Vicente Manansala
Vicente Manansala | |
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Manansala depicted in a 2010 stampsheet | |
Born | Vicente Silva Manansala (1910-01-22)January 22, 1910 Macabebe, Pampanga, Philippine Islands |
Died | August 22, 1981(1981-08-22) (aged 71) Manila, Philippines |
Resting place | Loyola Memorial Park, Marikina |
Nationality | Filipino |
Known for | painter and illustrator |
Movement | Cubism |
Awards | Order of National Artists of the Philippines |
Vicente Silva Manansala (January 22, 1910 – August 22, 1981) was a Filipino cubist painter and illustrator. One of the first Abstractionists on the Philippine art scene, Manansala is also credited with bridging the gap between the city and the suburbs, between the rural and cosmopolitan ways of life. His paintings depict a nation in transition, an allusion to the new culture brought by the Americans. Manansala, together with Fabian de la Rosa, are among the best-selling Philippine artists in the West.
He was a member of the prominent Cruz, Manansala, Lopez family clan. He is considered one of the 13 Moderns, a group of modernists associated with Victorio Edades.[1]
Early life
Manansala was born on January 22, 1910, in San Roque, Macabebe, Pampanga.[2] From 1926 to 1930, he studied at the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts. In 1949, Manansala received a six-month grant from UNESCO to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Banff and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1950, he received a nine-month scholarship to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris by the French government.[3] He also trained at the Otis School of Drawing.[4]
Later painting career
Manansala's paintings are the best and were celebrated as the best of the barrio and the city together.[3] His Madonna of the Slums is a portrayal of a mother and child from the countryside who became urban shanty residents once in the city. In his Jeepneys, Manansala combined the elements of provincial folk culture with the congestion issues of the city.[3]
Manansala developed transparent cubism, wherein the "delicate tones, shapes, and patterns of figure and environment are masterfully superimposed". A fine example of Manansala using this "transparent and translucent" technique is his composition, kalabaw (Carabao).[3]
Death
Manansala died on August 22, 1981, in Manila, Philippines, due to lung cancer.
Legacy
Manansala, a National Artist of the Philippines in Visual Arts, was a direct influence to his fellow Filipino neo-realists: Malang, Angelito Antonio, Norma Belleza and Manuel Baldemor.[3] The Honolulu Museum of Art, the Lopez Memorial Museum (Manila), the Philippine Center (New York City), the Singapore Art Museum and Holy Angel University[2] (Angeles City, Philippines) are among the public collections holding work by Manansala. Holy Angel University recently opened a section of its museum called The Vicente Manansala Collection, holding most of the estate left by the artist.[when?]
Works
- Madonna of the Slums oil on lawanit board. 86 cm × 61 cm (34 in × 24 in).[5] 1950.[1]
- Machinery
- Birdman. 1973. - this painting was subjected to a forgery incident in 2012[6]
- Jeepneys
- Magsasaka
- Pounding Rice
- Kalabaw (Carabao), oil on canvas, 28.5 in × 38 in (720 mm × 970 mm), 1965
- Murals "Stations of the cross " in the Church of the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice[7]
- Bangkusay Seascape. 1940. Oil on canvas. 14 in × 18 in (360 mm × 460 mm).
- Pila Pila sa Bigas (Left and Right), 1980. Oil on canvas. 51 in × 84 in (1,300 mm × 2,100 mm).
- Planting the First Cross
- Seal of the Arellano University
- Slum Dwellers
- Bayanihan
- Balut Vendors
- Jansen Rodriguez
- Pamilya
- Reclining Mother and Child
- Dambana
- The Musicians
References
- ^ a b Patajo-Legasto, Priscelina (2008). Philippine Studies: Have We Gone Beyond St. Louis?. UP Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-971-542-591-9. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ a b Orejas, Tonette (March 27, 2012). "'Mang Enteng' comes home". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Endaya, Imelda Cajipe (artist and independent curator) and Cecilia B. Rebong (Philippine Consul-General). "Pamana: Modernong Sining" (A Heritage of Modern Art), An Art Exhibit from the Collection of the Philippine Center in New York, Printed Catalogue, The Consulate General of the Philippines, Philippine Center Management Board, and PCGNY.net, June 11, 2007, 12 pages.
- ^ "Order of National Artists: Vicente Manansala". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ Gatbonton, Juan T.; Javelosa, Jeannie E.; Roa, Lourdes Ruth R. (1992). Art Philippines. Crucible Workshop. p. 174. ISBN 978-971-91288-0-9. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ de Villa, Kathleen (March 29, 2021). "Birdman by Vicente Manansala (1973)". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on September 3, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ U.P. Diliman. UP Press. 2010. p. 116. ISBN 978-971-542-619-0. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
2. The Cruz, Manansala, López family clan.
External links
- Finding Manansala: Tracing the works of a National Artist for Visual Arts
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- 1973 Juan Nakpil
- 1976 Pablo Antonio
- 1990 Leandro Locsin
- 2006 Ildefonso P. Santos Jr.
- 2014 José María Zaragoza
- 2018 Francisco Mañosa
- 1973 Francisca R. Aquino
- 1976 Leonor Orosa
- 1988 Lucrecia Reyes
- 2006 Ramon Obusan
- 2014 Alice Reyes
- 2022 Agnes Locsin
- 2006 Ramón Valera
- 2022 Salvacion Lim Higgins
- 1976 Lamberto V. Avellana
- 1982 Gerardo de León
- 1997 Lino Brocka
- 2001 Ishmael Bernal
- 2003 Eddie Romero
- 2006 Fernando Poe Jr.
- 2009 Manuel Conde
- 2018 Kidlat Tahimik
- 2022 Nora Aunor
- 2022 Marilou Diaz-Abaya
- 2022 Ricardo Lee
- 1997 Carlos Quirino
- 1973 Amado V. Hernandez
- 1973 José Garcia Villa
- 1976 Nick Joaquin
- 1982 Carlos P. Romulo
- 1990 Francisco Arcellana
- 1997 N. V. M. Gonzalez
- 1999 Edith Tiempo
- 2001 F. Sionil José
- 2003 Virgilio S. Almario
- 2003 Alejandro Roces
- 2006 Bienvenido Lumbera
- 2009 Lazaro Francisco
- 2014 Cirilo F. Bautista
- 2018 Ramon Muzones
- 2018 Resil B. Mojares
- 2022 Gémino Abad
- 1973 Antonio Molina
- 1976 Jovita Fuentes
- 1988 Antonino Buenaventura
- 1988 Lucrecia Kasilag
- 1991 Lucio San Pedro
- 1997 Levi Celerio
- 1997 Felipe Padilla de León
- 1997 José Maceda
- 1999 Ernani Joson Cuenco
- 1999 Andrea Veneracion
- 2014 Ramon Santos
- 2014 Francisco Feliciano
- 2018 Ryan Cayabyab
- 2022 Fides Cuyugan-Asensio
- 1987 Atang de la Rama
- 1997 Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
- 1997 Rolando Tinio
- 1999 Daisy Avellana
- 2001 Severino Montano
- 2003 Salvador Bernal
- 2018 Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio
- 2022 Tony Mabesa
- 1972 Fernando Amorsolo
- 1973 Botong Francisco
- 1973 Guillermo Tolentino
- 1976 Napoleon Abueva
- 1976 Victorio Edades
- 1981 Vicente Manansala
- 1990 Cesar Legaspi
- 1991 Hernando R. Ocampo
- 1997 Arturo R. Luz
- 1999 J. Navarro Elizalde
- 2001 Ang Kiukok
- 2003 José T. Joya
- 2006 Benedicto Cabrera
- 2006 Abdulmari Imao
- 2009 Federico Aguilar Alcuaz
- 2014 Francisco Coching
- 2018 Larry Alcala
- National Commission for Culture and the Arts
- Cultural Center of the Philippines