{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":22388,"auction_id":25,"set_id":44,"lot_number":"127","artist":"Romulo Olazo (1934 - 2015)","title":"Diaphanous #8","starting_price":1200000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1977 (lower right)","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"40” x 27” (102 cm x 69 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":"Private collection, Manila","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Lauded as a painter’s painter, Romulo Olazo began his career as an artist at a time when the foundations of Modernism in the Philippine art scene were being laid by key figures such as Vicente Manansala, Victorio Edades, and Fernando Zóbel. He first came to the foreground as a printmaker who made striking innovations in this field. This pursuit led to the development of his Diaphanous series, a unique body of abstract paintings that are, in the words of Victorio T. Herrera, “veritable visions of light.”
The Diaphanous series is the most significant of Olazo’s extensive body of work. Art critic Cid Reyes wrote: “In an art system where the market demands an ever-evolving production of differentiated subjects and styles, Olazo’s obstinacy to pursue the Diaphanous borders on incomprehensible willfulness, courting a judgment of artistic paralysis.” In this piece, Olazo’s mastery of creating ingenious and finely drawn textures of lines creates an added dimension to the harmonious layers of paint. The seemingly opaque appearance of the subject shows his well-executed control of the tonal quality of his works. The Diaphanous series represents Olazo’s dedication to his artistry and is considered an unparalleled musing on a specific theme using an unfaltering technique and style","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Romulo Olazo (1934 - 2015) Diaphanous #88 signed and dated 1977 (lower right) oil on canvas 40” x 27” (102 cm x 69 cm)