Peuple et Rois is the French

French language

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 title of an 1892 painting by award-winning Filipino

Filipino people

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 painter and hero Juan Luna

Juan Luna

Juan Luna y Novicio was an Ilocano Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century...

. Finished in the academic style of painting, Luna intended to send and enter Peuple et Rois for the 1892 Chicago Universal Exposition in the United States

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, but the plan was aborted due to a personal problem the artist experienced during that year. Luna shot his wife and mother-in-law caused by jealousy for the former (Luna’s wife had an alleged affair with a French doctor). Luna was acquitted for murder by the French court on February 3, 1893. Luna painted Peuple et Rois after attaining fame for winning a gold for Spoliarium

Spoliarium

The Spoliarium is a painting by Filipino artist Juan Luna. The painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884, where it garnered a gold medal. In 1886, it was sold to the Diputación Provincial de Barcelona for 20,000 pesetas...

during the 1884 Exposición General de Bellas Artes in Madrid

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, Spain

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