{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":1772,"auction_id":3,"set_id":4,"lot_number":"84","artist":"Angelito Antonio (1939 - 2025)","title":"Fisherman","starting_price":500000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1990 (lower right)","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"29 1/2\" x 41 1/2\" (75 cm x 105 cm)","property":"PROPERTY FROM THE LLITA TORRALBA LOGARTA COLLECTION PROVENANCE","coa":"León Gallery wishes to thank Mr. Marcel Antonio for confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":"Acquired directly from the artist","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Angelito Antonio is a genre artist acclaimed for his bold diagonal lines, unique approach at figurative distortion, and use of black combined with strong primary or muted tertiary colors. In the early days of his artistic career, his Neorealism stood out from the rest as he delineated his shapes with linear clarity, then blurring the adjacent areas into washed-out tones. In his recent canvases, afterwhile, colors are more intense and opaque. Antonio attempts to accomplish the same effect with a restricted black and white palette highlighted by their varied tones and hues by doing away with his primary and tertiary colors.
\nHalf a century spans the creative practice of Antonio. He was an art student at the University of Santo Tomas. He owns more than twenty local and international awards to his credit, some of these awards include the 3rd Prize in the 1963 annual art competition of the Art Association of the Philippines and the Grand Prize in 1964. He became a recipient of the Thirteen Artist Award in 1970 and the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award from the City of Manila in 1984. Antonio is married to fellow artist Norma Belleza, with three children who are also painters. (P.I.R.)","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Angelito Antonio (1939 - 2025) Fisherman signed and dated 1990 (lower right) oil on canvas 29 1/2\" x 41 1/2\" (75 cm x 105 cm)