Untitled (1959) by National Artist Federico Aguilar Alcuaz

A framed Limited Edition Giclée by National Artist Federico Aguilar Alcuaz.

Untitled (1959)
Edition of 30

Frame size: 66.5 x 81 cm

Each copy has its own Certificate of Authenticity signed by representatives from Alcuaz Estate and Fundacion Sansó

About the Artist:

Federico Aguilar y Alcuaz (b.1932 - d.2011) was an artist of voluminous output. He is known mainly for his gestural paintings in acrylic and oil, as well as sketches in ink, watercolor, and pencil. He was also a sculptor of note and has rendered abstract and figurative works in ceramics, tapestries and even in relief sculptures made of paper and mixed media.

Alcuaz belongs to the second generation of Filipino modernists after the fabled Thirteen Moderns, credited along with Jose Joya, Constancio Bernardo, Fernando Zobel, and Arturo Luz, for building a significant body of abstract art from the arguably more tentative efforts of their predecessors. Alcuaz went to the UP College of Fine Arts in Diliman while also taking up his pre-law course at San Beda College. Napoleon Abueva, Jose Joya and Juvenal Sanso were also in school with him at that time, studying under Fernando Amorsolo, Guillermo Tolentino, Irineo Miranda, Constancio Bernardo, and Toribio Herrera. He would go on to win prizes at UP and at the national Shell Art competition, and embarked on several solo exhibits after graduating from San Beda.

Alcuaz would go on in 1955 to obtain a law degree at the Ateneo de Manila in Padre Faura, Manila in deference to his father's wishes, but after mounting an exhibit at the legendary Philippine Art Gallery, he received a fellowship from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Spain and proceeded to study at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, where other Filipino expatriates like Juan Luna, Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, Fernando Amorsolo, Fabian dela Rosa and Jose Ma. Asuncion received similar classical training.

Federico Aguilar Alcuaz x Fundacion Sansó is part of the program under “I CaRE: Initiative for the Continuation of Artist’s Estate” wherein the museum will help the Artist's Estate to develop through merchandising, skill transfer, and copyright resources in order for the Estate to raise funds for their program and future plans.