{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":50167,"auction_id":99,"set_id":131,"lot_number":"78","artist":"Ibarra Dela Rosa (1943 - 1998)","title":"Right Side of San Agustin Church","starting_price":100000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1971 (lower right)","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"28\" x 30\" (71 cm x 76 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":"Acquired directly from the artist","exhibited":"At Solidaridad Galleries, for the artist's second one-man show, 1971","literature":null,"write_up":"A unique artistic vision inspires the art of Dela Rosa. He was notable for his highly impressionistic works that border on the surreal and his pointillist-like brushstrokes where blots of acrylic splashes on board, which he called “wipings,” that lends a pure abstract experience to the audience. His oeuvres may seem ever changing from period to period, but the allure culled from the vibrance and brilliance pervading the piece is always present. For that, he was regarded as the pioneer of meticulous Impressionism in the Philippine art landscape.
Art as a potent medium to preserve the past rings true for Ibarra Dela Rosa. In an attempt to eternalize the glory of local historical landmarks, at least on his canvases, he created the Intramuros Series in 1973 and the Fort Santiago Series in 1974. And before his two famous series, there was the acrylic painting titled Right Side of San Agustin Church, dated in 1971. At the time of World War II, the San Agustin Church faced horrors and witnessed killings within its four walls during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. As a concentration camp, the Japanese troops removed the lower portion of the right front door of the church and placed sandbags on the resulting opening, turning the entrance into a makeshift machine gun post. In the 1970s, the monastery was rebuilt as a museum under the design of architect Angel Nakpil.
In 1972, a year after this piece was made, Dela Rosa became a recipient of the highly coveted Thirteen Artists Award from the Cultural Center of the Philippines.(P.I.R.)","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Ibarra Dela Rosa (1943 - 1998) Right Side of San Agustin Church signed and dated 1971 (lower right) oil on canvas 28\" x 30\" (71 cm x 76 cm)