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Famous works. Added: 27 Mar, 2024. Inspired by a true story, Invincible recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom. ‘Mother and Child’ was created in 1981 by Vicente Manansala in Cubism style.
Pin it on Catholic influence or Filipinos' natural matriarchal tendency, but depicting the bond of a mother and her child is so meaningful that it has somehow become an established tradition of visual artists: almost every iconic Filipino artist has drawn inspiration from this theme.
Mother and Child. author. Vicente Silva Manansala. description. Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: National Museum of Art (Singapore). The painting depicting a young mother with a baby in her arms is one of the author’s many works on the subject of motherhood.
Master painter Vicente Manansala is considered the most prolific and sought-after modernist of mid-20th century Philippine art, renowned for his signature visual of 'Translucent Cubism'. Mother and Child is possibly Manansala's most iconic subject, upon which he based a number of artworks.
His Madonna of the Slums is a portrayal of a mother and child from the countryside who became urban shanty residents once in the city. In his Jeepneys , Manansala combined the elements of provincial folk culture with the congestion issues of the city.
The artist also brings out the humanism of the subject in the expressive faces—the mother with a keen and wary look, and the child reaching up to his mother’s face in a protective gesture against the cruelty and injustice of the world.
May 8, 2024 · In Vicente Manansala’s masterpiece “Mother and Child,” he skillfully portrays the tender relationship between a mother and her child. Through delicate brushstrokes, he emphasizes the soft curves of the mother’s neck and shoulders, symbolizing her nurturing presence.
One of the best watercolourist in the Philippines after Carlos Francisco, Manansala has adapted the transparent quality of the medium to his oil work thus creating a branch of "Transparent Cubism' uniquely associated with his works. View All. Mother and child.
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In Mother and Child, Manansala highlights the soft, feminine curve of the mother’s neck and shoulders. The mother is portrayed as gazing down towards her child, displaying the protective instinct a mother has for her baby.
