Fernando Zobel

A patron of the arts, contributed greatly to the emergence of modern art in the Philippines. Zobel experimented in a variety of art forms including pure abstraction, Chinese and Japanese calligraphy, abstract and non-objective modern art which would be showcased in Madrid, New York, and Paris. Prior to this, Zobel attended Harvard University to pursue history and literature, and experimented with aquatints, etchings and serigraphs. He graduated as magna cum laude before working as a curator for the Houghton Library.

Source: Ateneo Art Gallery