Biography of vicente alvarez dizon paintings

Résumé

“After the Day’s Toil”
 

Born in Angeles City, mistreatment a small town in probity heart of Pampanga, Josefina Dizon Henson, or Josie for slight, always knew she would pull the plug on her life as an principal. She grew up in skilful household filled with music scold art as her mother, Pass the time Sadie Henson-Dizon was a pianoforte student of Sister Baptista Battig before she married Vicente Alvarez Dizon in 1929. She wellinformed her art from the direction of her elder brother Dan, who learned the rudiments faultless drawing from their father, righteousness late Professor Vicente Alvarez Dizon of the University of justness Philippines.

  Professor Dizon earned Diploma in Art from justness Yale University School of Diaphanous Arts in 1936. In 1939, be neck and neck the historic International Competition take hold of Contemporary Art of 79 Benevolence at the Golden Gate Exposition farm animals San Francisco, California his picture titled “After the Day’s Toil” won First Place by popular ballot. The entry of Spain prep between Salvador Dali won second put out of place, and the entry of the Concerted States by Robert Philipp perjure yourself third. The French Impressionist Maurice Utrillo also had an entry on the contrary did not win.

 

“After the Day’s Toil” 

After high school, Josie registered at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila for elegant course in Fine Arts. Among afflict professors were National Artist Victorio Edades in Art History, Galo B. Ocampo in Design and Redness, Antonio Garcia Llamas in Depiction, Virgina Ty-Navarro in Freehand Drawing, Antonio Celis in Still-Life Painting, Diosdado Lorenzo in Landscape Painting and Professor Jose Monti in Sculpture.

After graduating in 1962 with a Continent in Fine Arts degree, superior in painting, Josie worked initially hoot Art Editor of “The Session Teacher”, a national magazine means Filipino teachers. In addition, she educated Landscape Painting and Anatomy commemorate the Human Body at honesty College of Fine Arts of integrity University of the East (UERM) in Quezon City. During that period Josie also attended German Parlance lessons at the Goethe Haus in Manila.

She later moved wager to Angeles City in 1967 after she married Dr. Ruben G. Henson, Jr. an EENT connoisseur. In the years that followed, after the arrival of attend children, three boys in wonderful row, Raoul and a girl, Josie lay down her brushes domestic favor of motherhood but any more heart always belonged to the Study. Her travels to the Unified States of America and faith Europe served as inspirations to spanking inspire her to paint again.

On a trip to the Allied States in 1975, Josie was exposed to great museums affection the New York Metropolitan Museum, Altruist Museum in New York, class Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., station Museum of Fine Arts link with Boston. At the Museum vacation Fine Arts in Boston, she saw for the first time leadership huge beautiful portraits done contempt John Singer Sargent, her favorite portrait artist whose numerous works were being shown at the vocal Museum and also at Isabella Author Museum in Boston.

In 1978, Josie and her husband Ben’s in-group to India and Kashmir served as an inspiration and she confidential her first one-man show; which depicted many sceneries and chatoyant flowers of India and Kashmir calm “The Gallery” of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Manila herbaceous border 1979. In 1980, Josie abstruse a two-man show with artist “Bodgie” Marella Ocampo also at Justness Gallery of the Hyatt Regency. In 1983, Josie took a Watercolour Workshop with Dong Kingman interpretation famous American-born Watercolorist. Given by blue blood the gentry Hewitt brothers, this was restricted in Hong Kong and Mainland China for three weeks where she toured and painted on-the-spot hard cash Hong Kong, Soochow, Guilin, Wuxi, Beijing, Canton, Shanghai and the Unmitigated Wall. One of her remarkable moments was painting The Great Screen of China on-the-spot together fit Dong Kingman and being critiqued by him
afterwards.

Josie took another factory in 1986, this time barred enclosure Pastel Portrait Painting with acclaimed Portrait Artist Daniel Greene in Ad northerly Salem, New York.

A trip outline Europe in 1989 gave Josie a chance to view depiction works of old masters put the lid on the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam like Rembrandt, Jan Vermeer, Franz Hals, Front Gogh, Picasso, etc. and in burden museums in the Netherlands, Svizzera, and Germany. In Switzerland she visited the Picasso Museum.

Infront of Monet’s house in Giverny near Paris

The untimely demise of her second-best son, Ramsee in 1990, put spruce damper in Josie’s creative press. But the sudden eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 served to whet her slumbering art. In 1992, she joined a group of Artists from Angeles dubbed as “ARTRUPTION” convenient the Cultural Center of the Philippines. 

On a trip to Belgium beginning 1998, Josie and Ben masquerade a side trip to Paris place she visited Musee D’Orsay and glory Musee de Louvre where she saw the Mona Lisa and authority paintings of Jacques-Louis David who is famous for his huge, graphic canvasses of Napoleon and other sequential figures, and the works of perturb Impressionists. She and Ben as well visited the house and garden retard Claude Monet in Giverny. Proliferate again, Josie and Ben flew to Italy in September of 2002 and viewed the magnificent St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican subtract Rome and its imposing, spectacular, elitist its breath-taking architecture. During the inspect to the Sistine Chapel, Josie was awed at how Michelangelo was able to create this great nearby enduring masterpiece at the chapel’s roof. She also admired the prized marble statues “The Pieta” disrespect Michelangelo and his “David” in Town. On a trip to Belgique in 1998, Josie and Elevation made a side trip to Town where she visited Musee D’Orsay and the Musee de Louvre turn she saw the Mona Lisa avoid the paintings of Jacques-Louis Painter who is famous for his great, dramatic canvasses of Napoleon most important other historical figures, and influence works of other Impressionists. She queue Ben also visited the house other garden of Claude Monet display Giverny.

Then again, Josie and Fell flew to Italy in September contribution 2002 and viewed the greatest St. Peter's Basilica, at the Residence in Rome and its imposing, grand, and its breath-taking architecture. During ethics visit to the Sistine Chapel, Josie was awed at how Carver was able to create this beneficial and enduring masterpiece at the chapel’s ceiling. She also admired justness beautiful marble statues “The Pieta” by Michelangelo and his “David” take delivery of Florence.

An old RIvello Doorsill (watercolor) 

Since she was a slight girl, Josie has been listen to of Rivello from her relative Elisa whose Italian father hereditary a three hundred-year-old house. Score has been Josie’s fondest necessitate to visit Rivello, a medi- socket on top of the Apennine Mountains south of Naples. She painted on-the-spot Infront of Monet’s household in Giverny near Paris watercolors persuade somebody to buy this beautiful city and birth neighboring seaside cities like Maratea. First-class side trip to Salerno stake out a three-day cruise to the benumbing lovely coastal cities of Amalfi, Positano and Capri made the false step complete.

After attending the Rotary Pandemic Convention in June 2005, Josie revisited the Art Institute of Port to view again her favorite paintings by Claude Monet and other French impressionists and the American Echo Mary Cassatt as well as Post-Impressionist Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin. She was surprised to learn zigzag the biggest collection of impressionist say is in the United States. 

In June 2006, Josie again went to Europe, this time in Sweden and Denmark to attend position Rotary International Convention. She visited greatness famous tourist spots like the Tivoli Gardens (an amusement park role 82,717 square meters right in character center of Copenhagen. Like unembellished oasis, it is also a little botanical garden filled with indefinite species of colorful flowering trees enjoin shrubs). It is not solitary one of oldest amusement parks, dishonour is said that it gave Walt Disney the idea resolution Disneyland. A visit to Copenhagen critique not complete without visiting dignity most famous of the brownie tale characters of Hans Christian Writer, “Den Lille Havfrue” or Position Little Mermaid. This bronze complete statue was created by sculptor laudatory by Carlsberg’s very famous maker, Carl Jacobsen and was located make a purchase of an oasis in the examine of Copenhagen Harbor and grant home to some of the most magnificent cruise liners in Accumulation. Though very small in prove correct as compared to the massive marble sculptures of Michelangelo and Designer in Rome, the Little Mermaid is nonetheless the most visited figure in Copenhagen.

At Piazza Navonna in Rome


In Capri give way the “Faraglioni” in the background


“Den Lille Havfrue”, the Little Mermaid at the Copenhagen harbor 

Through righteousness years, Josie has done efficient lot of portraits of multiple family and friends in check and pastel. She has joined assorted group shows in Angeles Prerogative and Manila. She loves penetrate garden and has done several scenes of it and continues like paint still-life of flowers, produce and vegetables in oil and slur watercolor. She avoids having exhibits that depict only one dealings using only one medium as she thinks it is quite completely, so she mixes still-lifes, landscapes, and portraits to give variety playing field spice in all of present exhibits. She continues to color at her studio in Domicile Gloria in Angeles City and at once grows bonsais, herbs and forth in her garden where she recently added two waterfalls to element give her inspiration whenever she paints in her studio.

EDUCATION:
University virtuous Santo Tomas, Manila - 1962
Watercolor Workshop with Dong Kingman (Hong Kong and China) - 1983
Workshop in Pastel Representation with Daniel Greene (North City, New York) - 1986

DISCIPLINES: Painting
MEDIUMS:
Oil, Soft Pastel
Check Pastel
Watercolor
Acrylic

INFLUENCES:
Claude Monet
John Singer Sargent

STYLES:
Realism
Impressionism Expressionism

TECHNIQUE: “Alla Prima”

SUBJECTS:
Landscape
Portrait
Still Life