Juan luna artist biography pdf

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. In 1873, he became an apprentice officer and traveled to various Asian ports. Whenever his ship was in port in Manila, he took painting lessons in the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura of Fr.

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Don Lorenzo Guerero, whoe easily recognized the young man’s natural talent, was the first tutor of the young Luna.

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He persuaded Luna’s parents to send their son to Spain for advanced painting lessons. Luna left for Barcelona in 1877 together with his elder brother Manuel, who was a violinist. He 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.

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