Alfredo Carmelo Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Alfredo Carmelo Art Value Price Guide

Jan. 16, 2024
ALFREDO CARMELO, FILIPINO (1896-1985) O/C
Est: $50 - $10,000
Tall ship at sea. Signed and dated 3-1952 lower right. Dimensions: (Frame) H 31" x W 45" x D 2" ; (Painting, approx.) H 25.5" x W 39.5" Condition: Not examined out of frame. Painting with yellowed varnish and/or surface grime. Nicks and scuffs to frame. R7
Westport Auction
Jul. 04, 2023
ALFREDO CARMELO - Rafael Rodriguez in a natural pass
Est: -
ALFREDO CARMELO Philippines 1896-1985 Rafael Rodriguez in a natural pass Watercolor on paper Signed and titled Size 56 x 38 cm
Subastas Segre
Jul. 04, 2023
ALFREDO CARMELO - Calm sea
Est: -
ALFREDO CARMELO Philippines 1896-1985 Calm sea Watercolor on paper Signed Dedicated back Size 29 x 43.5 cm
Subastas Segre
Feb. 18, 2023
Alfredo Carmelo (1896 - 1985)
Est: ₱600,000 - ₱780,000
PROPERTY FROM THE DON BENITO J. LEGARDA JR. COLLECTION Alfredo Carmelo (1896 - 1985) Sailboats signed and dated 1949 (lower right) oil on canvas 16" x 20" (41 cm x 51 cm) PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist Carmelo's paintings are characterized by their use of bright colors and bold brushstrokes. He often incorporates an often overlooked genre in art; Marine painting. His artistic practice led him to create body work that featured ships, boats, and sailors docked at lively harbors or traversing the high seas. Carmelo had taken up painting during the first decade of the turn of the twentieth century. The painting of ships and seascapes came naturally to him; primarily the scenery surrounding Pasig River and Manila Bay. This would become a lifelong quest. Whether he was in Manila, Hongkong, or Barcelona, those around him noted that he would often be seen with brush and canvas in hand, painting the different kinds of ships he saw and learning about their distinct local histories. From galleons to battleships and brigantines and brigs, Carmelo’s interest in maritime affairs and the impressive feats of engineering that allow us to conquer the waves lead to numerous highly sought after works, around a hundred of which can be found in notable public and private collections not only in the Philippines but around the world as well. (J.D.)
Leon Gallery
Dec. 21, 2022
Alfredo Carmelo Filipino, 1896-1985 Parrita "Terminando un quite" and Manolete en su "Manoletina": Two
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Alfredo Carmelo Filipino, 1896-1985 Parrita "Terminando un quite" and Manolete en su "Manoletina": Two Each signed A. Carmelo and inscribed as titled (lr) Watercolor on paper Each 22 1/5 x 15 1/4 inches (57.2 x 38.7 cm) C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 22, 2022
Alfredo Carmelo
Est: ₱30,000 - ₱39,000
Alfredo Carmelo Untitled oil on canvas 22” x 14” (56 cm x 36 cm)
Leon Gallery
Mar. 05, 2022
Alfredo Carmelo (1896 - 1985) - Farewell at Barcelona Port
Est: ₱1,600,000 - ₱2,080,000
Farewell at Barcelona Port signed and dated XII - 1974 (lower right) oil on canvas 28" x 45" (72 cm x 116 cm) PROVENANCE Artist's estate EXHIBITED Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Alfredo Carmelo: His Life and Art, Manila, 1990 LITERATURE Guillermo, Alice. Alfredo Carmelo: His Life and Art. Metropolitan Museum of Manila. Manila. 1990. p. 43. Alfredo Casas Carmelo was the country’s foremost painter of ships and seas. His first obsession, however, was with the sky which led him to study aviation in Germany —and which, in turn, led to another preoccupation that would make also make him famous, lithography. (His father Don Eulalio, was founder of the venerable printing firm, Carmelo & Bauermann.) Carmelo would study at the Leipzig School of Lithography until World War I cut his education short. He would return to Manila to study with Don Rafael Enriquez, who was then the Director of the Escuela de Bellas Artes in the capital. (Carmelo was the nephew of Don Rafael and counted as his relative Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.) Although he would be at the academy for less than a year, Carmelo is said to have begun painting even as a child. His works would soon be featured in a series of exhibitions in the United States, from Los Angeles (1947), Washington (1948), and New York (1952), and Madrid (1951.) Building on this reputation, he would have his first one man show at the Philippine National Museum under the auspices of the influential Art Association of the Philippines; and he would begin winning prizes at its competitions, bellwethers of Filipino talent. His entry “Bergantiu Goleta Waiting for the Tide” would take the Third Prize in the Conservative category in the AAP Semi Annual Art Exhibition in 1953. (This would be the same year that Fernando Zóbel and Anita Magsaysay-Ho would take first and second place in the Modern category.) In 1954, Carmelo would receive a special award for “Best Marine Painting” at the AAP’s 7th Annual Art Exhibition, with the entry “Cedric the Saxon.” In ‘Farewell at Barcelona Port’, Carmelo remains true to form combining his interest for history, nautical lore and penchant for the accurate detailing of the various ships and boats he would depict. In this work, he paints the ancient Spanish port at the turn of the century, seemingly after a light rain fall. It charmingly highlights a small group of people bidding their friends goodbye. Three different ships, from a full masted schooner, a skiff to a ferryboat for which Barcelona was famous for, are faithfully portrayed.
Leon Gallery
Jul. 18, 2020
Alfredo Carmelo (1896 - 1985) - Schooner
Est: ₱15,000 - ₱19,500
Alfredo Carmelo (1896 - 1985) Schooner signed and dated 1951 (lower right) watercolor on paper 10” x 15” (25 cm x 38 cm) Estimate: USD $300-$390 Euros €250-€325
Leon Gallery
Sep. 14, 2019
Alfredo Carmelo - (1896-1985) - Untitled
Est: ₱180,000 - ₱234,000
Alfredo Carmelo (1896-1985) Untitled signed and dated 1948 (lower left) watercolor on paper However immense his accomplishments in aviation may be, Carmelo’s name perhaps will always be synonymous to local marine painting. While other more illustrious Filipino painters only occasionally focused on the sea as subject, Carmelo specialized in it. No other Filipino painter has made marine painting with the same historical perspective, attention to details, depth and love of the subject as Carmelo had shown in his works. He specialized in paintings of ships sailing in the high seas or docked in harbors. His art has been widely regarded as comparable to that of the English painter, Joseph Mallord William Turner and Wilhelm van de Velde the Younger, considered as the greatest of marine painters. Hundreds of his canvases are found in museums and private collections in the country and in many plants of the world. His paintings of galleons, brigantines, frigates, schooners, clippers, Chinese junks in pastel, oil or watercolor have earned him high esteem and approval here and abroad. Some of the ships featured prominently in his works are historically significant, such as The Encounter of the Nuestra Señora de Covadonga and the Centurion. Other scenes depicted in his artworks feature areas of historical significance such as Fort Santiago, Muelle de la Industria, Estero de Binondo, Muelle de Magallanes and Muelle de Farola; and picturesque scenes of the Pasig River, Manila Bay, Cavite, Batangas, Bohol, Iloilo and Mindanao. In 2006, Alfredo Carmelo was elevated to the San Beda College Hall of Fame for his exemplary achievements. Carmelo’s paintings are like portals that enable onlookers to travel back in time and get a better grasp of what it must have been like during those times. As what critic Señor Guillot Carratala once said: “Painting must teach, in the nam wasy that a good theater piece teaches our traditions and educates us.” Carmelo’s works and accomplishments have catapulted the Filipino to world prominence. Through him, marine painting in the Philippines was brought to its full realization.
Leon Gallery
Jul. 20, 2019
Alfredo Carmelo(1896-1985) Untitled
Est: ₱1,000 - ₱1,300
Alfredo Carmelo(1896-1985) Untitled
Leon Gallery
Jun. 10, 2017
Manolo Vazquez, En Una Gaonera
Est: ₱40,000 - ₱52,000
Manolo Vazquez, En Una Gaonera
Leon Gallery
Mar. 11, 2017
Alfredo Carmelo (1896–1985)
Est: ₱120,000 - ₱140,000
Across the Bay at Low Tide
Salcedo Auctions
Mar. 11, 2017
Alfredo Carmelo (1896–1985)
Est: ₱350,000 - ₱370,000
Arrival at Sunset
Salcedo Auctions
Sep. 17, 2016
Alfredo Carmelo (1896–1985)
Est: ₱300,000 - ₱330,000
Untitled
Salcedo Auctions
Jul. 30, 2016
Alfredo Carmelo (1896-1985)
Est: ₱30,000 - ₱39,000
Alfredo Carmelo (1896-1985) Untitled signed and dated 1951 (lower right) watercolor on paper 18” x 12” (46 cm x 30 cm)
Leon Gallery