Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo (1855-1913)
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo (1855 - 1913) was active/lived in Spain, Philippines. Felix Hidalgo is known for Impressionist portrait, landscape and religious subject painting.


Signed On Lower Right Corner
The Medium Is Watercolor On Paper
Beautiful Condition. With Frame.
Painting's age is estimate circa 1900s by checking the age of the artwork and medium.
Size of the painting is 4 1/2 By 7 inches, frame is 12 by 14 1/2 inches

Hidalgo won other prestigious awards around the world for Oedipus y Antigone (Oedipus and Antigone), El Violinista ("The Violinist"; gold medal), La Barca de Aqueronte ("The Boat of Charon"), Laguna estigia ("The Styx"; gold medal), and others.

La Barca de Aqueronte has a remarkable history as it was shown at the Exposition Universalle in Paris (silver medal), again at the Exposición General de Bellas Artes of Barcelona (gold medal), and at the International Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid (diploma de honor) during the quadricentennial anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Ultimately, the Spanish government bought the painting in 1893 and hung it in the Museo-Biblioteca de Ultramar. After the United States annexed the Philippines, it was sent to the Museo Nacional de Pinturas de Madrid. In 1904, Hidalgo took a gold medal for his overall performance in the Universal Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri.

Hidalgo spent more time painting abroad—nearly thirty years in total—than he did living in the Philippines. He enjoyed living the quiet life in Paris, devoting his life to art, and working from his studio, which became a sort-of Filipino artist and revolutionary refuge. Although he struggled financially as an artist in the city, Hidalgo adored Paris and was extremely productive during his time there. To help support his career, Hidalgo even worked as a correspondent for La Independencia, a newspaper published in Manila by a revolutionary general.

One year before his death he traveled to Asia and parts of Eastern Europe. He began this trip with a six-month visit to post-revolutionary Philippines to see his sick mother and other relatives who he had been apart for nearly thirty years. While in Manila he completed several landscapes of his homeland. Hidalgo's mother wanted him to remain with her until her death, but the artist did not want to be away from Paris for long. He left his family and traveled to Japan and took the Trans-Siberian railway back to Europe, however he fell severely ill in Russia and was near death by the time he reached his beloved Paris. He journeyed on to Spain in hopes of recovery, but died at the age of 53 near Barcelona in 1913. Hidalgo was honored by the Philippines that same year with a street named after him in Quiapo, Manila. Hidalgo Street was regarded as the most beautiful street in Manila during the late 19th century. His remains were returned to the Philippines by a friend for final burial at a family mausoleum in Manila.

His work is featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila and the Lopez Museum in Pasig City, Philippines. A work by Hidalgo on the art market may approach a selling price near seven figures.


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Private Collection from Long Island

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