Cesar Buenaventura was a Filipino painter known throughout his home country for his vibrantly thickly painted depictions of landscapes and still life paintings. Born on January 14, 1922 in Manila, Philippines, Buenaventura was the son of the celebrated Filipino painter Teodoro Buenaventura. The younger Buenaventure was initially forbidden from studying art in school because of his father’s objections, but later on, his father would train him and allow him to become a pupil of the famous painter Fernando Amorsolo. He died in 1983 in the Philippines.