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Fernando Amorsolo. Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto (May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972) was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. Nicknamed the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art," [ 2] he was the first-ever to be recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines. [ 3] He was recognized as such for his "pioneering use of ...
San Fernando, La Union. / 16.62°N 120.32°E / 16.62; 120.32. San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando ( Ilocano: Siudad ti San Fernando; Filipino: Lungsod ng San Fernando ), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 125,642 people.
Watchtowers were built for sentry purposes against Moro and Chinese pirates as well as other European colonial powers. [ 1] The fortifications are mostly built using coral blocks held together by lime and egg whites. In the contemporary period, the fortifications fell into disuse and many are in a neglected and damaged state.
Lucrecia "King" Roces Kasilag was born in San Fernando, La Union Philippines, the third of the six children of Marcial Kasilag Sr., a civil engineer, and his wife Asuncion Roces Ganancial, a violinist and a violin teacher. [ 2]: 87–88 She was Kasilag's first solfeggio teacher. The second was Doña Concha Cuervo, who was a strict Spanish woman.
Pablo Amorsolo y Cueto was born in Daet, Camarines Norte to husband and wife Pedro Amorsolo, a book keeper, and Bonifacia Cueto y Vélez. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Manila. [2] During World War II, Amorsolo engaged in partisan activities under the Japanese regime and was said to have gained the rank of Colonel under the ...
La Union is the union of lands, people, cultures and resources. On April 18, 1854, Queen Isabella II of Spain issued the royal decree (real orden) from Madrid confirming Blanco's Superior Decreto . By 1860, there was a dramatic progress in commerce and agriculture in the province primarily because of Tobacco.
Anita Magsaysay-Ho. Anita Magsaysay-Ho (born Anita Corpus Magsaysay; May 25, 1914 – May 5, 2012) was a Filipina painter who specialized in Social Realism and post-Cubism in regard to women in Filipino culture. [ 2] Magsaysay-Ho's work appeals to Modernism by utilizing more abstract designs and styles rather than realistic approaches. [ 3]
Website. 500yoc .com. The 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines ( 500 YOC) was a quincentennial observed in the Philippines. It was held from April 4, 2021, to April 22, 2022, to commemorate the introduction of Christianity in the Philippines in 1521 when the Magellan expedition made a stopover in the islands.