Ocampo abandoned the figuration of his prewar and postwar paintings in favor of abstract art. In the process, he created his own imagery and symbolism through the alchemy of paint. The artist’s new figuration earned him the distinction of being acclaimed as “the most expressively Filipino” among local painters. Lush, tropical orange and yellow hues light up these works, carefully balanced by dark forms. In the process of creating a new reality on painting, Ocampo developed a style that may be considered uniquely Filipino. These were created in 1976, two years before the artist’s demise, which was when he held his second one-man show at the ABC Galleries to mark his 65th birthday, exhibiting 65 watercolor paintings. It was also the same year when he received the Diwa ng Lahi, the highest cultural award given by the City of Manila during the yearly weeklong celebration of its founding.
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Hernando R. Ocampo (1911 - 1978)
a) Abstraction 13 b) Abstraction 21
a) signed and dated 1976 (lower right)
b) signed and dated 1976 (lower left)
a) watercolor on paper
b) watercolor on paper
a) 22” x 15” (56 cm x 38 cm)
b) 22” x 15” (56 cm x 38 cm)
PHP 300,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Manila