Virginia Ty-Navarro

Virginia Ty-Navarro (5 July 1922 – 28 January 1996) was a Filipina sculptor and painter, best known nationwide for her 1989 sculpture "Statue of Our Lady Queen of Peace", which she completed in sixteen months on a ₱12 million budget.[1] The sculpture is alternatively called "Our Lady of EDSA Shrine" and is located atop the church of the same name in Ortigas.

Ty-Navarro was born on 5 July 1922.[2] In her youth, she began with tutoring from a Chinese artist and later a German nun as she was at St. Scholastica’s College. She then took a course in Fine Arts at the University of Santo Tomas where she studied under National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco[3] and National Artist Victorio C. Edades, during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.[4]

She later taught at her alma mater of the University of Santo Tomas and the former College of the Holy Spirit. She worked primarily with metals,[5] such as bronze.[6] and followed a modernist style in her art,[7] particularly the technique of "incision painting".[2] Some of her works are currently displayed in Manila at the National Museum of Fine Arts.[8]

Ty-Navarro was married to National Artist Jerry Navarro Elizalde.[4] She died from Alzheimer's disease in Manila on 28 January 1996, at the age of 71.[9][10][2]

Exhibits and works

  • Women in Art 2008: Oil Painting and Metal Sculpture

References

  1. ^ Southeast Asia over three generations : essays presented to Benedict R. O'G. Anderson. Ithaca, N.Y.: Southeast Asia Program Publications, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. 2003. p. 285. ISBN 0877277354.
  2. ^ a b c "Birth Anniversary of Virginia Ty-Navarro (July 5, 1922 – January 28, 1996)". National Museum of the Philippines. 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
  3. ^ Review of Women's Studies, Volumes 10-11. University of the Philippines. University Center for Women's Studies. 2000. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b Reyes, Cid (2008). J. Elizalde Navarro. National Museum of the Philippines. p. 78. ISBN 9789715670166. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  5. ^ Guillermo, Alice (1991). Sculpture in the Philippines: From Anito to Assemblage and Other Essays. Metropolitan Museum of Manila. p. 33. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  6. ^ Benesa, Leonidas V. (1992). Art Philippines. Crucible Workshop. p. 332. ISBN 9719128801. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  7. ^ "The American and Contemporary Traditions in Philippine Visual Arts". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. 15 April 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  8. ^ "The National Art Gallery, National Museum of the Philippines". National Museum of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Virginia Ty-Navarro". askART. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  10. ^ Nuyda, Doris G. (25 February 2001). "After Edsa II, it's time to pay tribute to Edsa Virgin sculptress". Sunday Lifestyle. pp. H2. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

See also

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