Leon Gallery wishes to thank Mrs. Sylvia Amorsolo-Lazo for confirming the authenticity of this lot

ABOUT THE WORK

Perhaps the Philippine countryside could never be quite as enchanted as it appears here, where the landscape is flooded with sunset light that pours like sparkling wine. This is Amorsolo’s dream of the Philippine countryside he had known, nature quietly yet warmly asserting itself against the glowing sky. This painting is one of his most delicate, suggesting a gentle, barely felt tremulousness in nature as the day gradually ends. Amorsolo’s relaxed execution obscures the detailed elements, even the people in order to contribute to the painting’s surging energy. The composition is a masterpiece of subtle contrivance, raised above the level of ordinary genre and painted with obedience not to what is present but to what the light of sunset defines. The effect of twilight somehow renders it intimate and slightly melancholic, Amorsolo’s personal take on Romanticism.