Graciano Nepomuceno

菲律宾
菲律宾
奥运参赛次数1
奥运首秀1948年伦敦奥运会
出生年份1881

个人信息

Sculptor and painter Graciano Nepomuceno, from the Philippines. was a leading sculptor and -santero (icon maker) during the early 1900s. He studied wood carving, sculpturing and painting under the leading local artists of the time. His famous works included the figure of San Francisco in Quiapo Church and the bust of Jose Rizal done in bronze relief. Besides this, he produced realistic polychrome figures of peasant types, such as a woman holding a clay pot, and a grey-haired man proudly holding a rooster. Animal subjects also fascinated Nepomuceno, and one of his best known sculptures portrayed a man grappling, and subduing, a crocodile. The work, submitted to the 1948 Olympic art competitions, was a wooden sculpture of a boy playing sipa, a popular local game played with a rattan ball. He also excelled as a painter, and the ceilings in Malacañang Palace, the official residence of the President of the Philippines. He also transposed famous paintings, like Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper”, into carved reliefs.

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