Vicente Manansala Paintings

In this piece manansala s technical mastery shines through with his masterful approach with watercolor so much so that such works have become pieces of great renown.

Vicente manansala paintings.

National museum collection philippines. Manansala was born in macabebe pampanga. He painted an innovative mother and child madonna of the slums 1950 which reflected the poverty in postwar manila. From 1926 to 1930 he studied at the u p.

It was listed as the bird seller and was signed and dated manansala 76. Market vendors vicente manansala 1949 madonna of the slums vicente manansala 1950 man girl and cock vicente manansala 1953. Madonna of the slums 1950 painting on masonite 86 5 61cm. 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.

Vicente silva manansala was a filipino artist known for his cubist paintings and prints. Manansala s canvases were described as masterpieces that brought the cultures of the barrio and the city together. In 1949 manansala received a six month grant by unesco to study at the école des beaux arts in banff and montreal quebec canada. Vicente silva manansala 22jan1910 macabebe pampanga philippines 22aug1981 manila philippines cubism.

It is considered a key modernist painting of the 1950s. Edades december 1895 march is a filipino painter who was the leader of the. Vicente manansala s transparent cubism flaunts a translucence and ethereality a lightness akin to that of his earlier works with watercolor that preceded them. Vicente silva manansala january 22 1910 august 22 1981 was a philippine cubist painter and illustrator.

School of fine arts. Through his depictions of contemporary filipino life manansala addressed issues of intimacy poverty and culture.