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SANSO’S FELICITATIONS OPENS SATURDAY, NOV. 26 AT THE PODIUM
"Felicitations" (Congratulations!), a show featuring works by internationally renowned artist Juvenal Sanso opens Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005, 7PM at the Podium and runs until Nov. 30, 2005.
"Felicitations" is organized by Sanso’s collectors and friends in cooperation with Galerie Joaquin. It is a tribute to the many accomplishments and distinctions garnered by Sanso through an illustrious 55-year career. It is also in celebration of the record sale for his "Still Life", a 28" x 36" painting from his Felicidad series that sold for double the original estimate in the Sotheby’s 20th anniversary auction of Southeast Asian art held in Singapore last Oct. 9, 2005.
Although Sanso is one of the most distinguished artists who grew up in the Philippines, he has remained modest with humility being one of his most endearing qualities. His works are in the top museums in the world.
He also holds the distinction of being adjudged first-prize winner in the 1964 Cleveland Museum of Art competition for his work "Leurs". Previous winners were Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse.
His works are represented in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan museum of New York, Musee d’art Moderne in Paris, Rosenwald National Gallery of Washington,, art collection of the city of Paris, Royal Academy of Madrid and the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
His collectors include the Rothschild family, Nelson Rockefeller, Vincent Price, Elsa Schiaperelli, Jean Cocteau, Prince Michel of Greece, Princess Chubhot of Thailand, Joseph Pulitzer Jr., and the Soeharto family of Indonesia.
Awards and distinctions came early to Sanso, whose family moved to Manila from Catalunia, Spain, in 1933. He studied at the UP School of Fine Arts and the University of Sto. Tomas.In 1951, he won the grand prizes for both oil and watercolor in the Art Association of the Philippines contest.
Recently he was chosen among 11 artists from the Philippines whose works were featured in the 20th-anniversary auction of Southeast Asian art by Sotheby’s. The other artists were National Artists Fernando Amorsolo, H.R. Ocampo, Ang Kiukok and Arturo Luz, and the Old Master, Felix Resurrecion Hidalgo.
As a tribute to this hardworking and highly talented artist, his collectors and friends have decided to put together a show of their favorite Sanso works.
"Felicitations" will feature 40 works of the artist, who turns 76 this Nov. 26. Twenty-four works will come from the collectors while the rest will come from Galerie Joaquin’s collection.
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