Dr. Jose Rizal: Inspiration for Freedom
The man behind the movement
Dr. Jose Rizal (1861–1896) was a Filipino polymath — a physician, writer, linguist, and reformer whose works ignited a national consciousness under Spanish colonial rule.
His novels Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo exposed colonial abuses with such clarity that they cost him his life. He was executed by firing squad at the age of 35.
For the Daisy Ann Foundation, Rizal is more than a historical figure. He is a model: that words, art, and patient education can be a form of resistance — and that freedom, once imagined, cannot be unlearned.
A Painting Series
A series in progress tracing Dr. Jose Rizal's life — from his Calamba childhood to the execution at Bagumbayan — each chapter rendered in oil as an act of remembrance and resistance. The completed works will appear here as the series unfolds.
"He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination."
"The youth is the hope of our future."
The paintings, in print
A forthcoming book series collects the Rizal paintings alongside essays on Filipino history, art, and the long struggle for freedom.
