Fernando Amorsolo: Nude
Fernando Amorsolo (1892 - 1972)
Nude
signed and dated 1962 (lower right)
oil on canvas
16” x 12” (41 cm x 30 cm)
Opening bid: PHP 1,000,000
Provenance: A gift from the artist to the present owner
National Artist Fernando Amorsolo continues this millenniumlong spanning search for beauty through his classically elegant yet groundbreakingly alluring Nude piece. The core philosophy that has guided nude art and portraiture can be found embedded within Amorsolo’s piece. From his wide yet controlled brushstrokes that give his subject a natural sense of luminosity to his masterful use of color that grants the woman in the piece with a rosy glow, Amorsolo undoubtedly treats his subject matter with a timeless sense of beauty. But, aside from its transcendental and metaphysical connotations, the piece also showcases Amoroslo’s deep and nuanced understanding about rendering the human body in art. Aside from displaying an undoubtedly complete mastery over the technicalities that come with basic anatomy, Amorsolo also captures the nuances. His figure does not possess any idealized or exaggerated proportions. Instead, his subject is blessed with features that are all too familiar for the common viewer. By adding a sense of sophisticated realism, Amorsolo manages to add a level of depth that resonates with our shared humanity.
Lot 55 of the Leon Gallery auction on 28 November 2020. Please see leon-gallery.com/auctions/The-Kingly-Treasures-Auction-2020 for more details.
Fernando Amorsolo: Nude
Fernando Amorsolo (1892 - 1972)
Nude
signed and dated 1962 (lower right)
oil on canvas
16” x 12” (41 cm x 30 cm)
Opening bid: PHP 1,000,000
Provenance: A gift from the artist to the present owner
National Artist Fernando Amorsolo continues this millenniumlong spanning search for beauty through his classically elegant yet groundbreakingly alluring Nude piece. The core philosophy that has guided nude art and portraiture can be found embedded within Amorsolo’s piece. From his wide yet controlled brushstrokes that give his subject a natural sense of luminosity to his masterful use of color that grants the woman in the piece with a rosy glow, Amorsolo undoubtedly treats his subject matter with a timeless sense of beauty. But, aside from its transcendental and metaphysical connotations, the piece also showcases Amoroslo’s deep and nuanced understanding about rendering the human body in art. Aside from displaying an undoubtedly complete mastery over the technicalities that come with basic anatomy, Amorsolo also captures the nuances. His figure does not possess any idealized or exaggerated proportions. Instead, his subject is blessed with features that are all too familiar for the common viewer. By adding a sense of sophisticated realism, Amorsolo manages to add a level of depth that resonates with our shared humanity.
Lot 55 of the Leon Gallery auction on 28 November 2020. Please see leon-gallery.com/auctions/The-Kingly-Treasures-Auction-2020 for more details.