- Cesar Legaspi
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Cesar Legaspi on April 2, 1917 in Tondo, Manila (1917–1994) is a Filipino National Artist awardee in painting. He was also an art director prior to going full-time in his visual art practice in the 1960s. His early (1940s-1960s) works, alongside those of peer, Hernando Ocampo are described as depictions of anguish and dehumanization of beggars and laborers in the city. These include Man and Woman (alternatively known as Beggars) and Gadgets'. Primarily because of this early period, critics have further cited Legaspi's having "reconstituted" in his paintings "cubism's unfeeling, geometric ordering of figures into a social expressionism rendered by interacting forms filled with rhythmic movement".[1]
Early life
Legaspi was born to Manuel Legaspi and Rosario Torrente in Tondo, Manila. He took up painting for one term at the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts before he decided to take commercial art courses instead. There he received medals for perspective and illustration projects. He earned his Certificate of Proficiency in 1936, after which he continued his education in art under Pablo Amorsolo. He went to Madrid in 1953 and pursued Art Studies under a scholarship at the Cultura Hispanic until 1954. He also went to Paris to study at the Academie Ranson for one month under Henri Goetz. Back in the Philippines, he had his first one-man show at the Luz Gallery in 1963. While this led to an active phase with his major pieces, he also worked as a magazine illustrator and artistic director at an advertising agency. He finally left the agency in 1968 to focus on his painting[2]
During his career as an artist, he had the opportunity to be part of several exhibits abroad, including the First Plastic Arts Conference in Rome in 1953, the São Paulo Biennial in Graphic Arts in 1967 and 1969, and the Wraxall Gallery in London with Filipino artists Malang and Bencab in 1982. Apart from this, he holds the record of five retrospective exhibitions at different venues: the Museum of Philippine Art in 1978, the National Museum and the Metropolitan Museum in 1988, and the Luz Gallery and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1990. He was an active member of the Art Association of the Philippines and was part of the Neo-Realists. He was also the head of the Saturday Group artists from 1978 until his death on April 7, 1994.
Legaspi’s major works include:
• 1945 – Man and Woman • 1947 – Gadgets
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.globalpinoy.com/ch/ch_nationalartists_sub.php?name=Cesar%20Legaspi%20%281917-1994%29&category=Visual%20Arts
See also
Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas Architecture
1973 Juan Nakpil
1976 Pablo Antonio
1990 Leandro Locsin
2003 Ildefonso Santos, Jr.
2009 Francisco MañosaCinema
1982 Gerardo de León
1991 Ishmael Bernal
1997 Lino Brocka
2003 Eddie Romero
2006 Fernando Poe, Jr.
2009 Carlo J. Caparas
2009 Manuel CondeDance
1973 Francisca R. Aquino
1976 Leonor Orosa
1988 Lucrecia Reyes
2006 Ramon ObusanFashion
2006 Ramon Valera
2009 Pitoy MorenoHistorical
literature
1997 Carlos QuirinoLiterature
1973 Jose Garcia Villa
1973 Amado V. Hernandez
1976 Nick Joaquin
1982 Carlos P. Romulo
1990 Francisco Arcellana
1990 N. V. M. Gonzalez
1992 Rolando Tinio
1999 Edith Tiempo
2001 F. Sionil José
2003 Virgilio S. Almario
2003 Alejandro Roces
2006 Bienvenido Lumbera
2009 Lazaro FranciscoMusic
1973 Antonio Molina
1976 Jovita Fuentes
1987 Atang de la Rama
1988 Antonio Buenaventura
1988 Lucrecia Kasilag
1991 Lucio D. San Pedro
1997 Levi Celerio
1997 Felipe de Leon
1997 Jose Maceda
1999 Ernani Cuenco
1999 Andrea VeneracionTheater and
films
1976 Lamberto V. Avellana
1997 Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
1997 Rolando Tinio
1999 Daisy Avellana
2001 Severino Montano
2003 Salvador Bernal
2009 Cecilla Alvarez
2009 Manuel CondeVisual arts
1972 Fernando Amorsolo
1973 Botong Francisco
1973 Guillermo Tolentino
1976 Napoleon Abueva
1976 Victorio C. Edades
1990 Cesar Legaspi
1981 Vicente Manansala
1991 Hernando R. Ocampo
1997 Arturo R. Luz
1999 J. Elizalde Navarro
2001 Ang Kiukok
2003 José T. Joya
2006 BenCab Cabrera
2006 Abdulmari Asia Imao
2009 Federico Aguilar Alcuaz
2009 Carlo J. CaparasNational Commission for Culture and the Arts · Cultural Center of the Philippines Filipino painters
Pacita Abad · Martino Abellana · Federico Aguilar Alcuaz · Fernando Amorsolo · Pablo Amorsolo · Isidro Ancheta · Marcel Antonio · Luis Eduardo Aute · Benedicto Cabrera · Fabian de la Rosa · Victorio C. Edades · Botong Francisco · Paco Gorospe · Félix Resurrección Hidalgo · José T. Joya · Ang Kiukok · Cesar Legaspi · Nestor Leynes · Juan Luna · Arturo R. Luz · Malang · Vicente Manansala · Jao Mapa · Maningning Miclat · Hernando R. Ocampo · Onib Olmedo · Alfonso A. Ossorio · Mario Parial · José Rizal · Danny Sillada · Romeo Villalva Tabuena · Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo
Category:Filipino painters
Categories:- Filipino painters
- Filipino people of Spanish descent
- Filipino people of Basque descent
- National Artists of the Philippines
- 1917 births
- 1994 deaths
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