Amorsolo 1892 - 1972 By Alfredo Roces first edition is the first major exhibition

is the first major exhibition in France in the last twenty years devoted to the archipelago of the Philippines

The Philippines

"This very beautiful book is devoted to the arts of the pre-colonial Philippines

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Amorsolo 1892 - 1972 By Alfredo Roces first edition is the first major exhibitionWritten by Alfredo Roces, this book is the first fully illustrated monograph on a Filipino artist, the first Philippine National Artist, Fernando Amorsolo. Placed in context with the turbulent period in which he lived, from the founding of the Katipunan and the end of WWII, until his death in 1972, it tells the story of the rise and decline of a painter inextricably tied up with the history of Philippine painting. Highly acclaimed for his portraits,