Parallel Texts: Federico Aguilar Alcuaz

by Rod. Paras-Perez

Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (1932 – 2011) was an award-winning painter who has exhibited extensively in the Philippines and abroad. While he is known for his abstract paintings inspired by Cubism and Surrealism, Alcuaz is also noted for his portraits, landscapes, tapestries, and paintings on ceramics. He was proclaimed as National Artist for the Visual Arts (Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media) in 2009.

This definitive monograph by Rod Paras-Perez accompanies the artist’s retrospective entitled ‘Passionate Eyes’ at the Ayala Museum in 2005. It includes excerpts from the artist’s personal journals and a chronology prepared by Felicidad V. Tan-Co.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Rodolfo Paras-Perez (1934-2011) was an eminent Philippine art scholar and printmaker who has written definitive books biographies on noted Philippine visual artists including: Vicente Manansala, Fernando Amorsolo, Juvenal Sansó, Guillermo Tolentino, Fernando Zóbel and Federico Aguilar Alcuaz. He was the first Filipino scholar that earned a doctorate degree from Harvard University in art history. Paras-Perez himself was an accomplished printmaker with widespread exhibitions in Manila, New York and Hong Kong.