Juan Novicio Luna

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JUAN NOVICIO

LUNA

Badoc, Ilocos Norte

Oct. 24, 1857- Dec. 7, 1899





Ateneo Municipal de Manila

• He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree

• Excelled in painting and drawing, and wasinfluenced by his brother, Manuel Luna

1861



1869- 1874

Academy of Fine Arts (Academia de Dibujo y Pintura)in Manila

Influenced and taught how to draw by the Spanish

artist Agustin Saez– vigorous brush strokes displeased his teacher and

Luna was discharged from the Academy

Took drawing lessons under the illustrious paintingteacher Lorenzo Guerrero of Ermita, Manila.

Guerrero was impressed by his skill and urged Lunato travel to Spain to further pursue his studies



1877

He travelled to Europe with Manuel Luna

Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

Befriended the painter Don Alejo Vera

Obtained an award for outstanding color, compositionand antique studies but did not stay long and decidedto be an apprentice of Alejo Vera



1877 ( PAINTINGS)

“Barrio al Lado del Rio" (village by theriver)

– "Vista de un Barrio con Kapok" (BarrioScene with Kapok Trees)



1878

His artistic talentswas establishedwith the opening ofthe first artexpositionin Madrid which wascalledthe ExposiciónNacional de BellasArtes (NationalDemonstration ofFine Arts)



1879

He finished hisminiature "Autoretratoa Edad 22" (Selfportrait at 22), in

charcoal

“Dafnis y Chloe” (Daphnis and Chloe)

• soon win him a silverpalette from theCentro ArtisticoLiterario de Manila

Autoretrato a Edad 22





1883

He started working with his “Spoliarium”

A colossal multi-figure scene depicting dead gladiators beingmourned by their relatives at the basement of the RomanColosseum





“The Blood Compact”

portrays the 1565 Sandugo (blood compact ritual) between RajahSikatuna of Bohol and Miguel López de Legazpi, surrounded byother conquistadors



“Damas Romanas”



“Damas Romanas”

painted by Luna when he was a student of the schoolof painting in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes deSan Fernando in Madrid, Spain

Three Major Elements: Dogs: employed by the ancient Romans for hunting

activities, guardians of the home and theirproperty, and as pets

Doves: animals that connote eroticism

Women: there was a suggestion that the woman onthe right with dark hair could be Maria de la PazPardo de Tavera



1887

Painted the “La Batalla de Lepanto” (Battle of Lepanto)

traveled back to Spain to enter in that year's

Exposition two of his pieces, the ”La Batalla deLepanto” and ”Rendición de Granada” (Surrender ofGranada), which both won in the exhibition

his "Mestiza en su Tocador" (Mestiza Lady at her

Dresser) won a diploma of honor at the ExposicionGeneral de las Filipinas





"Mestiza en su

Tocador"

alternatelycalled Charing ( nickname ofLuna's sister-in-

law Rosario Melgar)



1892

Painted “The Parisian Life” (Interior d'un Cafi)

Luna finished "Peuple et Rois" (People

and Kings), which he intended to sendto the Chicago Universal Exposition of

that year



“The Parisian Life”

portrayed aglimpse ofLuna’s ownlife in the

capital ofFrance whileaccompaniedby two closefriends

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