GSIS Museum Acquires Juan Luna Painting

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

OCTOBER 27, 2002

The Parisian Life or Interior d’Un Café, an oil on canvass painting by Juan Luna was bought by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Museum, a Philippine-government owned and controlled corporation from Christie's Hong Kong in the amount of $870,000. 

The Parisian Life, measuring 57 cm x 79 cm (22 in x 31 in) is one of Luna’s masterpieces that was painted in Paris, France in 1892. 

This painting won as a silver medalist at the World Fair’s Saint Louis Exposition in the United States in 1904.  

(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan Uy) All rights reserved

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Today in Philippine History: Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera

APRIL 13, 1857

Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera y Gorricho (April 13, 1857 – March 26, 1925) was born in Manila with Spanish and Portuguese ethnicity. A man of vast learning, he was a physician, historian, politician and a versatile writer next to his friend Jose Rizal. His sister Paz was the wife of Juan Luna. During the American period, he was a member of the Philippine Commission and founded the Federal Party. Prior to his death on March 25, 1925, he was the director of the Philippine Library and Museum and founded the Philippine Library Association.

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