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    Vicente Manansala was a famous Filipino cubist painter known for his colorful paintings depicting scenes of Filipino culture and daily life. The painting "The Musicians" from 1973 shows four musicians playing instruments along with a dancer, depicted in Manansala's unique "transparent cubism" style using bright abstract shapes and colors. The painting conveys the lively spirit and joy of music and captures a traditional aspect of Filipino culture. While influenced by cubist styles, Manansala infused his works with sensitivity to realist details and vibrant representations of Filipino subjects.

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    Vicente Manansala was a famous Filipino cubist painter known for his colorful paintings depicting scenes of Filipino culture and daily life. The painting "The Musicians" from 1973 shows four musicians playing instruments along with a dancer, depicted in Manansala's unique "transparent cubism" style using bright abstract shapes and colors. The painting conveys the lively spirit and joy of music and captures a traditional aspect of Filipino culture. While influenced by cubist styles, Manansala infused his works with sensitivity to realist details and vibrant representations of Filipino subjects.

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    Arts Appreciation - Vicente Manansala

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    Vicente Manansala was a famous Filipino cubist painter known for his colorful paintings depicting scenes of Filipino culture and daily life. The painting "The Musicians" from 1973 shows four musicians playing instruments along with a dancer, depicted in Manansala's unique "transparent cubism" style using bright abstract shapes and colors. The painting conveys the lively spirit and joy of music and captures a traditional aspect of Filipino culture. While influenced by cubist styles, Manansala infused his works with sensitivity to realist details and vibrant representations of Filipino subjects.

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    Vicente Manansala (1910 - 1981)

    “The Musicians” (1973)

    This is an astonishing artwork by the late Filipino cubist painter and illustrator, Vicente
    Silva Manansala. The painting shows a depiction of a band consisting of four members playing a
    guitar, a cello, a fado (portuguese guitar), and a bouzoukis along with what seems to be a dancer.
    All these characters are displayed with generic poses. But with the help of the bright flat colors
    that make up thes abstract shapes, the vibe of the subject looks energetic and alive especially
    with the female dancer. There is a lively musical spirit emanating from the painting. It showcases
    the uniqueness of Manansala’s self-termed 'Transparent Cubism' and how it can give life to an
    artwork and even make it so that you can feel a melody present in the event of the subject.

    Vicente Manansala was well-known for his cubist prints and colorful paintings with
    vibrant schemes. With his representations of current Filipino life, Manansala explored themes of
    intimacy, poverty, and culture. This particular painting is the ideal example of Manansala's
    profound understanding of the cubist graphic vocabulary, his sensitivity to realist details, and his
    deftness in achieving the ideal harmony between representation and structure. His use of eye-
    catching colors blending with each other contributes to its individual atmosphere. From his most
    famous works "Madonna of the Slums" and "Jeepneys", Vicente developed transparent cubism,
    wherein the delicate tones, shapes, and patterns of figure and environment are masterfully
    superimposed. All are very well displayed in every art piece he engendered.

    In the painting, one can observe a simple impression of the many cultural experiences of
    the Philippines. Even if there are many other masterpieces that depict a similar subject of music
    such as Picasso's Three Musicians and The Music Lesson by Johannes Vermeer, this specific one
    gives more of a cultural influence and exhibits a traditional Filipino art. The colorful mood of the
    artwork is a character trademark of the joy that enriches the average Filipino livelihood. In both
    music and art that lets individual people express their minds and feelings.

    While others might think I only admire this art piece because of the famous artist. Which
    is also one of the reasons I do adore Filipino art. What makes it special for me is not the painting
    nor the artist, but the soul of the art. It depicts people having fun and doing what they love. It’s
    human in itself. Life could be very hard and existential at times but of all things, we are still us
    and we are all we have left. Our culture, values, interests, and experience is what makes us
    human. A person. I have been suffering from existential thoughts for the past month but seeing
    Vicente’s painting of people playing music has reminded me that life is great.

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