Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist

ABOUT THE WORK

Passionate to share her artistic knowledge, Dans organized and headed the Fine Arts Department of the Philippine Women’s University and the grade school art department of the Ateneo de Manila University. Aside from conducting numerous seminars at schools, universities, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals among all, she also inspired numerous individuals such as her physical therapist and gardener to express and practice their very own artistry. After her first solo exhibition in 1960 under the auspices of the Art Association of the Philippines and the Contemporary Graphic Artist Workshop, Dans did more solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions as well, most notable is her 1986 solo exhibition at the Museum of Philippine Art, half comprising her finely limned portraits and the other half her “luminous”—as to how her daughters described them callado paintings inspired by the 19th-century painters Damian Domingo and Simon Flores. Truly a remarkable artist, she received a number of awards including the 1999 Centennial Awards of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.