22 January, 2008

Countryside Scene by Amorsolo Postcard

The postcard shows another oil on canvas painting of Fernando Amorsolo entitled Countryside Scene. The painting shows a scene where the farmers harvest rice while a woman takes a break to breastfeed her baby.

Countryside Scene Postcard

I couldn't find additional information about the painting (size) nor its location (private collection or museum).

21 January, 2008

Candle Vendors by Antonio Postcard

The postcard shows an oil on canvas painting by Antonio entitled Candle Vendors. I, however, found two Filipino painters with the surname Antonio, actually father (Angelito Antonio) and son (Marcel Antonio). But when I compared the style of painting, I believe the artist of the painting is Angelito Antonio. I, again, couldn't find additional information about the painting nor its location (private collection or museum).

Candle Vendors Postcard

Angelito Antonio was born in Malolos, Bulacan on February 3, 1939. The son of a UP Fine Arts graduate, he gave in to parental persuasion and spent an unhappy semester in the MIT College of Architecture before shifting to painting at the UST and graduating in 1962. The following year, he held his first one-man show at the Philippine Art Gallery. Since then, he has held several other group and solo exhibitions in the Philippines as well as in Saigon, Australia, Hong Kong, the Hague, and the United States.

20 January, 2008

Barrio Fiesta by Amorsolo Postcard

The postcard shows another oil on canvas painting of Fernando Amorsolo entitled Barrio Fiesta. I also couldn't find additional information about the painting nor its location (private collection or museum).

Barrio Fiesta Postcard

Barrio fiesta, which means neighborhood celebration, is an integral part of the Filipino culture through which different neighborhoods in the Philippines celebrate their patron saints. The fiesta is a social ritual as well, bonding the community in festive spirit and local color.

A Barrio Fiesta theme party promises a cultural feast with pastoral-inspired entertainment. The traditional features of a town or barrio celebration are recaptured in lively music and dances, costumes, cockfights, bamboo lanterns and an array of native food serve in true fiesta style: on banana leaves and eaten in true fiesta spirit with bare hands.

19 January, 2008

Balut Vendor by Manansala Postcard

The postcard shows the painting of Vincent Manansala entitled Balut Vendor. Vicente Silva Manansala (January 22, 1910- August 22, 1981) was a Philippine cubist painter and illustrator. Manansala's canvases were described as masterpieces that brought the cultures of the barrio and the city together. Manansala developed transparent cubism, wherein the "delicate tones, shapes, and patterns of figure and environment are masterfully superimposed".

Balut Vendor Postcard

Unfortunately, I couldn't find additional information about the painting nor the location (private collection or museum), but the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Lopez Memorial Museum (Manila), the Philippine Center (New York City) and the Singapore Art Museum are among the public collections holding work by Vicente Manansala.
A balut is a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. They are common, everyday food in some countries in Asia, such as in the Philippines. Popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac and considered a high-protein, hearty snack, balut are mostly sold by street vendors at night.

SOURCES:
Vicente Manansala Wikipedia Entry
Balut Wikipedia Entry

18 January, 2008

Atis & Lanzones by Amorsolo Postcard

The postcard shows another painting of Fernando Amorsolo entitled Atis & Lanzones, fruits that can be found in the country. I can only give the information about the fruits about the painting and not the location of the painting (private collection or museum).
Atis & Lanzones Postcard

Atis or sugar-apple or sweetsop is usually round, slightly pine cone-like, 6-10 cm diameter and weighing 100-230 g, with a scaly or lumpy skin. The fruit flesh is edible, white to light yellow, and resembles and tastes like custard.

Lanzones or Lansium domesticum fruit is covered by yellowish, thick, leathery skin. Underneath the skin, the fruit is divided into five or six slices of translucent, juicy flesh. The flesh is slightly acidic in taste.


Additional Information:
1926Oil on canvas

SOURCES:
Sugar-apple Wikipedia Entry
Lansium domesticum Wikipedia Entry