{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":14607,"auction_id":14,"set_id":26,"lot_number":"14","artist":"Fernando Amorsolo (1892 - 1972)","title":"Untitled","starting_price":800000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated Manila 1925 (lower right)","medium":"oil on wood","size":"9\" x 12 1/2\" (23 cm x 30 cm)","property":null,"coa":"León Gallery wishes to thank Mrs. Sylvia Amorsolo-Lazo \nfor confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":"Private Collection, USA\nVictor Morgan was in the Merchant Marine during World War II \nand often visited Manila. Victor brought the painting back to West \nVirginia where it became property of Harry Burke, his nephew, by \ndescent. Painting was a gift from Victor to Harry's grandmother and \nhas hung in the family residence since being brought to West Virginia \nat the end of WWII.","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"The 1920s spanned Fernando Amorsolo’s “Golden Era,” where his works exuded sophistication at their finest, thus attaining clarity in composition and coherence in style and themes. He would paint prodigiously, and his works would receive high praises from the art critics and art collectors of his time.
During this period, Amorsolo’s illuminated, highly optimistic depictions of the pastoral established the foundations of pre war Philippine painting.
Seascapes form an integral facet of Amorsolo’s spectacle of the idyllic. As with his landscapes, Amorsolo’s seascapes were created on the spot during his sojourns. Here, Amorsolo exhibits his mastery of quickly but accurately depicting the transience of light in a natural setting. As the artist once expressed: “Light changes rapidly, and you have to be fast in order to change the mood with which you started out.”
This piece encapsulates Amorsolo’s artistic genius in effectively illuminating the entire composition, even when using a sparse light source. As one can observe, packets of light are obscured by a billow of clouds. By shrouding the source of illumination, Amorsolo intends to give the viewer a more immersive experience. He encapsulates a breathtaking sunset by dissecting its phases and deliberately setting it in “slow motion,” at least on his canvas. The pink-tinged orange sky seems to slowly unfold as the vast clouds gradually roll by as if engaged in the act of surprising the viewer. Amorsolo then perfectly captures an almost divine transition—from clouded to unclouded, intimately revealing a blazing view of a romantic sunset.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Fernando Amorsolo (1892 - 1972) Untitled signed and dated Manila 1925 (lower right) oil on wood 9\" x 12 1/2\" (23 cm x 30 cm)