Angelito Garcia Antonio, Philippines, abstract ink drawing, SLR Antonio and dated 1971, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2”, 14 x 11” matted.
Antonio was born to a farmer’s family from Malolos, Bulacan, in 1939. He took up Architecture at Mapua Institute of Technology, but on his second year transferred to UST in 1958. There he met the esteemed Galo Ocampo, who saw talent in the young man, gave him a scholarship, and encouraged him to join the Shell art competition.
Antonio won second place in the Oil category in 1963. It was also Ocampo who urged him to join the faculty after he graduated. It was also at UST where he met Manansala, his professor in Composition.
Antonio taught in 1963-1979. He won the Grand Prize at the Art Association of the Philippines in 1964, as well as Second and Third Prizes in the same contest in 1962 and 1964.<BRHe was included in the initial batch of Thirteen Artists Awardees of the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1973. Among his co-awardees were Danny Dalena and Mario Parial, also from UST.
In 1977, National Artist Luz saw his work and invited him to exhibit his monochromatic paintings of native folk done in black and white at the prestigious Luz Gallery.

14 x 11 in

10 lb