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Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto (May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972) was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. Nicknamed the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art," [2] he was the first-ever to be recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines. [3]
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Sylvia Amorsolo-Lazo (born 1943) is a Filipino painter and the president of the Fernando C. Amorsolo Foundation. [1] She is the daughter of Fernando Amorsolo , Philippine 's first national artist. She is one of the five siblings who followed in her father's footsteps and became painters.
Apart from its overall look, the house is also a repository of art finds collected by the owner-curator Ramon Hofileña and his family. The second floor is a gallery of over 1,000 art treasures, featuring the paintings and sketches of national artists Juan Luna , Felix Resurrecion Hidalgo , Fernando Amorsolo , Ang Kiukok , Vicente Manansala ...
Paintings he saw dealt with similar themes and were done in a limited technique that mostly followed the works of Fernando Amorsolo, the first Philippine national artist and the most popular painter of the time. He recognized that there was no creativity whatsoever, and that the artists of that time were merely "copying" each other.
Amersfoort, the place of his childhood, hosted a museum devoted to his work. On 22 October 2007 a large fire struck the museum and burned thirteen Armando paintings. At the time of the fire there was also an exhibition with works of painters like Ruisdael, Dürer, Seghers and Kiefer, which were all lost, with damages estimated at about three million euros (US$4,000,000).
Pablo Amorsolo y Cueto was born in Daet, Camarines Norte to husband and wife Pedro Amorsolo, a book keeper, and Bonifacia Cueto y Vélez. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Manila. [2] During World War II, Amorsolo engaged in partisan activities under the Japanese regime and was said to have gained the rank of Colonel under the ...
A fact from Fernando Amorsolo appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 July 2007. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Fernando Amorsolo was the first Filipino to be distinguished as a National Artist of the Philippines in painting? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions ...