{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":47382,"auction_id":95,"set_id":125,"lot_number":"136","artist":"Félix Resurrección Hidalgo (1855 - 1913)","title":"Barcos de la Vela (Sailboats)","starting_price":12000000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1908 (lower right)","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"24\" x 37\" (61 cm x 94 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":"Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William Sproule of San Francisco, United States of America.","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"For Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, scion of the landed Padilla family, life was a delicate balance between the demands of his mercantilist grandfather and mother and his own desire for gentler pursuits. Rizal correctly described the stark contrasts between Juan Luna and Resurreccion Hidalgo: If Luna was the sun, Hidalgo was the moon, with all the mystery and yes, even uncertainty that conveyed.<br /><br />He may as well have also described the vital earthiness of life in Manila versus the atmospheric days of Hidalgo’s life in Paris.<br /><br />Hidalgo would paint ethereal beauties in fields of flowers, women in gardens and glades but he would be best known for his portraits of the rivers and seas. (Not all were so serene as his Philippine scene La Banca: There is for instance his famous La Barca de Aqueronte, depicting the boatman of Hades.)<br /><br  />Water, however, would best convey not only Hidalgo’s character — introverted, understated and gentle — but also the distances of escape that the ocean presented from Manila and his responsibilities. It would be a parable of the unfettered life and adventures in art.<br /><br />Remarkably, there are photographs of two paintings titled “Barcos de la Vela (Sailboats)” that exist in the Collection of Alfonso T. Ongpin, both painted at the same time in 1908 as the work at hand.<br /><br />Barcos de la Vela is a vista of boats skimming the waters, illuminated by a glorious sunrise outlined in heavy impasto. The sailboats glide on the sea towards a happy future. (Lisa Guerrero Nakpil).","lot_group":"Painting","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":20000000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":20000000,"userBid":5926,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":24032000,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":47075,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/95/125/lot/136.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[],"prev":135,"next":137,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}