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In the early 1970s, Alcuaz embarked on a major project on portraiture, excitedly capturing on canvas Manila’s gliteratti and literati. He liked portraiture and considered it a challenge by which he could capture not only the character of his subject but, more importantly, the soul or inner being of the sitter. Evidently, it was his intention to make a series of works on the movers and outstanding people of the Philippines. – its cabinet ministers, successful businessmen, generals, and justices of the high court. He was able to convince people such as Jaime Cardinal Sin, then GSIS president Roman Cruz, and noted writer Carmen Guerrero Nakpil to pose for him.

He had hoped to accumulate at least 100 portraits but somewhere along the process he started slowing down and, although he had become fast friends with many of his subjects, abandoned the project together. What remained though are his outstanding portraits of some 70 of these important personalities.

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Figure on Red Drapery

22 x 10.5 in | Oil on Canvas Board Private Collection

Study in White Slippers

18 x 13.5 in | Oil on Canvas Year 1977