OILS
 Waves, 1961. Oil on canvas. 89 x 70 cm.
Waves was last exhibited in the Finale Art File in 1989. |
 Old Man with Sombrero, 1939, Portrait.
Oil on canvas. 63 x 46 cm.
Old Man with Sombrero was last shown on the 1913 / 2013 CONSTANCIO BERNARDO at The Ayala Museum exhibit. It was a 100- year celebration of the Artist's body of work held from November 27, 2013 to March 7, 2014. |
 Untitled, Still Life, 1947. Oil on
canvas. 24 x 31 cm
A unique piece as it has been signed by the artist’s wife Nieves De Guzman Bernardo. This was last shown on the 1913 / 2013 CONSTANCIO BERNARDO at The Ayala Museum exhibit. It was a 100- year celebration of the Artist's body of work held from November 27, 2013 to March 7, 2014. |
 Untitled, Still Life, 1946-1947.
Oil on canvas. 31 x 46 cm
This piece was last shown on the 1913 / 2013 CONSTANCIO BERNARDO at The Ayala Museum exhibit. It was a 100- year celebration of the Artist's body of work held from November 27, 2013 to March 7, 2014. |
MArkers on paper
ABSTRACT
PPN No. 127, 60 x 45 cm
PPN No. 107, 60 x 45 cm
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Roughly Translated Flash/Spark in the Dark Series, these were done in 1974 and not shown until six years later.
There were 24 of this series thematically appropriately included in the ultimate solo exhibit of 1990 Banaag (Dawn). These Abstracts were last shown on November 2014 - February 2015 at the Painting Exhibition Catalogue AT CCP |
PPN No. 65, back to back with PPN No. 64, 60 x 45 cm
PPN No. 64, back to back with PPN No. 65, 60 x 45 cm
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ABOUT
Pentel Pen Notes (PPN), this was how the artist referred to the generic marker pens by one of its brand names. The appellation Notes should be taken in the musical notes sense, just as in the Penumbral notes -poems.
Pentel Pen Notes (PPN), this was how the artist referred to the generic marker pens by one of its brand names. The appellation Notes should be taken in the musical notes sense, just as in the Penumbral notes -poems.
CHARCOAL ON PAPER
FIGURE DRAWINGS, 1948 - 1949 AT THE YALE UNIVERSITY
acrylic on wood
geometric abstraction
Suasion in Red No. 1, 1977.
Suasion Series I, 125 x 83 cm
The series is sub-divided into Suasion in Blue (Nos. 1-3) and Suasion in Red (Nos. 1-3). Last Exhibit: Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila November 2014 - February 2015 
Expectation in November. 30 x 23 cm
At one point, the title was modified into Transparency in November for an exhibit, the 1978 MOPA RETROSPECTIVE. Last Exhibit: Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila November 2014 - February 2015 |
Bernardian Rhapsody Squares 80’s series No. 25.
92 x 92 cm
Bernardian Rhapsody Squares 80’s series No. 24.
92 x 92 cm
ABOUT
The title is a sort of assertion that CB is beyond Albers’ Homage to the Square, even as he produced in 1976 at least seven pieces of Homage to Albers. After 1980, CB also did some Rhapsody Squares without the “Bernardian” appellation, perhaps reverting to his modesty. Last Exhibit: Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila November 2014 - February 2015 |
FIGURATIVE GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION
WILD FLOWER NO. 8, WILD FLOWER SERIES II, 1977
Acrylic on wood, 164 x 124 cm
Acrylic on wood, 164 x 124 cm
CB’s earliest work bearing this allusion was in 1976 in the title “Wild Flower Triptych”.
This is separate from Wild Flower Series I (Nos. 1-6) and Wild Flower Series II (Nos. 7-10).
This series is unique in CB's body of work as it combines figurative and geometric abstraction.
It is only the four paintings in this series that bear that characteristic.
Bernardo was quoted saying,
"I never abandoned figurative images...when occasion demanded it, I tried the female nude to go with circular shapes, as in my Wild Flower Series II".
- Celebrity Magazine, 1983, page 58 with credits to the writer, Dacanay, Barbara Mae.
This is separate from Wild Flower Series I (Nos. 1-6) and Wild Flower Series II (Nos. 7-10).
This series is unique in CB's body of work as it combines figurative and geometric abstraction.
It is only the four paintings in this series that bear that characteristic.
Bernardo was quoted saying,
"I never abandoned figurative images...when occasion demanded it, I tried the female nude to go with circular shapes, as in my Wild Flower Series II".
- Celebrity Magazine, 1983, page 58 with credits to the writer, Dacanay, Barbara Mae.