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A Tour of the Amorsolo Retrospective, Part I

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Do you want to have an Amorsolo Retrospective tour?

Fernando Amorsolo was the first Philippine National Artist for the Visual Arts. He is famed for his bucolic scenes celebrating Philippine rural life and customs, light-filled landscapes and portraits of society figures. The seven-museum retrospective celebrates his extensive oeuvre. Each museum focuses on a different aspect of Amorsolo's art, some of them little known.

In this tour, you will visit four of the seven museums that features the work of
Fernando Amorsolo. The tour is organized by the Museum Foundation of the Philippines and is hosted by Mrs. Petty Benitez Johannot. The tour will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2008, 8am-5pm

Below is the itinerary for the Amorsolo Retrospective tour:
AM
8:00 Meet in front of Sanctuario de San Antonio Church in Forbes Park , Makati City
9:00 Vargas Museum , Univ. of the Philippines , Quezon City
Capturing Anxieties: Amorsolo, His Contemporaries and Pictures of the War
10:45 Lopez Museum , Benpres Bldg, Ortigas Centre
Tell Tale: The Artist as Storyteller, Amorsolo as Co-Author

PM
12:00 Filipino Lunch at Via Mare, Greenbelt 3, Makati City
1:30 Ayala Museum , Makati City
Amorsolo's Women Concealed and Revealed
3:00 Yuchengco Museum , RCBC Tower , Makati City
Mukhang Tsinoy: Portraits by Fernando Amorsolo
4:30 Back to Sanctuario de San Antonio

For inquiries about the tour, you can call or text Elvie Magpayo at 404 2685 or 0928 5039392.

Fee for Museum Foundation Members: Php 1,500
Fee for Non-members: Php 1,700

The fee includes the cost of transportation, museum entrance fees and guides, and lunch at Via Mare excluding drinks

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