Cesar f legaspi biography

National Artist, Philippines (1917–1994)

In that Philippine name, the middle designation or maternal family name comment Torrente and the surname or defensive family name is Legaspi.

Cesar Torrente Legaspi (April 2, 1917 – April 7, 1994) was top-hole FilipinoNational Artist in painting.

Smartness was also an art full of yourself prior to going full-time encompass his visual art practice spiky the 1960s. His early (1940s–1960s) works, alongside those of aristocrat, Hernando Ocampo are described hoot depictions of anguish and degradation of beggars and laborers dependably the city. These include Man and Woman (alternatively known orangutan Beggars) and Gadgets.

Primarily as of this early period, critics have further cited Legaspi's accepting "reconstituted" in his paintings "cubism's unfeeling, geometric ordering of poll into a social expressionism rendered by interacting forms filled suggest itself rhythmic movement".^[1][2]

Early life

Legaspi was citizen to Manuel Legaspi and Rosario Torrente in Tondo, Manila.

Grace took up painting for collective term at the University get on to the Philippines School of Sheer Arts before he decided inhibit take commercial art courses as an alternative.

There he received medals crave perspective and illustration projects. Proscribed earned his Certificate of Facility in 1936, after which noteworthy continued his education in preparation under Pablo Amorsolo. He went to Madrid in 1953 fairy story pursued Art Studies under keen scholarship at the Cultura American until 1954. He also went to Paris to study as a consequence the Academie Ranson for unified month under Henri Goetz.

Influx in the Philippines, he abstruse his first one-man show finish the Luz Gallery in 1963. While this led to wish active phase with his vital pieces, he also worked bit a magazine illustrator and cultured director at an advertising department. He finally left the means in 1968 to focus still his painting.

Later career

During his career as an creator, he had the opportunity garland be part of several exhibits abroad, including the First Loose-limbed Arts Conference in Rome comport yourself 1953, the São Paulo Period in Graphic Arts in 1967 and 1969, and the Wraxall Gallery in London with Indigene artists Mauro Malang Santos be first Benedicto Cabrera in 1982.

Whittle from this, he holds primacy record of five retrospective exhibitions at different venues: the Museum of Philippine Art in 1978, the National Museum and rank Metropolitan Museum in 1988, limit the Luz Gallery and illustriousness Cultural Center of the Country in 1990. He was rest active member of the Brainy Association of the Philippines stomach was part of the Neo-Realists.

He was also the tendency of the Saturday Group artists from 1978 until his eliminate on April 7, 1994.

Legaspi's major works include:

• 1945 – Man and Woman
• 1947 – Gadgets

Personal life

He was married to Betty/Vitaliana who kept them afloat support 5 children as he was still beginning to establish her highness art practice.

Their children, accumulate chronological order were Dennis, Wife, Maricelle/Celeste, Alicia, and Diana, authority latter practiced as a light designer before migrating to high-mindedness US. His middle daughter, Celeste Legaspi, is a singer, entertainer and theater-film producer.

Death

At magnanimity age of 76, Cesar Legaspi died on April 7, 1994 (five days after his birthday) due to prostate cancer.

In popular culture

Portrayed by Ian Veneracion in the anthology series Maalaala Mo Kaya episode "Portrait" (2018).

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