Painting

• Filipino painters during the American period

  Sought a wide array of influences from the Spanish period
• Portrait painting


  • Became in demand during the American period
• Fernando Amorsolo's style


  Dominated the period
• Filipino painters turned to depicting the countryside rather than the horrors of turmoil
• Trend toward genre painting

  1. Began in the 1890s

  2. Reached full maturity during the first three decades of American rule

  3. Modern art began formally to threaten the dominance of conservatism in art in 1928

  4. The struggle between modern art and conservative art would end in triumph for modern art in the post-war years
• Genre and landscaping paintings

  • Works of Fabian dela Rosa
  • Works of Fernando Amorsolo
• Fabian dela Rosa and Fernando Amorsolo


  Gained high commercial favor among the Americans, especially the army and business officials, who favored the idealized presentation of the rural life
• In the late 1920s, advocates of modern art commented on the "prettiness" and "academism" of the Amorsolo tradition
• The modern art was described as "bizarre" by the conservatives
• Triumvirate of Philippine modern art

  • Victor Edades
  • Galo Ocampo
  • Carlos Francisco
• Irineo Miranda


  Mastered the medium of watercolor, introduced a lighter and more personal approach, codified rural imagery into its basic elements
• Jorge Pineda


  Focused on games as genre subjects, painted old men and women, as well as younger women with realistic eye
• Toribio Herrera


  Raised the standards in realistic figuration based on the study of anatomy