Anita Magsaysay-Ho “Three Women with Basket” 1976 on Canvas Size: 30″ x 36″
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Anita Magsaysay-Ho’s subjects centered on women working in farms, fields, and marketplaces, captured in moments of labor. She depicted them with elongated necks, slanted eyes, hair wrapped in bandanas, and limbs bent at a contrapuntal form, yet despite the boldness of the figures, the gracefulness of the subjects radiated from the work. This grace stems from her meticulous technique of tidy brushwork, developed through egg tempera and layered glazes. Three Women with Baskets (1976), done in oil-on-canvas, forms part of her 25-painting “Inkblot Series” produced from the 1970s.
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