Vicente Manansala Paintings

Market vendors vicente manansala 1949 madonna of the slums vicente manansala 1950 man girl and cock vicente manansala 1953.

Vicente manansala paintings.

Besides the mother and child his subjects included jeepnevs barong barong cockfighters families gathering for a modest meal and quiapo women vendors of various goods. School of fine arts. From 1926 to 1930 he studied at the u p. It is considered a key modernist painting of the 1950s.

Manansala s canvases were described as masterpieces that brought the cultures of the barrio and the city together. Vicente silva manansala 22jan1910 macabebe pampanga philippines 22aug1981 manila philippines cubism. He painted an innovative mother and child madonna of the slums 1950 which reflected the poverty in postwar manila. Madonna of the slums 1950 painting on masonite 86 5 61cm.

Vicente manansala s transparent cubism flaunts a translucence and ethereality a lightness akin to that of his earlier works with watercolor that preceded them. In 1949 manansala received a six month grant by unesco to study at the école des beaux arts in banff and montreal quebec canada. It was listed as the bird seller and was signed and dated manansala 76. May 2012 an oil on canvas painting similar to the birdman 1973 by vicente mansala was being sold at christie s hong kong for its asian 20th century art auction.

Manansala was born in macabebe pampanga. Edades december 1895 march is a filipino painter who was the leader of the. Vicente silva manansala january 22 1910 august 22 1981 was a philippine cubist painter and illustrator. National museum collection philippines.

Vicente silva manansala was a filipino artist known for his cubist paintings and prints. His melding of social commentary with painting had a profound influence on the younger filipino artists of his generation such as angelito antonio and manuel baldemor.