Among Fernando Amorsolo’s depictions of idyllic Filipino life, the tinikling dance is one of his most famous and frequent subjects. Tinikling is a traditional folk dance that originated from the Spanish colonial period, it was a result of various cultures, specific influences from Luzon and Visayas. The dance often involves two or four parallel pairs of bamboo poles that are held by two or more sitting or kneeling people. The poles are used as percussive instruments accompanying music played with string instruments. Only a few classical folk paintings of the dance exist outside of Amorsolo’s own body of work given the rigorous technical skill and talent required to properly immortalize the brief moment of movement and dance.
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Fernando Amorsolo (1892 - 1972)
Tinikling
signed and dated 1960 (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 34” (61 cm x 86 cm)
SOLD: PHP 8,760,000
Leon Gallery wishes to thank Mrs. Sylvia Amorsolo-Lazo for confirming the authenticity of this lot
Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection, Quezon City
Literature: Literature: Amorsolo-Lazo, et al. Amorsolo: Love And Passion, Volume II: Landscape and Other Worlds. Fernando C. Amorsolo Art Foundation Inc., Quezon City. 2018. p.16.