Juan Luna

(1857–1899) Filipino painter, sculptor and political activist (1857-1899)

Juan Luna (Philippines, 1857–1899) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Juan Luna belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Juan Luna was born in Badoc and died in Hong Kong. Juan Luna trained at Ateneo de Manila University, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, and Philippine Merchant Marine Academy. Juan Luna worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Juan Luna with academic art.

The best-known works include ‘Spoliarium’, ‘Chula series’, ‘Ecce Homo’, and ‘The Parisian Life’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait painting and history painting. The catalogue has 21 works by Juan Luna with free images. The dated works span the years 1880–1895. Works by Juan Luna are held by several collections, among them National Museum of the Philippines, Lopez Museum, Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer, and Pradomuseet. Wikidata links 9 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Darío de Regoyos, Antonio Herrera Toro, Reinhold Lepsius, Gevorg Bashinjaghian, and Louis John Rhead.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
• Spoliarium
• The Death of Cleopatra
• The Battle of Lepanto