Provenance: :
Private Collection, Manila

ABOUT THE WORK

H.R Ocampo is a visual artist that is considered one of the formative figures of neo-realism. He was one of the members of the pre-war Thirteen Moderns and a member of the Saturday Group with artists Vicente Silva Manansala and Cesar Legaspi. Ocampo’s works transitioned from neorealism to non-objective art. His works are characterized with the image breaking down into its simplest form, creating shapes that mimic a puzzleshaped pattern which highlights Ocampo’s method which is to outline and put a number on each shape then fill it with a specific color corresponding to the assigned numbers. His artistic method is shown in this painting, where we can see each shape in pattern between the colors black, shades of gray and white. (M.D.V.)