Painting: The Builders
Victorio Edades, Father of Modern Philippine Painting, created works which were dark in color and gave pictures of Filipino masses as theme.One of his great works depicting Filipino masses is The Builders, the most controversial painting. It is dark in color and made of heavy texture which pictures men working in a quarry. Moreover, his works were very different from Amorsolo’s bright, sunny, cheerful hues yet his creativity in art made way for mural and modern paintings to be known in the Philippines. He does not only establish modern paintings into the Philippines but also link this modernism to the issue of national identity. Some of his masterpieces were The Artist and the Model, Portrait of the Professor, Japanese Girl, Mother and Daughter, The Wrestlers, Poinsettia Girl, The Sketch.
By: Joyce Santos
Sources: Pamana: The Jorge B. Vargas Art Collection
Author: Santiago Albano Pilar
http://www.ncca.gov.ph/culture&arts/profile/natlartists/visual-arts/edades.htm
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