Fernando Amorsolo (b. Manila, Philippines 1892, d. Quezon City, Philippines 1972)
Still life with mangoes, sugar apples and langsat. Signed and dated F. Amorsolo Manila 1935. Oil on canvas laid on board. 49×66 cm.
Provenance: Acquired in 1935 in the Philippines by Niels Breinholt Bach (1885–1973). Thence by descent in the family.
Niels Breinholt Bach was trained as a chemical engineer and after completing his education and shortly before the outbreak of the World War I, he travelled to Java, where he got a job at a Dutch sugar factory and in continuation hereof he was given the nickname 'Java-Bach'. In 1923, Bach bought a large sugarcane plantation in the Philippines and founded the company 'Bachs Cane Sugar Co A/S 1923'. In the late 1930s, Bach left the Philippines again and moved with his family to the United States.
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The Danish Golden Age and fine art, 2 December 2024