Lot #32 - Hernando Ruiz Ocampo, 1911-1978 (Philippines)
Hernando Ruiz Ocampo, 1911-1978 (Philippines)
Estimate: 40 000 - 80 000 £
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Lot Description
A SONG FOR SEPTEMBER, 1975
Acrylic on canvas, size 76,2 x 101,6 cm (30 x 40 inches)
Frame dimensions 92 x 117 cm (36 1/4 x 46 inches)
Signed and dated lower right. Artist’s inscription on verso
Hernando R. Ocampo is a Filipino National Artist in the visual arts. Ocampo was a leading radical modernist artist in the Philippines. He was a member of the Saturday Group of artists (also known as the Taza de Oro Group), and was one of the pre-war Thirteen Moderns, a group of modernist artists founded by Victorio C. Edades. His art is described to be "abstract compositions of biological forms that seemed to oscillate, quiver, inflame and multiply" like mutations. His works were exhibited in Washington, New York, London, and Tokyo, among others. Awards received include: Republic Cultural Award in 1965; Patnubayng Sining at Kalinangan Award in 1969; Diwa ng Lahi Award in 1976; and Gawad CCP para sa Sining Award in 1979. Ocampo died at the age of 67 in Caloocan. He was posthumously declared as a National Artist for the Visual Arts in 1991.
Acrylic on canvas, size 76,2 x 101,6 cm (30 x 40 inches)
Frame dimensions 92 x 117 cm (36 1/4 x 46 inches)
Signed and dated lower right. Artist’s inscription on verso
Hernando R. Ocampo is a Filipino National Artist in the visual arts. Ocampo was a leading radical modernist artist in the Philippines. He was a member of the Saturday Group of artists (also known as the Taza de Oro Group), and was one of the pre-war Thirteen Moderns, a group of modernist artists founded by Victorio C. Edades. His art is described to be "abstract compositions of biological forms that seemed to oscillate, quiver, inflame and multiply" like mutations. His works were exhibited in Washington, New York, London, and Tokyo, among others. Awards received include: Republic Cultural Award in 1965; Patnubayng Sining at Kalinangan Award in 1969; Diwa ng Lahi Award in 1976; and Gawad CCP para sa Sining Award in 1979. Ocampo died at the age of 67 in Caloocan. He was posthumously declared as a National Artist for the Visual Arts in 1991.
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Good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration
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