About Fabián de la Rosa
Don Fabián de la Rosa y Cueto was a Filipino painter. He was the uncle and mentor to the Philippines' national artist in painting, Fernando Amorsolo, and to his brother Pablo. He is regarded as a "master of genre" in Philippine art. De la Rosa lived most of his life in the Philippines and visited Europe for the first time when he was 39. In 1898, de la Rosa won a contest for a scholarship to Spanish Art Academy of San Fernando in Madrid. After traveling from Europe, he became one of the first instructors at the School of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines, where he introduced to his students the decorated form of painting.
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