Let's Paint

In the second half of the 19th Century Filipino painters showed enough maturity of concept and technology to win critical acclaim. Damian Domingo got recognition as the "father of painting in the Philippines." Towards the end of the Spanish regime, two Filipino painters known in Europe - Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo and Juan Luna. Antigone Hidalgo and Luna are both recognized in Europe Spolarium masterpieces of painting Filipino. In 1884, Luna won the first gold medal at the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes its Spolarium. The monumental painting shows fallen gladiators in a pile of corpses hidden in a room under the Roman arena razed.