Félix Resurrección Hidalgo
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Self portrait Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, 1901
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| Born | Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla February 21, 1855 Binondo, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Barcelona, Spain |
| Resting place | Manila North Cemetery |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
| Notable work | Las virgenes Cristianas expuestas al populacho, 1884,
La barca de Aqueronte, 1887 in museums: |
| Movement | Impressionism |
Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla (February 21, 1855 – March 13, 1913) was a Filipino artist. He is acknowledged as one of the great Filipino painters of the late 19th century, and is significant in Philippine history for having been an acquaintance and inspiration for members of the Philippine reform movement which included José Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, Mariano Ponce and Graciano López Jaena, although he neither involved himself directly in that movement, nor later associate himself with the First Philippine Republic under Emilio Aguinaldo.
His winning the silver medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along with the gold win of fellow Filipino painter Juan Luna, prompted a celebration which was a major highlight in the memoirs of members of the Philippine reform movement, with Rizal toasting to the two painters' good health and citing their win as evidence that Filipinos and Spaniards were equals.
Early life and education
Hidalgo was born in Binondo, Manila on February 21, 1855. He was the third of seven children of Eduardo Resurrección Hidalgo and Maria Barbara Padilla. He studied in the University of Santo Tomas. He studied law, which he never finished, received a bacheller en filosifia in March 1871. He was simultaneously enrolled at the Escuela de Dibujo y Pintura. In 1876, he previewed his La barca The Native Boat, Vendedora de lanzones Lanzones Vendor and other paintings at the Teatro Circo de Bilibid before they were sent to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of that year. In 1878, he painted the poignant and well-crafted Los mendigos The Beggars.
Life abroad
In 1877, Resurreccion Hidalgo was awarded second place in the contest for best cover design for the de luxe edition of Fr. Manuel Blanco's Flora de Filipinas ("Plants of the Philippines"). In 1879 he left for Spain as a pensionado in fine arts of the Ayuntamiento of Manila.
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His Las virgenes Cristianas expuestas al populacho (The Christian virgins Exposed to the Populace), was awarded the ninth silver medal at the 1884 Exposición General de Bellas Artes in Madrid. This showed a group of boorish looking males mocking semi-naked female Christians, one of whom is seated in the foreground, with head bowed in misery. In the same exposition, Luna's Spoliarium was awarded a gold medal.
In the Exposición General de las Islas Filipinas in Madrid in 1887, Hidalgo presented La barca de Aqueronte ("The Boat of Charon"),1887, and Laguna estigia ("The Styx"), 1887, for which he received a gold medal. La barca was again shown at the Exposition Universelle in Paris and was awarded a silver medal by an international jury. In 1891 it was accorded a diploma of honor at the Exposición General de Bellas Artes of Barcelona. This painting also received a gold medal in the International Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid during the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America.
He exhibited Adios al sol ("Farewell to, the Sun"), 1891 at the Exposición Internacional de Bellas Artes in Madrid in that year and El crepusculo ("The Dawn"), 1893, at the Universal exposition in Chicago, also in that year. He showed both paintings again at the Exposición Artistica de Bilbao in August 1894. In the Exposición Regional de Filipinas in Manila in January 1895, Hidalgo was represented by his paintings done in the grand romantic manner. In April of the same year he exhibited Oedipus y Antigone ("Oedipus and Antigone"), El violinista ("The Violinist"), Cabeza napolitana ("Head of a Neapolitan"), Cabeza del viejo ("Head of an Old Man"), Un religioso ("A Religious"), and others at the Salon at Champs-Élysées, Paris.
Hidalgo received a gold medal for his overall participation at the Universal Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904. His El violinista was individually accorded a gold medal. In 1912, he visited his relatives in Manila for six months, after which he hurried back to Paris. His mother, who had not seen him for 30 years, wanted him to be with her in her last days but he had to leave. The following year, Resurrección Hidalgo died at Sarrià, Barcelona where he went to recuperate from failing health. His remains were brought to Manila, where it now lies entombed in the family mausoleum at the Cementerio del Norte.
Paintings and Drawings
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Laguna Estigia
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Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas Al Populacho
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La Barca de Aqueronte
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A lady in the moonlight Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
A lady in the Moonlight, undated, oil on canvas, private collection
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La Marina, 1911, oil on canvas, private collection
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Horse Carriage Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
Horse Carriage, undated, oil on canvas, private collection
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Una Dama a la Luz de la Luna by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
Una Dama a la Luz de la Luna, undated, oil on canvas, private collection
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Segadora, oil on canvas by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo.jpg
Segadora, 1889 oil on canvas, private collection
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After the Typhoon by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
After the Typhoon, undated, oil on canvas, private collection
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Seascape by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.JPG
Seascape with Boat, undated, oil on canvas, private collection
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Seascape Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.JPG
Seascape, undated, oil on canvas, private collection
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Self portrait of Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
Self portrait
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Cottage in Normandy by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.JPG
Cottage in Normandy, a study in charcoal
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Grove of Trees (study, charcoal) by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.JPG
Grove of Trees, a study in charcoal
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Grove of Trees (study, oil) by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.JPG
Grove of Trees, a study in oil
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Interior de una Casa by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.JPG
Interior de una Casa, undated, oil on canvas, private collection
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Jarra de Agua Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
Jarra de Agua, undated, oil on canvas, private collection
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La Casa Cerca del Rio Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
La Casa Cerca del Rio, undated, oil on canvas, private collection
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La Madre en el Claustro by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
La Madre en el Claustro, undated, oil on canvas, private collection
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Estudip Femenino by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo.jpg
Estudio Femenino, charcoal drawing, signed and dated "Paris 1889", private collection
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Study of Charon 1 Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
Study of Charon for La Barca de Aqueronte
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Study of Charon 2 by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
Study of Charon for La Barca de Aqueronte
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Study of Governor Bustamante Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
Study for "El Asesinato del Gobernador Bustamante y su Hijo", undated, oil on canvas, private collection
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Village Brittany 1 by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.jpg
Village Brittany 1
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Village Brittany 2 by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.JPG
Village Brittany 2
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BMVB - F. Resurrec. Hidalgo Padilla - Joven filipina - 1251.tif
Young Filipina, 1890
- Primer Estudio de las Jovenes Cristianas, 1884, oil on canvas, Lopez Museum
- En el Jardin, 1885, oil on canvas, Lopez Museum
- Woman Holding a Sword (study under Per Pacem et Libertatem), Lopez Museum
Books
- Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo & the Generation of 1872, by Alfredo R Roces, Eugenio Lopez Foundation, 1998
- A Guide to Luna and Hidalgo Paintings in the López Memorial Museum, by Lopez Museum, Eugenio Lopez Foundation, 1979
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