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Juan luna
In the paintings of Juan Luna, instead of surface we get inner space. ...
jUAN LUNA was born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, on October 23, 1857, and, like Hidalgo, was the third of seven children. ... The young Luna received his early education at the Ateneo Municipal and later at the Escuela Nautica de Manila. ...
Don Lorenzo Guerero, whoe easily recognized the young mans natural talent, was the first tutor of the young Luna. ... Luna left for Barcelona in 1877 together with his elder brother Manuel, who was a violinist. ... Proof of this was his taking Luna with him to Rome to undertake certain commissions.
In Rome, Luna widened his knowledge of art, for he was exposed to the immortal works of the Renaissance masters. ...
It was while still in Rome that Luna worked incessantly on the "Spoliarium. ... Having attained fame, Luna now received various government commissions. ... A forceful dynamic man, Luna has his personality stamped on every canvas of his. ...
A Filipino art critic spoke of Luna thus: "Vigor and realism characterize his art. In a single brush stroke, he paints a fair of emotions that fills the beholder with drama and tragedy of his theme…Luna was graver, more profound in his emotions than Hidalgo. ... "
Luna sought inspiration not from his contemporarries, the Impressionists, but from the Romantic Delacroix, Rembrandt and Daumier from whom he learned imparting power and mysticism to his works. ... Luna in a fit of jealousy, killed his wife and mother-in-law and wounded his brother-in-law, Felix, on September 23, 1892.
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