Apart from being the most beloved chronicler of the Philippine countryside, Fernando Amorsolo was also the most soughtafter portraitist of the 20th century. Since his return from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid in the late ‘20s, he would capture the likenesses not only of the Filipino elite but also the faces and figures of the American ruling elite throughout his glorious reign as the king of Philippine painters. In this portrait of a lady in a green satin dress, he captures an auburn-haired beauty of mid-century Manila. Her bare shoulders reveal milky white skin and give her a glamorous mood like a movie star. There is a mischievous twinkle in her eye and the slightest girlish blush as if the maestro had just paid her a compliment. -Lisa Guerrero Nakpil
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Fernando Amorsolo (1892 - 1972)
Lady in Green
signed and dated 1959 (lower right)
oil on canvas
30” x 22” (76 cm x 51 cm)
SOLD: PHP 525,600
Leon Gallery wishes to thank Mrs. Sylvia AmorsoloLazo for confirming the authenticity of this lot
Provenance: Private Collection, USA