Peuple et Rois

Peuple et Rois (People and Kings) is the French title of an 1892 painting by award-winning Filipino painter and hero Juan Luna. Finished in the academic style of painting, Luna intended to send and enter Peuple et Rois for the 1892 Chicago Universal Exposition in the United States, but the plan was aborted due to a personal problem the artist experienced during that year. Luna shot his wife and mother-in-law caused by jealousy for the former (Luna’s wife had an alleged affair with a French doctor). Luna was acquitted for murder by the French court on February 3, 1893.^[1] Luna painted Peuple et Rois after attaining fame for winning a gold for Spoliarium during the 1884 Exposición General de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain.^[2]

References

↑ “Peuple et Rois” by Juan Luna, kulay-diwa.com
↑ “Peuple et Rois” by Juan Luna, lopezmuseum.org.ph

Juan Luna

Works	Spoliarium El Pacto de Sangre La Muerte de Cleopatra La Batalla de Lepanto La Bulaqueña The Parisian Life La Madrileña (En el Balcon) Mi Novia Tampuhan Peuple et Rois Ecce Homo Las Damas Romanas Ensueños de Amor Daphne and Chloe Hymen o Hymenee España y Filipinas Odalisque

Series	Chula series Peuple et Rois (Sketches)

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