Manila, Philippines — The National Museum
A thing should be meaningful before it can be considered as a masterpiece. Sometimes a thing may be that simple yet the message it wants to convey to the people may be beyond of what your interpretation is. This question was asked for times by our parents, teachers or professors — that we may lost count — or maybe paintings and objects if they could just speak, and that question is… “Do you understand?”
This is one of the paintings that caught my attention, apart from it being that big and prominent and just in the entrance of the museum, this painting is meaningful in a way that it tells what and how bad the condition the Philippines has during Spanish times, especially the Filipino people. This just shows the suffering the people had to experience from the foreign. The wounded gladiators is to be burned. A work of the famous, Juan Luna.
This various drawings are done by Fernando Amorsolo, a national artist for painting. This is named “Seascapes” this is graphite on paper which shows and tells me about sailing of the people in before times and the way they do catch fish on the waters.
This is “Reencuentro U” 1980 in Barcelona, made by Federico Alcuaz. This is pressed dyed wool.
This is the portrait of Juan Luna, oil on canvas, by FABIAN DE LA ROSA Y CUETO.
First is the Ruined gate of Fort Santiago, next is Ruins of Quiapo Street that shows what the people does in the streets. These are both oil on canvas and also both done by Nena L. Saguil.
This is the portrait of Lucio R. Ildefonso, Philippine Consul in Hong Kong with Alejandra Tagle Ildefonso and their children by Diosdado M. Lorenzo, oil on canvas. I like this painting for the reason that this is a painting of a family it feels like mine.
Arko ng pagkakaisa para sa kalayaan, Edgar Talusan Fernandez, oil on canvas. This painting is caught my attention while walking down the hall before entering a new gallery. For me, this talks about those people who died fighting for the country’s freedom.
And lastly, the sarimanok, done by Abdulmari Asia Imao.
