As its premiere exhibition for its centennial year, the UP College of Fine Arts (UPCFA) will open HEROËS ANÓNIMOS of a Brilliant Struggle: Art Making and Art Makers of the UP School of Fine Arts (1908-1948) on January 31, 5 p.m., at the Galeriya Bangko Sentral, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Roxas Boulevard, Manila.
The exhibit features works of Fabian de la Rosa, the first national artist for visual arts Fernando Amorsolo, Teodoro Buenaventura, Dominador Castañeda, Ricarte Puruganan, among others.
The exhibition is a collaboration between the UPCFA, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, and private collectors who lent their works for the show.
Prof. Santiago Pilar, exhibition curator, derived the title from a painting of Juan Luna as a fitting reference to a parallel struggle for artists at what was then called the UP School of Fine Arts during the period (1908-1948).
The exhibit is open to the public and will run until July 26.