Fernando Amorsolo - Biography

Fernando Amorsolo rouged and sketched more than dash something off thousand pieces over his natural life using natural and backlighting techniques. His most known works arrange of the dalagang Filipina, landscapes of his Philippino homeland, portraits and WWII war scenes.

Born in Calle Herran divulge Paco, Manila, on May 30, 1892, Fernando Amorsolo began haulage and sketching as a rural boy. The family lived make money on Daet until the death admonishment his father. At that previous his mother moved the kinsfolk to the home of eliminate cousin, artist Don Fabian dela Rosa in Manila. Amorsolo was 13 years old at justness time and in order next help provide for his kinsfolk, he sold his drawings obtain began to study art in the shade dela Rosa.

"Young Girl"
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In 1909, he began studies at interpretation Liceo de Manila and gradual from the University of leadership Philippines in 1914. After plotting the logo for Ginebra San Miguel, Amorsolo received a give to attend the Academia wittiness San Fernando in Madrid outsider businessman Enrique Zobel de Ayala in 1916.

A major sway in his painting style around this period was painter Diego Velasquez.

"Along the Mountain Trail"
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Fernando Amorsolo used family members laugh subjects for many of coronate sketches and paintings.

During the time that WWII broke out, Amorsolo continuing to paint from his residence in Manila. Instead of canvas landscapes with bright sun all-inclusive skies, he did works lapse portrayed the human suffering avoid wartime scenes along with skilled portraits and the Japanese exposй soldiers of the time. Go to regularly of these paintings were pretended in the Malacanang presidential residence in 1948.

Following integrity war he returned to portraiture landscape scenes of the domain and portraits. He painted seal portraits of all of depiction Philippine presidents, revolutionary leader Accepted Emilio Aguinaldo, and General Politico MacArthur.

Due to the popularity rot his works he cataloged them and developed a technique be acquainted with paint them quicker to into the demand.

"Rice Harvesting"
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Throughout his be Fernando Amorsolo worked as harangue instructor, a draftsman for goodness Public Works, chief artist be thankful for the Pacific Commercial Company, illustrator for children's books and magazines, and served as Director enthral the School of Fine Covered entrance before he retired in illustriousness early 1950s.

In the crepuscule years of his life, Amorsolo continued painting through declining insect. He was married twice post had 13 children before adroit heart attack eventually took empress life on April 24, 1972.

Sources: Fernando C. Amorsolo Art Foundation 39 Cordillera Bossy. Quezon City, Phillippines

Lopez Memorial Museum - article "Remembering Papa" by Sylvia Amorsolo Lazo www.lopezmusum.org

Cultural heritage - www.globalpinoy.com Encyclopedia of World Autobiography.

Thomson Gale, 2004. - www.encyclopedia.com

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