1. Cesar Torrente Legaspi was a Filipino National Artist in painting.
12 Facts About Cesar Legaspi
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Cesar Legaspi was an art director prior to going full-time in his visual art practice in the 1960s.
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Cesar Legaspi was born to Manuel Cesar Legaspi and Rosario Torrente in Tondo, Manila.
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Cesar Legaspi took up painting for one term at the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts before he decided to take commercial art courses instead.
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Cesar Legaspi earned his Certificate of Proficiency in 1936, after which he continued his education in art under Pablo Amorsolo.
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Cesar Legaspi went to Madrid in 1953 and pursued Art Studies under a scholarship at the Cultura Hispanic until 1954.
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Cesar Legaspi went to Paris to study at the Academie Ranson for one month under Henri Goetz.
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Cesar Legaspi finally left the agency in 1968 to focus on his painting.
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Cesar Legaspi was an active member of the Art Association of the Philippines and was part of the Neo-Realists.
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Cesar Legaspi was the head of the Saturday Group artists from 1978 until his death on April 7,1994.
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Cesar Legaspi's middle daughter, Celeste Legaspi, is a singer, actress and theater-film producer.
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At the age of 76, Cesar Legaspi died on April 7,1994 due to prostate cancer.