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wow kid.thats original.jim

Original Post: The Horn Altar

When I was still in my school days...not even yet becoming a professional artist...Jose Joya s Abstract had penetrated my soul of creation "

You can search & check on Joya s work = he used oil and acrylic..a Master of Abstract in his era !!!

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Jose T. Joya is a famous Filipino artist who was born in 1931 and died in 1995 Jose Joya was a Filipino abstract artist and a National Artist of the Philippines awardee

Jose T. Joya works were strongly influenced by the tropical landscapes of the Philippine Islands Among his masterpieces are the Nanking (a collage rendered with Asian calligraphy and forms and patterns resembling rice paddies), the Granadean Arabesque (1958) and Venice Biennial (1964)

Jose Joya was a mixed media artist, printmaker, and a former dean of the University of the Philippines' College of Fine Art His canvases were characterized by "dynamic spontaneity" and "quick gestures" of action painting Joya pioneered abstract expressionism in the Philippines He is the creator of compositions that were described as "vigorous compositions" of heavy impastoes, bold brushstrokes, controlled dips, and diagonal swipes"

* Photo of Jose T. Joya