La barca de Aqueronte
| Study: La Barca de Aqueronte | |
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| Artist | Félix Resurrección Hidalgo |
| Year | 1887 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 80.65 cm × 108.59 cm (31.75 in × 42.75 in) |
| Location | Lopez Museum and Library |
La barca de Aqueronte, translated in English as The Boat of Charon
La barca de Aqueronte became Hidalgo's most awarded work of art.[4] By winning in international exhibitions through La barca de Aqueronte and his other paintings Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho and Adios del Sol during the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Hidalgo's "mark of having arrived as a painter" and his place in Philippine art and the "popular mind" became secured.[7] Hidalgo was also a recipient of the 1889 Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur.[4]
Description
La Barca de Aqueronte is a
Historical background
Hidalgo finished La barca de Aqueronte in 1887 when he was thirty-four years old. Hidalgo made charcoal studies of Charon that are representative of the divine and nude
Noli Me Tangere.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i La Barca de Aqueronte by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, lopezmuseum.org.ph
- ^ a b c d e f g Felix R. Hidalgo, Study: La Barca de Aqueronte, oil on canvas, 1887 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Lopez Museum, Manila, November 2, 2009, pezseum
- ^ a b “La barca de Aqueronte” by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, thecrushingblow.net
- ^ a b c d Go, Kitty La barca de Aqueronte by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo Archived 2008-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, from the article “Sotheby's to auction Hidalgo's 'La Parisienne'”, Inquirer News Service, inquirer.net
- ^ Felix Ressurreccion Hidalgo Archived 2010-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, kulay-diwa.com
- ^ Rapadas, Don G. La barca de Aqueronte by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, Breadth of Philippine Art, The Past is Just Nearby, Two private museums within the metropolis tell our history and describe our identity, Leisure, Philippine Business Magazine, Volume 8, No. 6, philippinebusiness.com
- ^ Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo Collection Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine, lopezmuseum.org.ph
- ISBN 971-1005-32-8.
External links
- Image of La barca de Aqueronte from the Lopez Museum and Library, Philippines
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