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The 1970s found Federico Aguilar Alcuaz seized with a frantic desire to paint the Manila landscapes. This decadelong journey to capture Manila culminated in 1977 when Portrait of Manila was finally exhibited with a total of 150 paintings done within four months. This series rendered the city in an “inscaped cycloramic point of view,” as a 2018 NCCA exhibition catalog described it, the cityscapes transformed by Alcuaz’s impressionistic brush strokes.

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Done in that fateful decade, this 1972 Untitled (Manila Bay Series) depicts a Manila Bay virtually unrecognizable today. With the waters stretching out as far as the eye can see, modern-day viewers can see how Manila Bay used to be – serene, silent, and in peace. Coconut trees line its shores and in the distance, ships and boats are waiting to be docked as the Manila Bay used to be (and still is) a major port located at the country’s capital.

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Untitled (Manila Bay Series), like many of Aguilar Alcuaz’s 1970s landscapes, is a love letter to the Philippines. A wanderlust artist, Aguilar Alcuazz never forgets his origin and he lovingly depicts the places he had grown up in for his viewers around the world. (Hannah Valiente)

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