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    Fernando Amorsolo was the Philippines' first National Artist and is known as the "Father of Philippine Landscapes." He grew up in a period of transition and captured landscapes and scenes of Filipino life and traditions in his masterpieces. Botong Francisco was a Filipino muralist best known for his historical pieces, including his seminal work "Filipino Struggles Through History," a series of 10 canvas panels depicting key events in Philippine history from the Tondo period to the end of American colonial rule. The mural was designated a National Cultural Treasure and has undergone restoration.

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    Fernando Amorsolo was the Philippines' first National Artist and is known as the "Father of Philippine Landscapes." He grew up in a period of transition and captured landscapes and scenes of Filipino life and traditions in his masterpieces. Botong Francisco was a Filipino muralist best known for his historical pieces, including his seminal work "Filipino Struggles Through History," a series of 10 canvas panels depicting key events in Philippine history from the Tondo period to the end of American colonial rule. The mural was designated a National Cultural Treasure and has undergone restoration.

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    Fernando Amorsolo was the Philippines' first National Artist and is known as the "Father of Philippine Landscapes." He grew up in a period of transition and captured landscapes and scenes of Filipino life and traditions in his masterpieces. Botong Francisco was a Filipino muralist best known for his historical pieces, including his seminal work "Filipino Struggles Through History," a series of 10 canvas panels depicting key events in Philippine history from the Tondo period to the end of American colonial rule. The mural was designated a National Cultural Treasure and has undergone restoration.

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    Art Appreciation Unit 2

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    Fernando Amorsolo was the Philippines' first National Artist and is known as the "Father of Philippine Landscapes." He grew up in a period of transition and captured landscapes and scenes of Filipino life and traditions in his masterpieces. Botong Francisco was a Filipino muralist best known for his historical pieces, including his seminal work "Filipino Struggles Through History," a series of 10 canvas panels depicting key events in Philippine history from the Tondo period to the end of American colonial rule. The mural was designated a National Cultural Treasure and has undergone restoration.

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    ART APPRECIATION: UNIT 2

    ART
    APPRECIATION
    UNIT 2
    Unleash the word genius in you during this Presentation Party
    FERNANDO AMORSOLO
    Philippines' First National Artist

    Father of Filipino Landscapes


    LIFE AND WORKS WORKS OF
    AMORSOLO

    In the middle of the night in 1892, Pedro and Bonifacia Amorsolo


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    were awakened by a scuffle and shouting outside their home in
    Daet, Camarines Norte. Some revolutionaries were outside their
    home, fighting against Spaniards and demanding that Perico, their
    eldest son, join their cause. Fernando, then seven months old,
    awoke crying. Perico left the house that night and eventually joined
    the rebels. The Amorsolo family never saw him again. Four years
    later in 1896 after the discovery of the Katipunan, the family learned
    from their relatives that Perico had died as a prisoner.

    Fernando Amorsolo grew up in a period of transition in the


    Philippines. Much of his childhood was spent in the countryside, on
    which many of the landscapes in his masterpieces are based. In
    1901, when he was 11 years old, his father died of a heart attack. But
    before his death, Pedro made Bonifacia swear that she would do
    everything she could to provide a good education to Fernando.

    CONFECCION DE LA STANDARTE NACIONALE


    THE MAKING OF
    PHILIPPINE FLAG
    The painting shows three women namely Marcella Marino de
    Agoncillo (on the right side) refer as the mother of the Philippine flag.
    Fernando Amorsolo used natural light in his paintings and developed
    the backlighting technique Chiaroscuro, Fernando Amorsolo made The Making of the Philippine Flag
    this painting to show the citizen of the Philippines of how the
    Philippine flag was made and to remind them the traditions and
    customs that we did not realize it becomes faded. Amorsolo also
    painted oil portraits of Presidents like General Emilio Aguinaldo,
    Manuel L. Quezon, and Elpidio Quirino, and other prominent
    individuals such as Don Alfredo Jacób and Doña Pura Garchitorena
    Toral of Camarines Sur. He also painted the wedding picture of Don
    Mariano Garchitorena and Doña Caridad Pamintuan of Pampanga.
    CARLOS V
    LIFE OF BOTONG

    FRANCISCO
    Carlos Modesto "Botong" Villaluz Francisco (November 4, 1912 –
    March 31, 1969) was a Filipino muralist from Angono, Rizal. Francisco
    was a most distinguished practitioner of mural painting for many
    decades and best known for his historical pieces. He was one of the
    first Filipino modernists along with Galo Ocampo and Victorio C.
    Edades who broke away from Fernando Amorsolo's romanticism of
    Philippine scenes. According to restorer Helmuth Josef Zotter,
    Francisco's art "is a prime example of linear painting where lines and
    contours appear like cutouts.

    FIlipino Modernist
    WORKS

    Filipino Struggles Through History


    WORKS
    Filipino Struggles Through History was commissioned by the Manila City Government in 1964,
    during the mayoral tenure of Antonio Villegas, and was installed in the Bulwagang Katipunan (later
    renamed Bulwagang Gat Antonio Villegas) of the Manila City Hall in 1968. On April 8, 1996, then-
    National Museum director Gabriel S. Casal designated the work as a National Cultural Treasure. The
    artwork was damaged as a result of plumbing issues at Manila City Hall. The artwork was requested
    to be restored by then-Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim with assistance from the National Museum and
    funding from the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority. The artwork was removed
    in 2013 for restoration work, which was completed in 2015 and relocated to the National Museum
    of Fine Arts. Filipino Struggles Through History, also known as the History of Manila, is a series of
    paintings depicting various events in Philippine history. It is made up of ten canvas panels that
    measure 2.7 meters (8.9 ft) high and 79.4 meters (260 ft) wide. [Seven of the panels are exhibited
    at the National Museum of Fine Arts' Old Senate Session Hall, depicting the history of Manila from
    the historical Tondo period to the end of the American colonial era in 1946. The last three panels
    are exhibited at the same museum's Vicente and Carmen Fabella Hall, depicting then-Mayor
    Antonio Villegas' vision for the city of Manila.
    THANK YOU!
    Thank you to our own National Artists for giving us their works
    as part of our country's legacy. They will be forever
    remembered.

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