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{{Infobox artist
{{Infobox artist
| name = José Honorato Lozano
| name = José Honorato Lozano
| image =
| image = Filipino Painting 2 Letra y Figura.jpg
| caption = Letra y Figura a genre of painting pioneered by Jose Honorato Lozano
| caption = Iglesia Parroquial de Quiapo by Jose Honorato Lozano depicts Quiapo, Manila
| birth_name =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1815<ref name=artnet>{{cite web | title = José Honorato Lozano | url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/jos%C3%A9-honorato-lozano/past-auction-results | accessdate = 21 July 2015}}</ref> or 1821<ref name=doronila>{{cite news | last =Doronila | first =Amando | title =Water Paintings of Jose Honorato Lozano | pages = A7 | publisher = [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] | date = 4 October 2001 | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2479&dat=20021004&id=gVY1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=eCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1203,9306584&hl=en | accessdate = 21 July 2015}}</ref>
| birth_date = 1815<ref name=artnet>{{cite web | title = José Honorato Lozano | url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/jos%C3%A9-honorato-lozano/past-auction-results | accessdate = 21 July 2015}}</ref> or 1821<ref name=doronila>{{cite news | last =Doronila | first =Amando | title =Water Paintings of Jose Honorato Lozano | pages = A7 | publisher = [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] | date = 4 October 2001 | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2479&dat=20021004&id=gVY1AAAAIBAJ&pg=1203,9306584&hl=en | accessdate = 21 July 2015}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Manila]], [[Captaincy General of the Philippines]]
| birth_place = [[Manila]], [[Captaincy General of the Philippines]]
| death_date = 1885<ref name=artnet/>
| death_date = 1885<ref name=artnet/>
| death_place =
| death_place =
| nationality = [[Filipinos|Filipino]]<ref>{{cite book | last =Blanco | first =John D. | title =Frontier Constitutions: Christianity and Colonial Empire in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines | publisher =University of California Press | year =2009 | pages =I | url =https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=sNtM4sXUgCEC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Jos%C3%A9+Honorato+Lozano&source=bl&ots=uQXRKc-ef0&sig=LyntNUJJBOPq8XUYWHEpmCFbk5E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX1smAjqrYAhUKJZQKHaivAcc4ChDoAQhUMAc#v=onepage&q=Jos%C3%A9%20Honorato%20Lozano&f=false | isbn =0520943694 }}</ref>
| nationality = [[Filipinos|Filipino]]<ref>{{cite book | last =Blanco | first =John D. | title =Frontier Constitutions: Christianity and Colonial Empire in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines | publisher =University of California Press | year =2009 | pages =I | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=sNtM4sXUgCEC&q=Jos%C3%A9+Honorato+Lozano&pg=PA1 | isbn =978-0520943698 }}</ref>
| religion =
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| field = [[Painting]]
| field = [[Painting]]
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'''José Honorato Lozano''' (1815 or 1821-1885) was a [[Filipino people|Filipino]] painter born in [[Manila]]. He is best known as the pioneering practitioner of the art form known as [[Letras y figuras]], in which the letters of a patron's name is composed primarily by contoured arrangements of human figures surrounded by [[Vignette (graphic design)|vignette]]s of scenes in Manila - an art form that may have derived loosely from [[illuminated manuscripts]].<ref>{{cite web | author = [[Christie's]] | title =Jose Honorato Lozano (c.1815-c.1885) | url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/jose-honorato-lozano-eulalia-n-de-roca-4347846-details.aspx?pos=10&intObjectID=4347846&sid= | accessdate = 21 July 2015}}</ref> Santiago Pilar, an authority on 19th-century paintings, described Lozano's works as "some of the most quaint and endlessly fascinating relics of Filipino culture in Spanish times".<ref name=doronila/>
'''José Honorato Lozano''' (1815 or 1821-1885) was a [[Filipino people|Filipino]] painter born in [[Manila]]. He is best known as the pioneering practitioner of the art form known as [[Letras y figuras]], in which the letters of a patron's name is composed primarily by contoured arrangements of human figures surrounded by [[Vignette (graphic design)|vignette]]s of scenes in Manila - an art form that may have derived loosely from [[illuminated manuscripts]].<ref>{{cite web | author = Christie's | author-link = Christie's | title =Jose Honorato Lozano (c.1815-c.1885) | url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/jose-honorato-lozano-eulalia-n-de-roca-4347846-details.aspx?pos=10&intObjectID=4347846&sid= | accessdate = 21 July 2015}}</ref> Santiago Pilar, an authority on 19th-century paintings, described Lozano's works as "some of the most quaint and endlessly fascinating relics of Filipino culture in Spanish times".<ref name=doronila/>


Lozano was the son of a [[lighthouse]] keeper at [[Manila Bay]]. He grew up in [[Sampaloc, Manila]] outside the walled city of [[Intramuros]]. A local commentator, Rafael Diaz Arenas, remarked as early as 1850 that Lozano was "a watercolourist without rival". Lozano also painted in the conventional [[Costumbrismo|''costumbrista'']] tradition as a means of supplying the demand for [[souvenir]]s of Manila to foreign visitors. He also [[Oil painting|painted in oils]] and the [[History of the Philippines (1521–1898)|Spanish government]] commissioned him to depict episodes from the history of the colony to be displayed during a [[festival|fiesta]] in the district of [[Santa Cruz, Manila]] in 1848.
Lozano was the son of a [[lighthouse]] keeper at [[Manila Bay]]. He grew up in [[Sampaloc, Manila]] outside the walled city of [[Intramuros]]. A local commentator, Rafael Diaz Arenas, remarked as early as 1850 that Lozano was "a watercolourist without rival". Lozano also painted in the conventional [[Costumbrismo|''costumbrista'']] tradition as a means of supplying the demand for [[souvenir]]s of Manila to foreign visitors. He also [[Oil painting|painted in oils]] and the [[History of the Philippines (1521–1898)|Spanish government]] commissioned him to depict episodes from the history of Spanish rule in the country to be displayed during a [[festival|fiesta]] in the district of [[Santa Cruz, Manila]] in 1848.


[[José Maria A. Cariño]], author of ''José Honorato Lozano: Filipinas 1847'', surmises that Lozano may have been trained by Chinese painters or Filipino painters skilled in [[Chinese painting]] techniques.
José Maria A. Cariño, author of ''José Honorato Lozano: Filipinas 1847'', surmises that Lozano may have been trained by Chinese painters or Filipino painters skilled in [[Chinese painting]] techniques.


A folio of Lozano's watercolors surfaced in a 1995 episode of Antiques Roadshow (the UK edition) with appraiser [[Peter Nahum]]. The album had been commissioned by Emile Nyssens, and was sold at Christie's in 1995 for 265,000 British pounds;<ref>[https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/47809395_jose-honorato-lozano-1821-1885 Albun de ML by Jose Honorato Lozano]</ref> and a Spanish marquesa by another—not unless there were two or three separate albums floating around in Europe. But that folio appraised by Nahum went on to sell for GBP240,000 at a later auction.
In September 2016, an extremely rare set of 12 watercolors by Lozano, originally in the possession of a Spanish [[marquess]], was offered at [[auction]] with a starting bid of ₱5 million.<ref>{{cite news | title =Rare Lozano 'letras y figuras' album up for auction | publisher =[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] | date = 13 September 2016 | url =http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/237744/jose-honorato-lozano-artist-lozano-salcedo-auctions-8-rockwell-philippine-visual-arts/ | accessdate = 27 December 2017}}</ref>


In 2021, ''Views of Manila'' (1850), a ''letras y figuras'' watercolor by Lozano that previously was in the collection of economic historian [[Benito J. Legarda]] was sold for a record PHP17.52 million (USD362,412.41), becoming the most expensive artwork sold by the artist internationally.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://leon-gallery.com/auctions/lot/The-Asian-Cultural-Council-Auction-2021/70/53|title=Letras y’ Figuras (Views of Manila)|date=27 February 2021|work=Leon Gallery Fine Art and Antiques|access-date=18 April 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Jose Honorato Lozano paintings ==
Jose Honorato Lonzano's paintings portrays life in the Philippines during his time. <gallery>
File:Filipino Painting 12.jpg|[[Hidalgo Street|Calle Sebastian]]
File:Filipino Painting 11.jpg|Procession
File:Filipino Painting 1.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 6.jpg|Binondo Church
File:Filipino Painting 10.jpg|[[Bahay na bato]] house
File:Filipino Painting 5.jpg|Quiapo
File:Filipino Painting Letras y Figuras 0.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 35.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 30.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 43.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 34.jpg|Filipina Mestiza
File:Filipino Painting 33.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 31.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 18.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 32.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 20.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 23.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 21.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 8.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 4.jpg|Teatro De Binondo
File:Filipino Painting 25.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 22.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 36.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 38.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 27.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 40.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 37.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 28.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 15.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 29.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 14.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 16.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 26.jpg|Procession
File:Filipino Painting 17.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 39.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 41.jpg
File:Filipino Painting 13.jpg
File:Filipino painting 30.jpg|Chino Corredor
</gallery>


== See also ==
== See also ==
[[Damián Domingo]]
*[[Justiniano Asuncion]]
*[[Fabián de la Rosa]]

[[Boxer Codex]]
*[[Damián Domingo]]
*[[Juan Luna]]

[[Juan Luna]]
*[[Fernando Amorsolo]]
*[[Boxer Codex]]

[[Códice Casanatense]]
*[[Letras y figuras]]
*[[Tipos del Pais]]

*[[Félix Resurrección Hidalgo]]
[[Fernando Amorsolo]]
*[[Isabelo Tampinco]]


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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 08:28, 31 December 2024

José Honorato Lozano
Born1815[1] or 1821[2]
Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died1885[1]
NationalityFilipino[3]
Known forPainting
MovementLetras y figuras

José Honorato Lozano (1815 or 1821-1885) was a Filipino painter born in Manila. He is best known as the pioneering practitioner of the art form known as Letras y figuras, in which the letters of a patron's name is composed primarily by contoured arrangements of human figures surrounded by vignettes of scenes in Manila - an art form that may have derived loosely from illuminated manuscripts.[4] Santiago Pilar, an authority on 19th-century paintings, described Lozano's works as "some of the most quaint and endlessly fascinating relics of Filipino culture in Spanish times".[2]

Lozano was the son of a lighthouse keeper at Manila Bay. He grew up in Sampaloc, Manila outside the walled city of Intramuros. A local commentator, Rafael Diaz Arenas, remarked as early as 1850 that Lozano was "a watercolourist without rival". Lozano also painted in the conventional costumbrista tradition as a means of supplying the demand for souvenirs of Manila to foreign visitors. He also painted in oils and the Spanish government commissioned him to depict episodes from the history of Spanish rule in the country to be displayed during a fiesta in the district of Santa Cruz, Manila in 1848.

José Maria A. Cariño, author of José Honorato Lozano: Filipinas 1847, surmises that Lozano may have been trained by Chinese painters or Filipino painters skilled in Chinese painting techniques.

A folio of Lozano's watercolors surfaced in a 1995 episode of Antiques Roadshow (the UK edition) with appraiser Peter Nahum. The album had been commissioned by Emile Nyssens, and was sold at Christie's in 1995 for 265,000 British pounds;[5] and a Spanish marquesa by another—not unless there were two or three separate albums floating around in Europe. But that folio appraised by Nahum went on to sell for GBP240,000 at a later auction.

In 2021, Views of Manila (1850), a letras y figuras watercolor by Lozano that previously was in the collection of economic historian Benito J. Legarda was sold for a record PHP17.52 million (USD362,412.41), becoming the most expensive artwork sold by the artist internationally.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "José Honorato Lozano". Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b Doronila, Amando (4 October 2001). "Water Paintings of Jose Honorato Lozano". Philippine Daily Inquirer. pp. A7. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ^ Blanco, John D. (2009). Frontier Constitutions: Christianity and Colonial Empire in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines. University of California Press. pp. I. ISBN 978-0520943698.
  4. ^ Christie's. "Jose Honorato Lozano (c.1815-c.1885)". Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ Albun de ML by Jose Honorato Lozano
  6. ^ "Letras y' Figuras (Views of Manila)". Leon Gallery Fine Art and Antiques. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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