This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by Mrs. Sylvia Amorsolo-Lazo confirming the authenticity of this lot.

ABOUT THE WORK

With billowing flame-like colors, Amorsolo’s 1932 painting powerfully exhibits a facility for portraying the fleeting nuances of sundown. In his 1975 article “Fernando Amorsolo: recurring themes and subtle changes”, Alfredo Roces talks about Amorsolo’s color studies which include: “...landscapes painted on the spot especially in his earlier years when he was able to travel about more...” “...having been abroad twice, (Amorsolo) even tried to incorporate some of his impressionist influences in his landscapes applying colors on the canvas with a minimum of the previous mixing in the palette...” Amorsolo’s technique and skill capturing the drama of changing light is evident in the still young artist’s spontaneous response to a sunset over the fishing boats . The voluminous, vertical movement of dark clouds at the left add to the effervescent effects of the orange horizontal clouds. Roces adds: “Amorsolo doubtlessly learned much from his mother’s cousin (Don Fabian de la Rosa).” Dela Rosa was also fond of landscapes, painting in the Marikina area. In the 1930s he was earning enough from ethereal paintings like this that he gave up commercial art work. His idyllic genre scenes were a favorite with American officials and visitors in search of tropical exotica.