Anita Magsaysay-Ho, pillar of Filipino modernist art,
passes away at age 97
05-May-12, 1:57 PM | Francine M. Marquez, InterAksyon.com
Painter Anita Magsaysay-Ho, one of the most important and
gifted Philippine modernists, passed away Saturday morning, at the age of
97.
Magsaysay-Ho won awards in several local and international
art competitions and exhibited works in major local and international art
galleries worldwide. Her well-known works depict figurative abstracts of
women at work, landscapes, and Philippine genre scenes. Her charcoal sketches
of female nudes are also widely recognized. Collections of Magsaysay-Ho's works
can be viewed in major museums and galleries such as the Metropolitan
Museum of the Philippines , the Yuchengco
Museum , the Lopez
Memorial Museum
and Library, and the Ateneo
Art Museum
Anita Magsaysay-Ho was born in 1914 and studied painting at
the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts under prominent artist-teachers
such as Fabian Dela Rosa, Fernando Amorsolo and Irineo Miranda, according to
the book, "Anita Magsaysay-Ho: A Restrospective". It adds: "She
graduated in 1933 then went to continue her studies at the Art Students League
in New York and at the Cranbrook Academy of
Arts in Michigan
In 2008, Magsaysay-Ho paved the way for Filipino artists to
gain higher international recognition when a small painting of hers titled
"In the Market Place" broke price records at a Christie's auction in
Singapore, going for US$375,000 (about P15 million).
Her body was cremated on Saturday morning. Friends and
members of the public can pay their final respects at the Kapilya De la Virgen
at the Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park ,
Makati City
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