RARE ALCUAZ WORKS AT SINGAPORE SHOW
Opens Friday, 7 December 2007 at Galerie Joaquin Singapore
Rare works from the artist’s early period will be on exhibit in “Federico Aguilar Alcuaz”, the 1st anniversary show at Galerie Joaquin Singapore. The show which opens Friday, December 7 at 7 p.m. will include 10 oil on canvas works and 10 works in mixed media or watercolor. The artworks are sourced from collectors in Europe and from the artist’s family, these being some of the best from the artist’s oeuvre. Several of them cover the period of the mid 60’s to the late 70’s, the period when some of the most exciting Alcuaz works were produced.
The show is made more timely with the recent unprecedented record prices received by Alcuaz in the past Sotheby’s (September 2007 in Singapore) and most recently, the November 25, 2007 Christie’s auction in Hong Kong. Alcuaz’s “Tres Marias” sold at HK$ 271,000 or P 1,490,000 or 9 times above the minimum estimate while the work “Still Life with Landscape” sold at 5 times its minimum estimate at HK$ 112,500 or P 618,750.
Included in the show is the 31 ½” x 39 ¼ “ oil on canvas piece titled “Still Life with Cups and Lemons” as well as the 30 “ x 24 ½ “ painting titled “Still Life with Lemons, Berries and Jars”. There is also the 23 ½ “ x 28 ½ “ 1976 work titled “Evening View from the Artist’s Window” and seven other oil on canvas works.
There are also several paintings that are book pieces having been featured in the definitive book on Alcuaz titled “Parallel Texts” written by Rod Paras Perez. Featured also are rare watercolor pieces such as the painting “Manila 1968” and “Manila 1968 II” as well as paintings on Wiesbaden, Germany.
Galerie Joaquin Singapore is located at The Regent of Singapore, 1 Cuscaden Road, Ground Floor, Unit 3, Singapore 249715. Tel: +65 67253113 or +65 65631411. For more information visit. www.galeriejoaquin.com.sg.
Born on June 6, 1932 in the City of Manila, Alcuaz was the sixth of eleven children. Federico took his elementary education at the Alejandro Albert Elementary School in Manila and completed it at the Padre Gomez Elementary School. For his university education, he pursued an Associate of Arts Degree from the San Beda College in the evenings and a Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines (UP) in the mornings. Among his professors at the UP were National Artist Fernando Amorsolo (painting) and National Artist Guillermo Tolentino (sculpture) as well as other pillars of Philippine art such as Toribio Herrera, Ireneo Miranda and Constancio Bernardo.
After his undergraduate courses, he took up studies in law at the Ateneo de Manila University’s College of Law where he graduated with a Diploma in Law in 1955. After graduation, he decided to pursue art on a full time basis and won awards for his art including First Prize at the University of the Philippines Art Competition (1953), First Prize at the Annual Shell Competition and 2nd Prize at the UP Annual Art Competition in 1954. In 1955 he received a scholarship grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain to study at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid.
He first based himself in Madrid then in Barcelona. In Europe, he also received numerous awards such as first prize at the Premio Moncada (1957), the Prix Francisco Goya (1958) in Bracelona, the first prize at the Pintura Sant Pol del Mar in Spain (1961) and second prize at the Premio Vancell at the Fourth Biennial of Tarrasa in Barcelona in 1964. Recognition for his art exended beyond Spanish borders. In Paris, he was awarded the Diploma of Honor at the International Exhibition of Art Libre in 1961, the decoration of Arts, Letters and Sciences award from the French Government 1964 and the Order of French Genius in 1964. In 2007, he was acknowledged by the Philippine Government with the Presidential Medal of Merit award for outstanding accomplishments in visual arts.
His works are included in the collection of some 20 museums and major cultural institutions in the world today including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid, the Gulvenkian Foundation Museum of London, the Museum of Modern Art of Warsaw, the Musem of Modern Art of Krakow, and the Philips Cultural Museum of the Netherlands.
In his 55 year career Federico Aguilar Alcuaz has exhibited in leading galleries in Spain, the Philippines, Portugal, Poland, the United States and Germany.
Visit Maestro Alcuaz's website at www.federicoaguilaralcuaz.com |
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Still Life with Cup and Lemons
Oil on Canvas 31.5 x 39.25 in
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Evening View from the Artist's Window
Oil on Canvas 23.5 x 28.5 in
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Fruits, Bowl and Landscape
Oil on Canvas 26.75 x 33 in
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Evening View from the Artist's Window
Oil on Canvas 23.5 x 28.5 in
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Untitled
Oil on Canvas 20 x 27 in
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Still Life with Lemons, Berries and Jars
Oil on Canvas 30 x 24.5 in
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Cityscape
Oil on Canvas 34.75 x 28.75 in
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New York Series
Oil on Canvas 36 x 25.5 in
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Untitled
Oil on Canvas 24 x 20.5 in
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Untitled
Oil on Canvas 13 x 16 in
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