| AMORSOLO, FERNANDO CUETO born in Paco, Manila on 30 May 1892 died in Manila 26 Feb 1972. National Artist in Painting. He is the son of Pedro Amorsolo a bookkeeper, and Bonifacia Cueto. He married Salud Jorge in 1916, they had six children. When Salud died in 1931, Amorsolo married Maria del Carmen, with whom he had eight children. He spent his youthful days in Daet, Camarines Norte. When his father died, Bonifacia moved the entire family to Manila to live with a first cousin, painter Fabian de la Rosa. To raise money, Amorsolo sold watercolor postcards to a bookstore which paid him 10 centavos a piece, while his mother took on embroidery. Somehow he managed to complete his schooling at the Liceo de Manila, where he gained honors especially in drawing and painting. At 17 he enrolled at the University of the Philippines (UP) School of Fine Arts, where his uncle taught. He was one of its first graduates in 1919, receiving several medals for excellence. During his college days he was influenced by the works of the Spanish painter Diego de Velazcuez and other European painters, such as Sargent, Zorn, Sorolla, and Zuloaga. |
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