Provenance:
Private Collection, Manila

ABOUT THE WORK

Born in Lucban, Quezon, Oscar Zalameda took his fine arts degree at the University of Sto. Tomas and pursued further studies at the Art League of California in San Francisco, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, and the Sorbonne University in Paris. Zalameda was also able to study mural techniques under Diego Rivera in Mexico. His art style was noted to evolve from Zobellike to looser, more sophisticated cubist aesthetic, and he is known for his sense of color, as seen in the highly appealing color harmonies and planes in Sabungero. The stylized figuration of the man and his chickens show Zalameda’s signature “soft” cubist techniques. During the sixties and seventies, the bon vivant artist was among the favorite artists of Manila’s high society. Zalameda also set up a foundation for giving education to students in his hometown. For his accomplishments, he was awarded the Chevalier des Artes et Lettres medallion by the French government and the Presidential Medal of Merit for his cultural contributions to the country in 2006.