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Jorge Pineda BIOGRAPHY
1879 Sta. Cruz Manila - 1946. Known for: Figure, Philippine genre painting, illustration.
Jorge Pineda was considered the leading illustrator of his time, which he owed to having been mentored by Teodoro Buenaventura. As a painter, he was a contemporary of Fernando Amorsolo yet he pursued... Read full biography
Jorge Pineda was considered the leading illustrator of his time, which he owed to having been mentored by Teodoro Buenaventura. As a painter, he was a contemporary of Fernando Amorsolo yet he pursued a different trajectory in terms of subject matter. In his genre scenes, he favored traditional... Read full biography
Jorge Pineda was considered the leading illustrator of his time, which he owed to having been mentored by Teodoro Buenaventura. As a painter, he was a contemporary of Fernando Amorsolo yet he pursued a different trajectory in terms of subject matter. In his genre scenes, he favored traditional Filipino games like the Sungka, which he wonderfully captured in this work from 1933. 1904 brought pride for the Filipino nation as medals were bagged by Filipino artists in the 1904 St. Louis World's... Read full biography
Jorge Pineda was considered the leading illustrator of his time, which he owed to having been mentored by Teodoro Buenaventura. As a painter, he was a contemporary of Fernando Amorsolo yet he pursued a different trajectory in terms of subject matter. In his genre scenes, he favored traditional Filipino games like the Sungka, which he wonderfully captured in this work from 1933. 1904 brought pride for the Filipino nation as medals were bagged by Filipino artists in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair Exposition in Chicago, USA. The Gold went to Juan Luna, the Silver to Felix Resureccion-Hidalgo and the Bronze to Jorge Pineda. Las Buyeras or Betel nut vendors was a frequently depicted subject in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century... Read full biography
Jorge Pineda was considered the leading illustrator of his time, which he owed to having been mentored by Teodoro Buenaventura. As a painter, he was a contemporary of Fernando Amorsolo yet he pursued a different trajectory in terms of subject matter. In his genre scenes, he favored traditional Filipino games like the Sungka, which he wonderfully captured in this work from 1933. 1904 brought pride for the Filipino nation as medals were bagged by Filipino artists in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair Exposition in Chicago, USA. The Gold went to Juan Luna, the Silver to Felix Resureccion-Hidalgo and the Bronze to Jorge Pineda. Las Buyeras or Betel nut vendors was a frequently depicted subject in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century paintings and magazine illustrations. This is a clear testimony to the betel-nut chewing tradition practiced in... Read full biography
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Jorge Pineda was considered the leading illustrator of his time, which he owed to having been mentored by Teodoro Buenaventura. As a painter, he was a contemporary of Fernando Amorsolo yet he pursued a different trajectory in terms of subject matter. In his genre scenes, he favored traditional Filipino games like the Sungka, which he wonderfully captured in this work from 1933.
1904 brought pride for the Filipino nation as medals were bagged by Filipino artists in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair Exposition in Chicago, USA. The Gold went to Juan Luna, the Silver to Felix Resureccion-Hidalgo and the Bronze to Jorge Pineda.
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