{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":1754,"auction_id":3,"set_id":4,"lot_number":"63","artist":"Orley Ypon (b. 1973)","title":"Kanyang (Plein-air)","starting_price":200000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 2016 (lower left)","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"18\" x 24\" (46 cm x 61 cm)","property":null,"coa":"León Gallery wishes to thank the artist\nfor confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":"Private Collection, Manila","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Orley Ypon is a realist painter from Cebu, whose passion for art started at a very early age. He did portraits of himself and his family and friends throughout his growing years. He left his province as a teenager, after a few semesters of studying architecture, to make his mark in Manila. A series of jobs as an export handicraft artist led him all over the country from Pampanga, Paete, Laguna, and Davao. He eventually returned to his hometown to pursue a career as a fulltime artist.
A master of the classical form, his oeuvres are able to communicate a sense of insight and nuance often attributed to traditional pieces. Although the adherence to classical techniques results in art that appears to portray beauty as idealized and utopian, Ypon deviates from this cliché by presenting stark and unfiltered scenes of ordinary life. This is best observed in his most famous works with themes that convey social issues and the human condition, but it can still be seen in several of his landscape paintings.
“I remember my love and interest in art started when I was five years old,” said Ypon in an interview. “Art gives my soul satisfaction. Even when I am at home and I see my artworks, they each give me total happiness.” (P.I.R.)","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Orley Ypon (b. 1973) Kanyang (Plein-air) signed and dated 2016 (lower left) oil on canvas 18\" x 24\" (46 cm x 61 cm)