Alfonso A. Ossorio
American · 1916–1990 · Painter, Sculptor
Alfonso Angel Yangco Ossorio was a Filipino American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Manila in 1916 to wealthy Filipino parents from the province of Negros… (Wikipedia)
Own a work by Alfonso A. Ossorio? Get a free auction estimate →
Record prices
UntitledLeón Gallery · ₱33,644,800≈ $600,896≈ £458,105≈ €542,276Sign up to see
UntitledLeón Gallery · ₱26,435,200≈ $450,720≈ £355,066≈ €426,738Sign up to see
Ascencion (Vertical); Cross-Section (Horizontal) This work can be displayed horizontally, with the title "Cross-Section" or vertically, with the title "Ascencion"León Gallery · ₱23,360,000≈ $434,496≈ £333,971≈ €374,082Sign up to see
Alfonso A. Ossorio’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Alfonso Angel Yangco Ossorio was a Filipino American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Manila in 1916 to wealthy Filipino parents from the province of Negros Occidental. His heritage was Hispanic, Filipino, and Chinese. Between the ages of eight and thirteen, he attended school in England. At age fourteen, he moved to the United States. Ossorio attended Portsmouth Priory in Rhode Island, graduating in 1934. From 1934 to 1938, he studied fine art at Harvard University and then continued his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design. He became an American citizen in 1933 and served as a medical illustrator in the United States Army during World War II.
Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
abstract expressionism
Also known as Alfonso Angel Ossorio, Alfonso Angel Ossorio y Yangco, Alfonso Angel Yangco Ossorio, Alfonso Ossorio
Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.