JUAN NOVICIO LUNA 3/4 – His vigorous brush strokes displeased his teacher, and he was discharged from the academy. In 1884, he shipped the large canvas of the Spoliarium to Madrid (for the year’s Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes). In 1887, he once again traveled back to Spain, to enter in that year’s Exposition two of his pieces (Battle of Lepanto and Surrender of Granada). He won peace by his art and love for his country.
JUAN NOVICIO LUNA 4/4 – His paintings are described as being vigorous and dramatic. With its elements of Romanticism, his style shows the influence of Daumier and Rembrandt. In 1894 he traveled to Japan in 1896, returning home during the Philippine Revolution. He died in Hong Kong on a December, 1899. His remains were buried in Hong Kong, but in 1920 were exhumed and transferred at the Crypt of the San Agustin Church, in the Philippines.
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