This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by the artist dated 28 June 1982 confirming the authenticity of this lot

Provenance: Private Collection, USA

ABOUT THE WORK

Galo Ocampo is known for having staged the revolt against academic conservatism in the 1930s along with Victorio Edades and Carlos "Botong" Francisco. The triumvirate launched a crusade to stimulate artistic development along modernist lines. In the 1930s, they collaborated in creating murals which expressed their new artistic credo. His legacy already solidified early in his career, Ocampo developed his own artistic personality after the war, first with his ‘Flagellants’ series. Yet Galo Ocampo made inroads into other artistic disciplines as well. The artist was sent to Rome in 1956 by the Archbishop of Manila to train for the work of designing stained glass for Manila Cathedral. For the cathedral he did the seals of different Archbishops of Manila. He also did the designs in partnership with Kraut Art Glass for the stained glass windows of Santo Domingo church and the Sarimanok for the Philamlife Building. The crucifix by Galo Ocampo which is quirkily shaped after the crucifix (at the Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence) of pre - Renaissance Italian artist Cimabue makes for a realization of what he learned from his Italian sojourn, both in painting and in the discipline behind stained glass. In the same way that after his Italian sojourn he did various images and attributes of the virgin in the country, Ocampo’s crucified Christ is flanked with various images and attributes of Jesus Christ during his earthly life. The juxtapositions of various images of Christ reflect his Italian exposure to, even training in the imagery of stained glass compositions.