Pablo Cueto Amorsolo (lahir
Pablo Cueto , June 26, 1898 - February 21, 1945) was a Filipino painter. She is the younger brother of Filipino National Artist Fernando Amorsolo.
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Biography
Pablo Amorsolo was born in Daet, Camarines Norte for husband and wife Pedro Amorsolo, bookkeeper, and Bonifacia Cueto y VÃÆ' Â © lez. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Manila.
During World War II, Amorsolo was captured by Philippine troops.
He was sentenced and executed by firing squad at the hands of the guerrillas. He died this way at Antipolo, Rizal in 1945.
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Education
He became an apprentice painter under the guidance of his uncle, FabiÃÆ'¡n de la Rosa, an expert painter. After elementary school, Amorsolo studied at Lyceum Manila. He then graduated from the School of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines in 1924.
Two years after enrolling as a student at the University of the Philippines, he was appointed as a teaching assistant to paint. He taught painting until the advent of World War II.
Careers
Amorsolo is a fan of classical and modern art. During the 1930s, he drew and painted possible editorials for Philippine magazines such as Graphics , Tribun , La Vanguardia , Herald , and Manila Times . He became one of the causes of the art of genre in the Philippines, because he weave, through his artistic brush strokes, various images showing original scenes and scenarios and social. He is also a master of portrait painting that has the ability to give life to individual subjects. He painted people from different levels of society as well as from different ages, where he was able to present his ability to understand the characteristics and personality of human subjects. He also created works depicting themes related to Philippine history. An example is the big picture of Magellan and the Natives and The Discovery of the Philippines . The latter was painted in 1944.
Unfortunately, most of the Amorsolo paintings were destroyed by the fire that occurred in 1945.
Work
- Ferdinand Magellan and Native
- Piro , oil on canvas, 183 x 138 mm, 1930
- Discovery of the Philippines , 1945
See also
- Filipino Art
References
External links
- Osias, Camilo, Fernando and Pablo Amorsolo (illustrators), The Philippine Readers Series (exhibition), volume of basic materials during the American period, 15 September to 12 November 2006, The Landing Gallery, UP Jorge B Museum Vargas , Diliman, Quezon City, and UP Vargas Museum
- PABLO CUETO AMORSOLO
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