Cesar Legaspi - Artworks and Paintings Collection




Sea of Gold , 1990 - Cesar Legaspi

Sea of Gold , 1990 - Cesar Legaspi



Cesar Torrente Legaspi (April 2, 1917 – April 7, 1994) was a Filipino National Artist in painting. He was also an art director prior to going full-time in his visual art practice in the 1960s. 

His early (1940s–1960s) works, alongside those of peer, Hernando Ocampo are described as depictions of anguish and dehumanization of beggars and laborers in the city. These include Man and Woman (alternatively known as Beggars) and Gadgets. Primarily because of this early period, critics have further cited Legaspi's having "reconstituted" in his paintings "cubism's unfeeling, geometric ordering of figures into a social expressionism rendered by interacting forms filled with rhythmic movement".

                                                                                                                                    
Legaspi was born to Manuel Legaspi and Rosario Torrente in Tondo, Manila. He took up painting for one term at the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts before he decided to take commercial art courses instead. There he received medals for perspective and illustration projects. 

He earned his Certificate of Proficiency in 1936, after which he continued his education in art under Pablo Amorsolo. He went to Madrid in 1953 and pursued Art Studies under a scholarship at the Cultura Hispanic until 1954. He also went to Paris to study at the Academie Ranson for one month under Henri Goetz. 


Mystic Seaport, Mass., USA, 1979 - Cesar Legaspi

Mystic Seaport, Mass., USA, 1979 - Cesar Legaspi



Apart from this, he holds the record of five retrospective exhibitions at different venues: the Museum of Philippine Art in 1978, the National Museum and the Metropolitan Museum in 1988, and the Luz Gallery and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1990. 

He was an active member of the Art Association of the Philippines and was part of the Neo-Realists. He was also the head of the Saturday Group artists from 1978 until his death on April 7, 1994.


Magellan and Lapu-Lapu, 1962  - Cesar Legaspi

Magellan and Lapu-Lapu, 1962  - Cesar Legaspi



Ritual , 1951 - Cesar Legaspi

Ritual , 1951 - Cesar Legaspi


Back in the Philippines, he had his first one-man show at the Luz Gallery in 1963. While this led to an active phase with his major pieces, he also worked as a magazine illustrator and artistic director at an advertising agency. He finally left the agency in 1968 to focus on his painting.



During his career as an artist, he had the opportunity to be part of several exhibits abroad, including the First Plastic Arts Conference in Rome in 1953, the São Paulo Biennial in Graphic Arts in 1967 and 1969, and the Wraxall Gallery in London with Filipino artists Mauro Malang Santos and Benedicto Cabrera in 1982. 


Abstract, 1970 - Cesar Legaspi

Abstract, 1970 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled - Cesar Legaspi



Abstract Painting , 1972 - Cesar Legaspi

Abstract Painting , 1972 - Cesar Legaspi



Abstract, 1976 - Cesar Legaspi

Abstract, 1976 - Cesar Legaspi





C.1982 Vintage CESAR LEGASPI ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHING Fishnet Filipino Philippines Manila Framed Lambat Sa Alima

C.1982 Vintage CESAR LEGASPI ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHING Fishnet Filipino Philippines Manila Framed Lambat Sa Alima



Chao Phia River , 1980 - Cesar Legaspi

Chao Phia River , 1980 - Cesar Legaspi



Collaboration - H.R. Ocampo, Justin Nuyda and Cesar Legaspi - Abstract

Collaboration - H.R. Ocampo, Justin Nuyda and Cesar Legaspi - Abstract





Female Nude,1978  - Cesar Legaspi



First mass of Limasawa , 1967 - Cesar Legaspi

First mass of Limasawa , 1967 - Cesar Legaspi



Fruit Vendor , 1954 - Cesar Legaspi

Fruit Vendor , 1954 - Cesar Legaspi



GININTUANG MAYO , 1985 - Cesar Legaspi

GININTUANG MAYO , 1985 - Cesar Legaspi



Gladiola - Cesar Legaspi

Gladiola - Cesar Legaspi



Green Orb, 1968 - Cesar Legaspi

Green Orb, 1968 - Cesar Legaspi



Lavanderas , 1946 - Cesar Legaspi

Lavanderas , 1946 - Cesar Legaspi




Mag-Ina , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi

Mag-Ina , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi






Mother and Child - Cesar Legaspi

Mother and Child - Cesar Legaspi




Nude , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi

Nude , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi






Searching , 1983 - Cesar Legaspi

Searching , 1983 - Cesar Legaspi





Still life , 1984 - Cesar Legaspi

Still life , 1984 - Cesar Legaspi



Still life , 1987 - Cesar Legaspi

Still life , 1987 - Cesar Legaspi



Still Life , 1993 - Cesar Legaspi

Still Life , 1993 - Cesar Legaspi



Taiwan 1979, Hong Kong 1979, Makiling National Park 1989, Hong Kong 1979 - Cesar Legaspi

Taiwan 1979, Hong Kong 1979, Makiling National Park 1989, Hong Kong 1979 - Cesar Legaspi



The Building, Canada , 1979 - Cesar Legaspi

The Building, Canada , 1979 - Cesar Legaspi



The scene , 1970 - Cesar Legaspi

The scene , 1970 - Cesar Legaspi




Torso , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi

Torso , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi



Tree Planting , 1949 - Cesar Legaspi

Tree Planting , 1949 - Cesar Legaspi



Tres Marias , 1975 - Cesar Legaspi

Tres Marias , 1975 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled - Untitled - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled - Untitled - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled (Carabao)  - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled (Carabao)  - Cesar Legaspi






Untitled (Girl) , 1990 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled (Girl) , 1990 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled (Guerillas) - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled (Guerillas) - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled ('Jeepney' series) , 1988 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled ('Jeepney' series) , 1988 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled (Mountain Scene) , 1980 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled (Mountain Scene) , 1980 - Cesar Legaspi






Untitled , 1956 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1956 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1967 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1967 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1967 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1967 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1970 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1970 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1973 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1973 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1975 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1975 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1976 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1976 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1982 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1982 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1982 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1982 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1988 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1988 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1988 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1988 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled , 1992 - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled - Cesar Legaspi



Untitled, 1970 - Cesar Legaspi

Untitled, 1970 - Cesar Legaspi



Water lilies, 1983 - Cesar Legaspi

Water lilies, 1983 - Cesar Legaspi



Women and children , 1971 - Cesar Legaspi

Women and children , 1971 - Cesar Legaspi




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