Una Mestiza

The Una Mestiza ("A Mestiza"), sometimes referred to as La Mestiza ("The Mestiza"), is an 1887 painting by Filipino painter and hero Juan Luna. The masterpiece is also known as La mestiza en su tocador which translates into English as The Mestiza at Her Dressing Table or Mestiza Lady at Her Dresser.[1][2] Una Mestiza is also alternately called Charing. Coincidentally, this alternate title is the nickname of Luna's sister-in-law Rosario Melgar. Luna donated Una Mestiza to the Biblioteca Museu Victor Balaguer (Victor Balaguer Library Museum) of Vilanova i la Geltrú in the province of Barcelona in Spain.[1] The Una Mestiza painting won an award at the Exposicion General de las Filipinas (Philippine General Exposition).[2]

This article is about the painting by Juan Luna. For the Tagalog-language novel by Engracio Valmonte, see Ang Mestisa.
Una Mestiza
ArtistJuan Luna
Year1887
LocationVictor Balaguer Library Museum


References
  1. Gomez, Luís Angel Sanchéz. "Una Mestiza" by Juan Luna, Indigenous Art the at the Philippine Exposition of 1887, Journal of the History of Collections 14, No., 2002, page 285 and 294 (PDF page 3 and 12), eprints.ucm.es
  2. "Mestiza Lady at Her Dresser" by Juan Luna, from Juan Novicio Luna article, geringerart.com
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