Provenance:
Private Collection, Manila

ABOUT THE WORK

Born in Tanza, Cavite, Gabriel Custodio was taught the rudiments of art by his grandaunt, a nun who dabbled in both painting and sculpture as well. Taught by Fernando Amorsolo, Gabriel Custodio became one of the conservative artists in the Philippines who painted in an academic, traditional style and was also identified as Mabini Art. With a Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines in 1939, Custodio gained prominence for doing the marvelous murals at the St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Makati and later co-founding the Academy of Filipino Artists and the Talahib Art Group. He taught other artists that later became masters as well, namely, Navarro, Galvez and Dumalao. This museum-worthy impressionist piece of Custodio showcased his immense discipline and the unswerving devotion to keep the creative fire burning.