Duyan by Nestor Leynes : 1975 : Oil on Canvas

Nestor Garcia Leynes, Sr (February 26, 1922 –

March 18, 2016) was a Filipino realist painter.
Leynes is regarded as one of the leaders of the
"Magic Realist" movement of the Philippines, he
was born in

- The artworks depics a mother looking on her new born child. The image is very symbolical for us
Filipinos because Filipino Mothers are like the mother in the artwork of Leynes in which they always look
to her child, making sure that everything is okay and the baby is feeling comfortable in his/her position.
It also serves as a reminder for all of us who is planning to have a baby, that having a baby means a
responsibility and full attention to the baby. As one of the Filipino saying “Walang magulang ang kayang
tiisin ang kanilang anak” is the very accurate quote for this artwork by Leynes

Leynes was strongly influenced by his professors during his time at the University of the Philippines.
Among them were the Philippine National Artist Fernando Amorsolo and his younger brother Pablo
Amorsolo.

His works were exhibited along with other Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Collection paintings in the
2010 exhibit Sulyap, Yugto, Dalipay: Mementos of Philippine Everyday of the Metropolitan Museum of
Manila.[10][11][12] Although not representative of his work, his oil on canvas piece A Peasant's Funeral
(1948) is on display at the National Museum of the Philippines.
TINIKLING BY FERNANDO AMORSOLO

Antipolo Fiesta

This oil painting on canvas depicts a rural scene where a group of people are shown celebrating a
fiesta in Antipolo. The main focus is on a pair of dancers in the field surrounded by revelers both young
and
old.

Abundant food is presented in basketfuls of assorted fruits on the benches and on the ground, as well as
the traditional roasted pig or lechon being prepared by two men. Nearby is a house with huge windows
from where dwellers watch the revelers. At the background is a huge church, a symbolic town structure.
A vast number of townsmen completes the essence of a fiesta.

It can be said that the pair of dancers are in the usual same pose as those of dancers in Fernando
Amorsolo’s various well-known tinikling-related paintings. A viewer may be quick to surmise at a glance
that this painting belongs to that category, as the bamboo handlers in the usual tinikling dance often
blend in the crowd and are not easily distinguished. However, there are no bamboo-handlers present in
this painting simply because the dancers are not performing the tinikling dance. Thus, this indication is
what makes this painting very unique.

The Tinikling is a Philippine folk dance in which two kneeling people rhythmically clap together long
bamboo poles while two dancers perform steps around, between and over the bamboo. The dance steps
are said to mimic the graceful movements of the Tikling bird.