Chula series | |
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Artist | Juan Luna |
Year | 1885 |
Location | Lopez Memorial Museum |
The Chula series or Chula studies is a succession of paintings created by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Luna about the so-called "chulas" or working-class women of Madrid, Spain.[1] Luna is well known for illustrating "striking and commercially lucrative"[1] depictions of "women of the streets" of Madrid.[2][3] Exemplars of these are Luna's Una Chula I ("A Chula" No. 1) and Una Chula II ("A Chula" No. 2) paintings.[1]