Virginia Ty-Navarro

Virginia Ty-Navarro (born 1924)[1] is a Philippine artist sculptor, famously known nationwide for her sculpture Statue of Our Lady Queen of Peace which she completed in sixteen months and a 12 million peso budget.[2] The sculpture is also called Our Lady of EDSA Shrine and is located in Ortigas. Ty-Navarro took a course in Fine Arts at the University of Santo Tomas where she studied under National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco[3] and National Artist Victorio C. Edades during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.[4]

She is married to fellow artist Jerry Elizalde Navarro.[4]

Ty-Navarro works on metal sculptures,[5] such as bronze.[1] She follows a modernist style in her art.[6] Some of her works are displayed at the National Museum of Fine Arts.[7]

Exhibits and works
  • Women in Art 2008 - Oil Painting and Metal Sculpture
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References
  1. Benesa, Leonidas V. (1992). Art Philippines. Crucible Workshop. p. 332. ISBN 9719128801. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. editors, James T. Siegel & Audrey R. Kahin (2003). Southeast Asia over three generations : essays presented to Benedict R. O'G. Anderson. Ithaca, N.Y.: Southeast Asia Program Publications, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. p. 285. ISBN 0877277354.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. Review of Women's Studies, Volumes 10-11. University of the Philippines. University Center for Women's Studies. 2000. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. Reyes, Cid (2008). J. Elizalde Navarro. National Museum of the Philippines. p. 78. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  5. Guillermo, Alice (1991). Sculpture in the Philippines: From Anito to Assemblage and Other Essays. Metropolitan Museum of Manila. p. 33. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  6. "The American and Contemporary Traditions in Philippine Visual Arts". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  7. "The National Art Gallery, National Museum of the Philippines". National Museum of the Philippines. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

See also
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