Félix Resurrección Hidalgo
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Self portrait Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, 1901
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| Born |
Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla February 21, 1855 Binondo, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | March 13, 1913 (aged 58) Barcelona, Spain |
| Resting place | Manila North Cemetery |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
| Notable work |
Las virgenes Cristianas expuestas al populacho, 1884, La barca de Aqueronte, 1887 in museums: |
| Movement | Impressionism |
Las virgenes Cristianas expuestas al populacho, 1884, La barca de Aqueronte, 1887
in museums:
Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla (February 21, 1855 – March 13, 1913) was a Filipino artist. He is acknowledged as one of the great Filipino painters of the late 19th century, and is significant in Philippine history for having been an acquaintance and inspiration for members of the Philippine reform movement which included José Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, Mariano Ponce and Graciano López Jaena, although he neither involved himself directly in that movement, nor later associate himself with the First Philippine Republic under Emilio Aguinaldo.
His winning the silver medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along with the gold win of fellow Filipino painter Juan Luna, prompted a celebration which was a major highlight in the memoirs of members of the Philippine reform movement, with Rizal toasting to the two painters' good health and citing their win as evidence that Filipinos and Spaniards were equals.
Hidalgo was born in Binondo, Manila on February 21, 1855. He was the third of seven children of Eduardo Resurrección Hidalgo and Maria Barbara Padilla. He studied in the University of Santo Tomas. He studied law, which he never finished, received a bacheller en filosifia in March 1871. He was simultaneously enrolled at the Escuela de Dibujo y Pintura. In 1876, he previewed his La barca (The Native Boat), Vendedora de lanzones (Lanzones Vendor) and other paintings at the Teatro Circo de Bilibid before they were sent to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of that year. In 1878, he painted the poignant and well-crafted Los mendigos (The Beggars).
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