Fabian de la Rosa

Famous Filipino Painters: Fabian Cueto de la Rosa (May 5, 1869 – December 14, 1937) was a Filipino painter. He was uncle and mentor to the Philippines' national artist in painting, Fernando Amorsolo, and to his brother Pablo. He is regarded as a “master of genre” in Philippine art.

He received his first training in painting when he was still ten years old, from an aunt, Mariana de la Rosa. He also received training from Agustin Saez while studying at the Escuela de Bellas Artes y Dibujo (School of Fine Arts and Portraits), although he only stayed at that school for three years. He also received training from Lorenzo Guerrero and Miguel Zaragoza. In 1908, he was given the opportunity by the Germinal Cigar Factory to become a scholar in Europe, where he was able to study at the Académie Julian in Paris, France.

Works:
Women Working in a Rice Field, 1902
Transplanting Rice, 1904
The Death of General Lawton, 1904
Un recuerdo de la Villa Borghese (A Remembrance of the Villa Borghese), 1909
Planting Rice, 109.2 x 190.6 cm, oil on canvas, 1921, National Museum Collection
Los Baños, watercolor, 56.2 x 66.4 cm, 1922, UP Vargas Museum
La pintora (Woman Painter), 1926
La bordadora (The Embroiderer), ca. 1926
Landscape with Dark Trees, 1927
Pasay Beach, Manila, 1927
Young Filipina, oil on canvas, 34.2 x 27.9 cm, 1928 , Paulino Que Collection
El kundiman (The Kundiman), 1930
Riverview of Sta. Ana, 48.2 x 64.5 cm, oil on canvas, 1938, UP Vargas Museum Collection
Marikina Road, ca. 1939
Fishermen's Huts on Balut Island, Tondo
View of Santa Ana
Marikina Valley, oil on canvas, 39.3 x 50 cm, undated, UP Vargas Museum Collection