- Isidro Ancheta
Infobox Artist
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name = Isidro Ancheta
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birthdate = Birth date|1882|10|15
location = city-state|San Miguel|Bulacan
deathdate = death year and age|1946|1886
nationality = Filipino
field =Painting Isidro Ancheta (born October 15, 1882,
San Miguel, Bulacan ,Philippines ; died 1946) was a Filipino landscape painter. He finished his Elementary, Secondary and Bachelor of Arts Degree (1904) at the Ateneo de Manila. He also studied at the Liceo de Manila, Escuela de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado and the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura run byTeodoro Buenaventura in the early 1900s. He was represented with 8 paintings in the Philippine Section at theSt. Louis Exposition of 1904, where his painting titled A Victim of War received an Honorable Mention. He taught at the Philippine Normal School from 1918 to 1926. BeforeWorld War II , his landscapes were found in classrooms all over the Philippines. In 1941 his Tienda del Barrio won Second Honorable Mention in the Filipiniana Category at the National Art Competition sponsored by theUniversity of Santo Tomas .References
*Albano Pilar, Santiago "Pamana:The Jorge B. Vargas Art Collection" Kyodo Printing Co., Quezon City. 1992
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