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Jul 7, 2023 · A highly esteemed Filipino painter, Juan Luna (1857-1899), significantly impacted Philippine art history with his exceptional skill and emotional depth. Luna’s paintings showcase his mastery of technique, capturing human emotions and blending Western and Filipino influences. Even after his death, Luna’s legacy endures, as his masterpieces are cherished as national treasures in the ...
Juan Luna, like his colleague Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, was the first Filipino artist to gain international fame this way. But for Luna it was not a simple matter of gaining personal glory for himself as an artist that made him join the Salons of Madrid, Barcelona, and Munich; it was also a matter of patriotic duty.
Sep 27, 2023 · Juan Luna (1857-1899) Juan Luna, self portrait, 1879. Photo from Philippine National Museum. Born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, Juan Luna continued his art studies in Madrid in 1877 where he became good friends with his professor, Alejo Vera, a Spanish painter. Luna followed Alejo in Rome and travelled to Naples, Pompeii, Florence, and Venice.
His full name was Juan Luna y Novicio. Born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte on October 23, 1857, he was the third son of Joaquín Posadas Luna. He grew up as an artist, influenced by many Filipino and Spanish artists, but he was a sailor by profession, graduating from Escuela Nautica de Manila (currently known as the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy).
Juan Luna. Born on October 23, 1857 in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, Juan Luna y Novicio was the third child of seven children. He is a famous Filipino painter who is a successor of the Cala Family of the Philippines. Luna attained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ateneo Municipal de Manila in 1874. He proved artistic promise early on ...
4.22 m × 7.675 m (13.8 ft × 25.18 ft) Location. National Museum of Fine Arts, Manila. The Spoliarium is a painting by Filipino painter Juan Luna. Luna, working on canvas, spent eight months completing the painting which depicts dying gladiators. The painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884 in Madrid ...
Jan 19, 2021 · Juan Luna was a renowned visual artist and political activist during the Philippine Revolution in the late 1800s. As an impressionist painter, he gained international fame when his massive masterpiece "Spoliarium" won the top prize in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts. Trained under European masters, Luna painted subjects highlighting ...
