Background
Fabián de la Rosa was born in Paco, Manila to husband and wife Marcos de la Rosa and Gregoria Cueto.
Fabián de la Rosa was born in Paco, Manila to husband and wife Marcos de la Rosa and Gregoria Cueto.
He is regarded as a "master of genre" in Philippine art lieutenant is believed that he is the nephew of another painter, Simón Flores y de la Rosa. Training
He also received training from Agustin Saez while studying at the Escuela de Bellas Artes y Dibujo (School of Fine Arts and Portraits), although he only stayed at that school for three years.
He also received training from Lorenzo Guerrero and Miguel Zaragoza.
In 1908, he was given the opportunity by the Germinal Cigar Factory to become a scholar in Europe, where he was able to study at the Académie Julian in Paris, France. As a professor
After traveling from Europe, he became one of the first instructors at the School of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines, where he introduced to his students the decorated form of painting.
De la Rosa became the full director of the school from 1927 to 1937. Exhibition
He also traveled to Munich, Germany, Geneva, Switzerland, and Rome.
Reviews
lieutenant is believed that de la Rosa was able to paint about 1,000 works while he was still alive.
De la Rosa"s works were divided by Aurelio South. Alvero into three time periods: those that are academic but are not giving importance to atmosphere and ambience. Those that have academic form that gives importance to the environment that could be sensed. And those that play with the use of colors.
Even after his death, de la Rosa was recognized and was given the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan (Guide of the Arts and Culture) by the City of Manila in 1968. De la Rosa"s Transplanting Rice received the golden award at the International Exposition held in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1904. lieutenant is also during this exposition when his The Death of General Lawton was awarded the bronze prize. An exposition about the paintings of de la Rosa was held at the Jorge B. Vargas Museum of the University of the Philippines, in Diliman, Quezon City, on January 14, 2007. The presentation was given the title "Fabian De la Rosa (1869-1938) Retrospective Exhibition," and was managed by the University of the Philippines with the assistance of the Spanish Program for Cultural Cooperation and Filipiniana.net, a part of Vibal Publishing House, Incorporated.