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Fernando Zobel de Ayala Montojo

Fernando Zobel de Ayala Montojo (1924 - 1984) was active/lived in Massachusetts / Spain, Philippines.  Fernando Zobel de Ayala Montojo is known for Abstract and realist painting.

Fernando Zobel de Ayala was born in Manila, the Philippines, on August 27, 1924. He was an artist, patron of the arts, art collector, teacher, photographer, poet and also a writer on artistic and cultural topics.  As an artist, Zobel is best known for abstractions, often painted in black and white color schemes, that reflect the dual influences of Abstract Expressionism and Asian painting and calligraphy.

Zobel was the son of Enrique Zobel de Ayala, a Spanish industrialist, and Fermina Montojo y Torróntegui. A citizen of Spain, he grew up in both the Philippines, the United States, Spain and Switerland.  His father, who had studied painting, was the patron of Philippine Artist Fernando Amorsolo, who provided art lessons to Zobel as a boy.  He attended secondary school at the Brent International School in Baguio until World War II disrupted his studies. 

In 1942, at the age of 18, a spinal problem caused him to be bed-ridden for nearly a year.  D   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 19069 characters.]  Artist bio

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