Juan Luna's "Manton Lady" Rubber Computer Mousepad
About the Mousepad :
This rectangular rubber computer mousepad measures 9"x7" (23x18 cm) and is proudly produced and copyrighted by the Ayala Museum, Manila Philippines.
About the Painter : Juan Luna (1857-1899)
Juan Luna was born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, on October 23, 1857, and, like Hidalgo, was the third of seven children. Early in his life, the family moved to Manila and lived in Trozo. The young Luna received his early education at the Ateneo Municipal and later at the Escuela Nautica de Manila. Luna left for Barcelona in 1877 and entered the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, where, in a year's time, he won the only academic prize of his school.
Luna's growing fame won for him a four-year pensionadoship for the Ayuntamiento de Manila. Though under obligation to paint only one canvas, he gave the Spanish government three; namely, "The Blood Compact," now in Malacanang. "Don Miguel Lopez de Legazpi," which was burned during the war and "Governor Ramon Blanco" (which was part of the present collection). It was while in Rome that Luna worked incessantly on the "Spoliarium." He entered this painting in the Exposicion General de Bellas Artes in Madrid, and it won one of the three gold medals. Having attained fame, Luna now received various government commissions, such as "The Battle of Lepanto," "Peuple et Rois" and "España y Filipinas."
Luna's canvases show a distinct contrast to those of Hidalgo's. In contrast to the ever-delicate paintings of Hidalgo, Luna's work show more drama and bravura. A forceful dynamic man, Luna has his personality stamped on every canvas of his. His power and joie de vivre were notable characteristics of his works. A Filipino art critic spoke of Luna thus: "Vigor and realism characterize his art. In a single brush stroke, he paints a fair of emotions that fills the beholder with drama and tragedy of his theme…Luna was graver, more profound in his emotions than Hidalgo. The latter was mre pure, more serene in his feelings." Luna sought inspiration not from his contemporarries, the Impressionists, but from the Romantic Delacroix, Rembrandt and Daumier from whom he learned imparting power and mysticism to his works. All these influences were incorporated in a style that was Luna's own.
Luna's fame spread far and wide; he was acclaimed both in Europe and at home, yet there were skeptical Spaniards who took his race against him. Rizal defended him by saying, "Genius has no country, genius burst forth everywhere, is like light and air - the patrimony of all; cosmopolitan as space, as life as God."
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