Banquet For Luna and Hidalgo
Banquet For Luna and Hidalgo
Banquet For Luna and Hidalgo
• In 1884 at the Exposcion de Bella Artes in Madrid, two Filipino painters won prizes
Juan Luna y Novicio received gold medal of the first Felix Ressurection Hidalgo a medal of the second class
class for his SPOLIARUM for his Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho
• The Filipino colony was Jubilant
over the triumph
• Pedro Paterno held a banquet
to honor the two painters, to
make the Philippines better
know among the politicians and
journalist of Madrid
• Account of banquet given in the
liberal newspaper, El Imparcial (
showed different forces at
works in Filipino movement)
SPANISH PRESENT
Spanish artist, representative of principal news paper of Madrid
Various politicians of left- wing liberal or republic affiliation
- Sagismundo Moret, Miguel Morayta, Rafael M. Libra
Telegram were received from Ministro de Fomento and Ministro de
Ultramar , excusing themselves from attending but “adhering the
intention of the banquet”
Miguel Azcarraga – Conservative political affiliation, close associated
with Filipinos
- earlier azcarraga offred a toast in the banquet.
Rafael M. Libra, representative of the Cuban autonomist offered a
toast, propose a toast to the Patria Espanola
Miguel Azcarraga- second those “ The King of Spain” personification
of the Fatherland
FILIPINO REPRESENTATIVE – among the Filipinos ,Lopez Jaena and
Rizal made a noble speeches
El Liberal
- Used the pseudonym P. Dro
- Writings are reformist rather than proper nationalist
- Exudes nationalism of Rizal
Filipino news paper
- El Globo- El Imparcial- El Liberal
Lopez Jaena
passionate not only in his defenses of the Filipino, and open attacks both on
friars and peninsula officials
Philippine institution finally appeared in November 1884,( incomplete)
In October he publish a biography of Juan Luna in Los dos Mundo ( firing the
broadside against the control education in the Philippines and friars)
Los dos Mundo being seized- Lopez Jaena depending Govates and Lete