable for being suffused with a golden glow, reflecting the sweet disposition, charm, and wholesome beauty of the dalagang bukid, or Philippine provincial lass - widely recognized to be the maestros most iconic subject matter. Surrounded by verdant foliage dappled with sunlight, she is the picture of a longed-for, bygone era - the epitome of everything that is good about the motherland. The banga or clay jar that the young lady carries, a vessel for carrying water, is seen as a symbol of fragility and innocence, and is a reference to the song made famous by National Artist Atang de la Rama in the 1919 sarswela Dalagang Bukid: "May isang dalagang nagsalok ng tubig Kinis ng ganda nya'y hubog sa nilatik..."