SAN MIGUEL, ROGER (1941 - )

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“Angel Fish” (1969)
Oil on canvas
135.5 x 150cm
Signed lower left
*private collection, Sydney
 
San Miguel is an influential Filipino Mabini Street Artist. He took up Fine Arts at the University of Sto. Tomas under the sponsorship of Filipino philanthropist and art connoisseur Don Ramon Camacho of Cagayan De Oro. He had his first one man show at the Philippine Art Gallery in 1965. Like Paco Gorospe (Picasso Of The Philippines; also at Belle Epoque), his exposure at the PAG landed him his first overseas exhibit the following year at the Art International Galleries in California. He started out as a member of the conservatives’ group Talahib. Roger paints with curvilinear shapes and forms with earth colors and hues that cause movement and life through progressive graphic shapes. Although he follows the Amorsolo tradition, he has developed his own unique and particular style. His works are highly sought after around the world, and are present in several important International Collections and Institutions. His works have been purchased by the likes of the Phillipine International Convention Center, and he was commissioned to reimagine Amorsolo's missing murals at the Manila Metropolitan Theatre to great acclaim.
 
This huge, stunning oil painting is one of his earliest works from 1969. Painted in the Abstract Expressionist style prior to Martial Law in the Philippines (1972).