Fernando Cueto Amorsolo

Private Collection, USA

San Francisco, Asian Art Museum,  Pioneers of Philippine Art: Luna, Amorsolo, Zobel, October 20, 2006 - January 7, 2007

The painting is in good condition overall, as is the canvas, which is clean and taut. There are indications of wear and handling around the edges. There is evidence of soft and stable craquelures apparent in the middle center (located around the sunset). Examination under ultraviolet light reveals spots of restoration, which is mainly scattered on the mountain and left register of the painting (cloud, figure, and sand). Framed.
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“For the first time the true colors of the Philippines were transferred to canvas in all their blinding brilliance. Curiously enough, the lesson seems to have been lost on (Amorsolo’s) self-styled followers. Paradoxically, it is the moderns who have used the tool and are most indebted to him for liberation from the “brown sauce” of academic painting…(He) has taught an entire generation of painters to paint and perhaps the moment has come to thank the teacher.”

FERNANDO ZOBEL CITED IN ART PHILIPPINES: THE LOOM OF COLONIAL ART, CRUCIBLE WORKSHOP, 1992, P. 92