{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":50240,"auction_id":99,"set_id":131,"lot_number":"136","artist":"Federico Aguilar-Alcuaz (1932 - 2011)","title":"New York","starting_price":800000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1976 (upper right)","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"24\" x 33\" (61 cm x 84 cm)","property":null,"coa":"León Gallery wishes to thank Mr. Christian Aguilar for confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"The “epic troubadour of the urban landscape” was Federico Aguilar-Alcuaz, as per art critic Rod ParasPerez. Ever since the early days of his artistic career, he had a penchant for landscape paintings. The interest of the young Alcuaz was piqued by his professor at the University of the Philippines, Toribio Herrera. As he pursued art full-time in the mid-50s, he lived the life of a real Renaissance man, traveling the world to absorb various cultures as he painted. He began by painting barong-barongs, then progressed to the cityscapes of New York before concentrating on the urban landscapes and skylines of Manila.
As seen in this 1976 oil painting, Alcuaz flaunts his rich and dark palette, fluent brushwork, and mastery of unconventional design and composition. The atmosphere and the architecture are so close, once again using the regimented, horizontal, and vertical lines to exaggerate the effect of static spaces amid the realities of urban movement. A landscape piece such as this one can be assumed to have been painted from a high vantage point, usually from a hotel room or from a tall building. The private collection of Alcuaz contains the majority of his early oeuvres that depict the Philippine countryside. (P.I.R.)","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Federico Aguilar-Alcuaz (1932 - 2011) New York signed and dated 1976 (upper right) oil on canvas 24\" x 33\" (61 cm x 84 cm)