Cebuano Artists Painting Collection- Wenceslao Cuevas
Wenceslao "Tito" Cuevas (Sep 2, 1938 –Mar 19, 2012) is considered as the father of Cebuano abstract expressionism . In the 70's, after visiting the Museum of Modern Art in New York , he was inspired by the works of Franz Kline and Mark Rothko . He started doing his style of abstract expressionism and prodded his Cebuano contemporaries to cut back painting in the realist - impressionist manner and create something different. This was one of the reasons why Celso Pepito was inspired to try cubism. He also dabbled on abstract expressionism as a Fine Arts student and even made it his thesis in UP Cebu . Pepito considers Cuevas as the Father of Modern Cebuano Art - by modern he meant non- traditional painting. During this time, Cebu was not ready for abstract expressionism and his paintings were generally disliked and bought only by a few select group of unconventional collectors. Today, his paintings are well sought after both locally and i...