He is also master of the rare art form “letras y figuras” (letters and figures) that another artist, Jose Honorato Lozano, pioneered in the country in mid-19th century. The auction house ...

He is the father of the art form known as Letras y Figuras, mostly watercolors on Manila paper that depict views of quotidian Philippine life in the 19th century, wherein the artist ingeniously ...