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Adeste Deguilmo (b. 1965) - Untitled (Sugal)

Adeste Deguilmo (b. 1965) Untitled (Sugal) signed and dated 2012 (lower left) oil on canvas Born in Basilan and currently based in Cebu, Adeste Deguilmo was one of the students of the revered Martino Abellana in the University of the Philippines – Cebu. Drawing was the foundation of his artistic development, evident in the illustrative quality of his works. In university, he first started experimenting with Realism, rendering everyday objects and portraits, then developed a fondness for Impressionism and distorted art. Deguilmo’s distinct distortions communicate to the viewers’ senses—the spaces the subjects inhabit and depicted everyday scenes build up their emotional responses. This work displays his figures with heightened facial expressions and disproportionate, extended bodies, capturing the splendor and sorrows of life. Deguilmo won the grand prize for the Letras Y Figuras, a national competition organized by the Instituto de Cervantes in Manila as well as the grand prize for the Centennial Mural Painting Competition by the Landbank of the Philippines—both in 1997—among other awards. Deguilmo also underwent an artist residence program in Vienna, Austria, courtesy of the Cebu Arts Council. A fine arts teacher at the University of San Carlos before pursuing a life as a full-time artist, he described his art: “In terms of style, my paintings would fall on the category of realism and in technical expression would be called painterly of the loose manner, not the classical tight type.” Estimate in USD $2000-$2600