"Primer Pintor Filipino" (the first Filipino painter). The academy was very prosperous with substantial enrollment to continue in operation for 13 years and was frequented by select students who belonged to the principal families of Manila, as well as some of the children of the school's director. Historian and biographer Carlos Quirino notes how Governor-General Mariano Ricafort visited the academy of Don Damian Domingo and personally acquainted himself with the progress of the school's students. The academy offered complete courses in drawing and in painting in watercolor and in oil, as well as the necessary lessons and practice in the preparation of colors and canvas. Notable alumni and faculty This list of notable alumni and faculty only includes those who were members of the academy in the 19th Century, before the Academia Dibujo y Pintura became the institution that was absorbed by the University of the Philippines through legislation by the Philippine National Assembly under the American colonial administration. Juan Luna Félix Resurrección Hidalgo Justiniano Asuncion Simon Flores Lorenzo Guerrero Pelagia Mendoza y Gotianquin (1867–1939), the first woman student at the Escuela de Dibujo y Pintura. References External links UP College of Fine Arts The Seaman’s Prize Winners by Jaime C. Laya Universities and colleges in Manila Art schools in the Philippines Culture in Manila 1821 establishments in the Spanish Empire Educational institutions established in 1821 1821 in art