O fado

DESCRIPTION

Titled “O fado,” this 20th century work was inspired and a recreation of Jose Malhoa’s 1910 painting—“Fado.” It specifically portrays a Portuguese gentleman who plays a guitarra portuguesa as he serenades the woman sitting beside her. The latter, in a reclined position, listens assiduously as shown by her gestures and fixed gaze towards the Fadista. Fadois a traditional folk music in Portugal which, as described by UNESCO, “…represents a Portuguese multicultural synthesis of Afro-Brazilian sung dances, local traditional genres of song and dance, musical traditions from rural areas of the country brought by successive waves of internal immigration, and the cosmopolitan urban song patterns of the early nineteenth century.” In 2011, it was recognized by the same institution as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, hence, showing its socio-cultural worth in a global scale. The word itself denotes “fate/destiny” in English language, and believed to have emerged in the early 1800s. There are two knownfadoclassifications: the Lisbon and the Coimbra styles. Born in 1916 in Oliveira de Azemeis (northern Portugal), Alipio Brandao was both sculptor and painter. Done through oil on canvas, the piece is signed at the back portion. Other works of Brandao include “Landscape with houses and figures” and “Vista da praia com forte” which was completed in 1957.

DIMENSIONS

30 x 40 cm

STARTING BID

PHP 60,000.00