The World According to Jaime de Guzman

A hermit painter’s last years in Mount Banahaw. Paintings from the collection of Saul Hofileña Jr. It is rare to come upon a whole collection of Jaime De Guzman, the hermit artist. This is the first time these paintings are being shared to the public. These are all from the collection of writer-scholar-lawyer Saul Hofileña […]

The Legacy of Ambassador Alfonso T. Yuchengco

Learn the origins of the Yuchengco visionary in this exhibit featuring pieces telling the history of Ambassador Alfonso T. Yuchengco: the diplomat, philanthropist, art patron, and visionary behind some of the country’s most enduring institutions. The Yuchengco Family traces its roots back to the clan of Yu Tiaoqui (1824-1882) in Fujian, China. These ancestor portraits, […]

Buhay Rizal: Portrait of a Nation

Jose Rizal (1861-1896) was an activist, journalist, poet, and doctor who called for the peaceful reform of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines. To Filipinos, he is known as a national hero and one of the greatest champions of nationalism. National hero of the Philippines and Pride of the Malay Race—a renaissance man, writer, poet, doctor, […]

Lyrical Life: Amorsolo

A collection of paintings by Fernando Amorsolo, part of the permanent collection of the Yuchengco Museum on view in our 4F galleries. National Artist Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972) mastered Filipino genre painting, celebrating as it does—Philippine beauty, nostalgia, pageantry, and fantasy. An aesthete rather than a social commentator, he emphasized the finer qualities of his country, […]

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