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Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas

1867 – 1943

Filipino painter

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About Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas

Lived 1867 – 1943 (aged 75–76). Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas was a Filipino painter.

Maria Carmen Vicenta Petra Zaragoza de Araneta y Rojas, also known as Carmen Zaragoza y Roxas (June 29, 1867 – June 29, 1943), was an early Filipina artist.

Biography Zaragoza was born on June 29, 1876, in Quiapo, Manila.

Zaragoza helped to establish the late 19th-century magazine La Ilustracion Filipina del Oriente, founded by her father Jose Zaragoza y Aranquizna.

Zaragoza was married to politician and businessman Gregorio S. Araneta in 1896. They had 14 children whom they raised in her family's ancestral house on Hidalgo Street (formerly Calle San Sebastian) in Quiapo, Manila.

As she aged, Zaragoza gradually lost her sight. She died on June 29, 1943, on her 67th birthday. Gregorio Soriano Araneta & Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas' graves at La Loma Cemetery.

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Important facts

Born

1867

Birth century

19th century

Died

1943

Occupation

Painter

Nationality

Philippines

Also known as

Maria Carmen Vicente Petra Zaragoza y Rojas

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas's

Norman Macleod Ferrers

Frequently asked questions

Who was Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas?

Filipino painter

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Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas was born in 1867.

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Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas died in 1943.

What was Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas's occupation?

Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas was a painter.

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Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas was Filipino.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas

· Wikidata: Q23621960

· DBpedia: Carmen Zaragoza y Rojas

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