Justiniano Asuncion (September 26, 1816 – 1901), also known as Capitan Ting, was a
Filipino painter.
Background
Asuncion was one of the leading Filipino painters in the 19th century. In 1834, he studied at Escuela de Dibujo, where he obtained his skills in painting. Sometime in 1855, he became capitan municipal of
Santa Cruz,
Manila. Asuncion was the painter of the famous ''Coronation of the Virgin'', the ''Virgin of Antipolo'', ''Filomena Asuncion'', and ''Romana A. Carillo''. He produced life-sized paintings of San Agustin, San Geronimo, San Antonio, and San Gregorio Magno which were kept at the
Santa Cruz Church before the
World War II. These precious canvases were destroyed when
the Japanese bombarded the church in February 1945. His works mirror the mannerism of that period – the first 75 years of the 19th century. The portraitists of those time carefully delineated features of the head; the hands and other minor details with linear accuracy; usually disregarding tonal values and emphasizing hardness of effect. The
University of Santo Tomas Museum owns one of Asuncion’s paintings, dated February 1862. An unsigned portrait of Fr. Melchor Garcia de Sampedro at the UST Museum is said to be the work of Asuncion. Most of his other works are kept as national treasures at the Central Bank of the Philippines and the Philippines Museum. On September 12, 1983, at the façade of Santa Cruz Church in Manila, a marker was installed in his honor.
Personal life and death
Asuncion is the tenth child of Mariano Kagalitan, Sr. (later Asuncion). His siblings are: Manuel (born 1792), Antonio (1794), Victoria (1796), Mamerta (1798), Justo (1800), Mariano, Jr. (1802), Epifanio (1806), Ambrosio (1808), Pascula (1811), Leoncio (1813), Canuta (1819), Theodoro (unknown).
Justiniano married Justina Farafina Gomez and had six children: Benita, Zacarias, Marcelina, Jacobo, Gabriel and Martiniana. His grandsons from Zacaris Asuncion include Adonis Asuncion (mayor of
Bulan, Sorsogon
Bulan, officially the Municipality of Bulan, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 105,190 people, making it the most populated town in the province.
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), Justiniano Asuncion (founder of the oldest Greek-letter fraternity in Asia,
Upsilon Sigma Phi), Kenerino (founder of the first private school and oldest existing high school in
Bulan, Sorsogon
Bulan, officially the Municipality of Bulan, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 105,190 people, making it the most populated town in the province.
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, Southern Luzon Institute-Kenerino Ramirez Asuncion Memorial School).
His grandson from Leoncio is Filipino artist Rafael Asuncion.
He died in 1901 at the age of 85.
[https://www.geni.com/people/Justiniano-M-Asuncion/6000000010859767334 ''Justiniano M. Asuncion'']
Works
File:Dolores Paterno, c. 1870 by Justiniano Asuncion.jpg, ''Dolores Paterno'', c. 1870 by Justiniano Asuncion
File:Mestizos Sangley y Chino by Justiano Asuncion.jpg, Chinese Filipino mestizos (''Mestizos de Sangley y Chino'') ''Tipos del País Watercolor'', c. 1841
File:Spanish-Filipino mestizo costume, 1800s.jpg, Illustration of a Filipino mestizo, c. 1841
File:Asuncion Catalogue.jpg, Exhibition: The Asuncion Legacy, Ayala Museum, August 8, 2017 to January 14, 2018
File:Trinity 1 (cropped).jpg, La Santisima Trinidad (The Holy Trinity) c 1870 by Justiniano Asuncion
See also
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Letras y figuras
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Juan Luna
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Fernando Amorsolo
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Fabián de la Rosa
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Félix Resurrección Hidalgo
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Tipos del Pais
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Boxer Codex
References
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1816 births
1901 deaths
Filipino painters
People from the Spanish East Indies