Cesar Buenaventura
(Filipino, 1922–1983)
Biography
Cesar Buenaventura was a Filipino painter known throughout his home country for his vibrantly colorful and thickly painted depictions of landscapes and people of the Philippines. Buenaventura often depicted farmers plowing fields or fisherman coming back from the sea, focusing on quiet scenes of everyday domestic and agrarian life. Similar to the peasant painting series of Dutch master Vincent van Gogh, he lent these scenes an almost holy sense of respect and empathy for his subjects, elevating the laboring of people. Born on January 14, 1922 in Manila, Philippines, Buenaventura was the son of the celebrated Filipino painter Teodoro Buenaventura. The younger Buenaventure was initially forbidden from studying art in school because of his father’s objections, but later on, his father would train him and allow him to become a pupil of the famous painter Fernando Amorsolo. He died in 1983 in the Philippines.
Cesar Buenaventura
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.jpg "Untitled (Boat scene), 1965")
Cesar Buenaventura
CESAR BUENAVENTURA O/C NIGHT TIME CITY SCENE
Sale Date: August 26, 2022
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.jpg "Untitled (Landscape), 1978")
.jpg "Untitled (Abstract)")
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