Through his life we found mysteries, through his works we found histories, “The Life and Works of Dr. Jose Rizal” the Philippine National Hero.
– Jose Rizal –
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DR. JOSE RIZAL AS A VISUAL ARTIST
Dr. Jose Rizal was very flexible that he had so many talents. He made various paintings, sketches as well as sculptures. Having a lot of sweet hearts he made portraits of name mostly made by oil on canvas as his midium. He also made some for his friends such as Ferdinand Blummentritt and Juan Luna. With all this works he also manage to make some anatomical drawings of insects and plants since he studied medicine during his years studying in the University of Santo Tomas. Lastly, while traveling he liked to make panoramic paintings or pencil sketches of the landscapes of the places he passes by or stayed in.
Apart from being a hero, patriot, and a writer, Dr. Jose Rizal was once an artist. His work of art are not less than 110 and these are: 8 paintings, 51 sketches, 46 sculptures, 2 engineering plans, and 3 maps. He has an engineering plans because aside from being a doctor he is also an engineer. He began showing his artistic skills when he was at the age of 5, surprising his family with his sketches and clay models. During the 1869, he was admired by the town officials as well as the whole town by reproducing a better copy of the Spanish-coat-of-arms as an emergency replacement to the banner for the town fiesta eve. He also produce a portraits of Segunda Katigbak and Leonor Rivera, two of his early loves, and also the sculpture of Josephine Bracken on the wood, and the “Triumph of death over life” and the “Triumph of science over death” using clay. Also he created a two copies of Sacred Heart of Jesus using wood and terra cotta. He also painted his sister Saturnina Rizal using oil which now happened to be in the Shrine in Fort Santiago. Among of his favorite subjects are women, religion, friends, places and the people he met during his travel in other countries
PAINTINGS
DAPITAN CHURCH CURTAINS
Material: Oil
Remarks: Made in Dapitan, 1894
He once demonstrated his talent for painting while in Dapitan. In 1894, Fr. Vicente Balaguer thought of a backdrop for the Holy Week. He wanted one that’s done in canvas oil painting. He heard of Rizal’s painting ability and requested him to paint a beautiful backdrop for the church altar that would show a colonnaded court, seen from a wide open gate like that of a scene depicting the court of Pontius Pilate. Fr. Balaguer sketched his idea based from a church in Barcelona, Spain and after Rizal showed him his sketch, Rizal with the help of Sister Agustina Montoya, a Filipina nun from Cavite who could paint, and Francisco Almirol, a native painter of Dapitan started the difficult task of painting the scene in oil.
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SATURNINA RIZAL
Material: Oil
Remarks: Now in Rizal Shrine in Fort Santiago
Saturnina Rizal Mercado de Hidalgo or simply Saturnina Hidalgo was the eldest sister of Philippine national hero José Rizal. She was married to Manuel T. Hidalgo, a native and one of the richest persons in Tanauan, Batangas. She was known as Neneng.
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SPANISH COAT OF ARMS
Material: Water color
Remarks: Done during a fiesta of San Rafael in Calamba in 1867
The coat of arms of Spain symbolizes the country and the nation; the old kingdoms of Spain the Royal Crown the Imperial Crown, the Constitutional monarchy, the Spanish national motto: Plus ultra, and the Pillars of Hercules with the Spanish geographic situation. The Monarch, the heir to their throne and some institutions like the Senate, the Council of state or the General Council of Judiciary have their own arms.
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CHRIST CRUCIFIED
Material: Crayon
Remarks: 1875
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PORTRAIT OF MORAYTA
Material: Crayon
Remarks: Made in Barcelona, 1885
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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Material: Crayon
Remarks: Made in Manila, 1974
The doctrine of the Roman Catholic asserts that Mary being the mother of Jesus, was preserved free from the effects of the sin of Adam usually referred to as “original sin” from the first instant of her conception. Although various texts in both the Old and the New Testaments have been cited in defense of the doctrine, it seems to have arisen from a general acceptance in the early church of Mary’s holiness. Especially after Mary had been solemnly declared to be the mother of God at the Council of Ephesus in 431, most theologians doubted that one who had been so close to God could have actually experienced sinful acts.
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A PAINTING ON A PAIR OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL
Material: Oil
Remarks: Shells painted by Rizal in Dapitan and given as a gift to Doña Leonor Valenzuela and later passed into the hands of Doña Margarita Valenzuela
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SCULPTURES
TRIUMPH OF DEATH OVER LIFE
Material: Clay
Remarks: Given to Dr. Blumentritt in 1890 in Brussels
This is an interesting composition of the naked girl collapsed and really draped over the skeleton.
Her head resting on the left shoulder of the hooded skeleton and both arms hanging down her sides, her right hand holding onto the arm of the skeleton. The skeleton is holding her firmly and both skeletal hands can be clearly seen. This sculpture was from the original sculpture by Jose Rizal done in 1890 and then copied by Tolentino in 1960.
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TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE OVER DEATH
Material: Clay
Remarks: Given to Dr. Blumentritt in 1890 in Brussels
The statue depicts a young, nude woman with flowing hair, standing on a skull while bearing a torch. The woman symbolizes the ignorance of humankind during the dark ages of hustory while the torch she bears symbolizes the enlightenment science brings to the world. The woman stands atop a skull, a symbol of death to signify the victory that humankind aims to achieve by conquering the bane of death through scientific advancement.
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BUST OF FATHER JOSE GUERRICO
Material: Clay
Remarks: Made in Dapitan, 1894
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OYANG DAPITANA
Material: Clay
Remarks: Made in Dapitan in 1893 – 1894
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MODEL HEAD OF A DAPITAN GIRL
Material: Clay
Remarks: Made in Dapitan
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SACRED HEART OF JESUS
Material: Wood
Remarks: Made in Ateneo de Manila in 1875 – 1877
Material: Terra Cotta
Remarks: Made in Dapitan, 1894
The devotion to the Sacred Heart (also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sacratissimum Cor Iesuin Latin) is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Roman Catholic devotions, taking the heart of the resurrected Body as the representation of the love by Jesus Christ God, which is “his heart, pierced on the Cross”, and “in the texts of the New Testament is revealed to us as God’s boundless and passionate love for mankind”.
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MOTHER’S REVENGE
Material: Clay
Remarks: Made in Dapitan in 1894
“The Mother’s Revenge”. It shows a moother -dog killing a crocodile. It was when hispupils secretly visited him in Dapitan and his puppy followed them but was eaten by a crocodile.
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JOSEPHINE BRACKEN
Material: Wood
Remarks: Made in Dapitan in 1895 – 1896
Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken (October 3, 1876 – March 15, 1902) was the common-law wife of Philippine national hero José Rizal during his exile in Dapitan in the province of Zamboanga del Norte in the southern Philippines.In the early morning hours of December 30, 1896, the day of his execution by firing squad, the couple were married in Fort Santiago, the place of his incarceration, following his reconciliation with the Catholic Church. The marriage is disputed by some sectors because no records were found regarding the union, discounting the unusual events of that day, even if it was attested by Josephine herself and the officiating priest.
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SKETCHES
SINGAPORE LIGHTHOUSE
Material: Ink or pencil
Remarks: Sketch book of Rizal on his first trip on May 1882 or the diary
Jose Rizal (1861-1896), fondly remembered as the founding father of the modern Philippines, was one luminary who formed favourable impressions of Singapore. In May 1882, Rizal left the Spanish colony of the Philippines on his way to Spains for further studies in medicine. As a keen 21 year old leaving home for the first time, he meticulously recorded his observations of life and events in a journal that offers a picturesque snap-shot of Singapore in the late 19th century, which are historically important for the breath of details captured.
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ALONG SUEZ CANAL
Material: Ink or pencil
Remarks: Sketch book of Rizal on his first trip on May 1882 or the diary
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ADEN
Material: Ink or pencil
Remarks: Sketch book of Rizal on his first trip on May 1882 or the diary
The port of Aden, Yemen is important for the US Navy fleet. It was an important port of call in the 1880’s. Steamers coming from Asia load coal from this port before proceeding on to the Suez Canal on the way to Europe.
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