Paco gorospe biography

"A Filipino legend in cubism and modern art from the Mabini School of Art"

Francisco “Paco” Gorospe Sy was born in Binondo, Manila on July 10th, 1939.

His mother came from La Unio, his father was Chinese, hails from Cavite. It was Binondo/ Manila, where he spent his childhood.

Right after his secondary education, he went far south with some friends to the Visayas and Mindanao where he lived for several years.

This was later reflected in many of his paintings of local folk, mother & child, market scenes, animals, as well as landscapes. It was also in Mindanao where he met his wife in Cagayan the Oro and married her shortly before New Year.

Paco gorospe biography

With her he had four children, two boys and two girls.

He admired the Yakan tribe, the Bogobos and the Tausugs. He was inspired by their colourful attire, native jewelry and bare bosoms, carrying their children, breastfeeding them in public without being self-conscious, that