The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
The Parisian Life by Juan Luna Parisian Life (also known as Interior d’un Café), dated in 1892 is a work from a distinctive period. Even more importantly, it dates from the last year of painter Juan Luna’s own Parisian life, painted barely a few months before the artist would be caught up in dramatic events … Read more
The Old Senate Session Hall of the Philippines The Old Session Hall of the Senate of the Philippines is a chamber like no other in the country. Soaring three stories to the top of the Old Legislative Building, the hall was clearly intended to be nothing less than a secular cathedral- a temple of wisdom … Read more
The painting History of Manila, more known today as Filipino Struggles Through History, was commissioned by Antonio J. Villegas, Mayor of Manila from 1962 to 1971, from the foremost modernist historical painter of the time, Carlos V. Francisco (1912-1969). Designed especially for the Bulwagan ng Katipunan (today the Bulwagang Gat Antonio Villegas) at Manila City … Read more
The woman behind Fernando Amorsolo’s unfinished work. First National Artist’s Last Work at the National Museum. In 2018, the identity of the woman behind Fernando Amorsolo’s unfinished work was finally identified after years of research. The said work was just sitting in one of the galleries of the National Museum along with other portraits of … Read more
Recuerdo de Patay, sometimes referred to as ‘The Dead Child’ is displayed at the National Museum of Fine Arts’ gallery of 19th-century portraiture. Completed in 1896, this oil painting of an infant seemingly in deep sleep may have been commissioned during her funeral as the family’s memento mori, a remembrance of the deceased beloved, which … Read more