Oscar Zalameda (1930 - 2010)
Talipapa (Street Market)
signed (lower left)
oil on canvas
24" x 27" (61 cm x 69 cm)



PROVENANCE:Private Collection, Manila



Oscar Zalameda took his fine arts degree at University of Santo Tomas then pursued further studies in San Francisco, where he earned multiple awards. He also studied at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts and the Sorbonne University in Paris. Zalameda has showcased his works in New York, Paris, Barcelona, Hamburg, Monte Carlo and Milan. He then returned to the Philippines, where he would show his work at Philam Life Pavilion then later at the old Hotel Filipinas. Zalameda’s art style moves toward a refined form of cubism that is both decorative and sophisticated, putting Modernism in his works. Despite his travels in different parts of the world, his art is rooted from him being a Filipino. In this work, gem-like colors are shown to showcase the joyous, bustling depiction of a gathering of cube-like figures, surrounded with pink buildings under the dimmed moon. (M.D.V.)