This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by the artist’s
estate confirming the authenticity of this lot

Exhibited: Literature:
Guillermo, Alice. Diosdado Magno Lorenzo: Art Rebel to Legend.
Philippine-Italian Association and Tantoco-Rustia Foundation.
Makati City. 2009. p. 204.

ABOUT THE WORK

Even before the emergence of modernism became mainstream in Philippine Art, Diosdado Lorenzo had already spearheaded the movement, becoming a member of the original Thirteen Moderns. Hernando R. Ocampo once expressed that Lorenzo was the Filipino painter whose work he first saw an element of modernism, proving his noteworthy status as a distinctive modernist. He inclined towards the depiction of the rustic scenery of the countryside and its rural folks, an example of which is this portrait of a barrio girl. Comparing his works to that of Fernando Amorsolo who also created paintings depicting the rural lifestyle, his creations differed in the manner by which the lustrousness and radiance diffusing from the canvas were achieved through the harmonious intermingling of colors while accentuating mostly earthly tones. He deliberately created a rough surface out of his works, giving them a nearly three-dimensional texture and effect that brings life to his subjects.