First Filipino: Damian Domingo

12.03.2007

Damian Domingo

Damian Domingo
AKA Damian Gabor Domingo

1st Filipino to paint his face, the first self-portrait in the Philippines
Founder of the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura, the first school of drawing in the Philippines (1821)
"Father of Filipino Painting"

ALIAS
"The First Great Filipino Painter"

DATE OF BIRTH
1796

BIRTHPLACE
Tondo, Manila, Philippines

WIFE: Lucia Casas
CHILDREN: Celedonia, Severo, Anastacio, Feliciana, Agapita, Mariano, Jose, and Nicolasa

YEAR OF DEATH
1834

USEFUL LINKS

The Spanish Colonial Tradition in Philippine Visual Arts
Damian Domingo (1796-1834)
Vibal Foundation launches book on 1st great Filipino painter
Ayala Museum Exhibition - Damian Domingo: The First Great Filipino Painter
Painting

Did you know...

...that President Noynoy Aquino was the first Filipino bachelor to become President of the Republic of the Philippines?
...that Astronomer Armando Lee was the first Filipino Master of Science (MS) degree holder in Astronomy in the Philippines?
...that race driver Marlon Stockinger was the first Filipino-Swiss race winner in the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship?
...that Joy Rojas was the first Filipina to run across 3,107 miles across the United States?
...that boxing champion Manny Pacquiao was the first Filipino sports billionaire?
...that José Rizal was given the label 'First Filipino' by Leon Ma. Guerrero, the first Filipino Ambassador to Germany?

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