Filipino artists

and their
masterpieces
 1.CESAR F. LEGASPI
-Cesar Legaspi was a
20th-century Filipino
painter best known for
his Cubist-inspired works.
Consistently tackling
issues of social injustice
and the plight of the
working classes, Legaspi
rendered his paintings
using undulating,
geometric stylizations of
forms.
 THE BRAVE
MODERN
Legaspi's distinctive style
and daring themes
contributed significantly to
the advent and eventual
acceptance of modern art
in the Philippines. Legaspi
made use of the
geometric fragmentation
technique, weaving social
comment and juxtaposing
the mythical and modern
into his overlapping,
interacting forms with
disturbing power and
intensity on his artwork
“THE BRAVE MODERN”.
 WORKERS

Legaspi made use of the

geometric fragmentation
technique, weaving
social comment and
juxtaposing the mythical
and modern into his
overlapping, interacting
forms with disturbing
power and intensity on
his art work “WORKERS”.
 FLORA AND
FAUNA
Legaspi made use of the
geometric fragmentation
technique, weaving
social comment and
juxtaposing the mythical
and modern into his
overlapping, interacting
forms with disturbing
power and intensity on
his artwork “FLORA AND
FAUNA”.
2. FERNANDO AMORSOLO
-Fernando Cueto Amorsolo
was one of the most
important artists in the
history of painting in the
Philippines. Amorsolo was a
portraitist and painter of
rural Philippine landscapes.
He is popularly known for
his craftsmanship and
mastery in the use of light.
 PLANTING RICE
Amorsolo painted a few versions
of this painting. He wanted to
capture the traditional Filipino
occupation and the farm life of
men and women in a hot sunny
day. This representation depicts
how enduring they are, and how
the farmers work together.
Amorsolo’s trademark were the
backlighting technique and the
Filipino tradition themes. In rice
planting, the backlighting
technique manifested wherein
figures are outlined against a
characteristic glow, and intense
light on one part of the canvas
highlights nearby details. Sunlight
is a consistent element in
Amorsolo’s works. Brush strokes
were smooth which emphasizes
the serene feel intended by the
artist.
FRUIT GATHERER
Amorsolo is one of the most
important painters in Filipino
Art History. His paintings were
able to embody the simplicity
of Filipinos, in its daily lives and
beauty. Just by looking at this
painting, we can all say that the
“Fruit Gatherer” is the
original dalagang filipina.
Amorsolo used natural light in
his paintings and developed
the backlighting technique
Chiaroscuro, which became his
artistic trademark and his
greatest contribution to
Philippine painting
HOPE IN THE RUINS
OF MANILA
Another masterpiece from Amorsolo
is Hope in the Ruins of Manila. He
was known for his bright colors and
peaceful paintings, but he also
represented the years of World War
II, when the Japanese were
occupying the Philippines. He’s able
to depict the war, and the
devastation it brings to people – but
in the middle of that sadness and
desperation, he gives us a hint of
hope. The way the light shines, on
the young Filipino woman holding
her child, gives us hope for a
brighter future that will be built by
these children. Amorsolo used
natural light in his paintings and
developed the backlighting
technique Chiaroscuro, which
became his artistic trademark and
his greatest contribution to
Philippine painting.
3.GUILLERMO TOLENTINO
-Guillermo Estrella
Tolentino (July 24, 1890 –
July 12, 1976) was a Filipino
sculptor and professor of
the University of the
Philippines. He was
designated as a National
Artist of the Philippines for
Sculpture in 1973, three
years before his death.
 BONIFACIO
MONUMENT
The Andrés Bonifacio Monument,
commonly known simply
as Bonifacio
Monument or Monumento, is a
memorial monument in Caloocan, P
hilippines which was designed by
the National Artist Guillermo
Tolentino to commemorate
Philippine revolutionary Andrés
Bonifacio, the founder and Supremo
of the Katipunan. The Formal
Elements used in this statue is
Organic Shape as it takes the shape
of a human and Tactile texture as
you can touch it and feel the bronze
like skin. It is crowned by a figure
with wings representing triumph.
Below the vertical pylon 20 figures
cast in bronze have been molded
over an octagonal shaped plinth,
plus one angel of peace at the top.
IMELDA MARCOS
BLUST
The Formal Elements
used in this statue is
Organic Shape as it
takes the shape of a
human and Tactile
texture as you can
touch it and feel the
bronze like skin.
 OBLATION
The statue is a symbol for Jose
Rizal’s Mi Ultimo Adios.
According to him, and I do
quote “The completely nude
figure of a young man with
outstretched arms and open
hands, with tilted head, closed
eyes and parted lips murmuring
a prayer, with breast forward in
the act of offering himself, is my
interpretation of that sublime
stanza.” The Formal Elements
used in this statue is Organic
Shape as it takes the shape of a
human and Tactile texture as
you can touch it and feel the
bronze like skin.
4.AMADDO V. HERNANDEZ
-Amado Vera Hernandez,
commonly known as Amado
V. Hernandez, was a Filipino
writer and labor leader who
was known for his criticism
of social injustices in the
Philippines and was later
imprisoned for his
involvement in the
communist movement.
 LUHA NG
BUWAYA
The novel was about peasants from
a barrio and their leader, in the
person of a school teacher, fighting
against oppression and greed.
Through their action, the people
find renewed belief in their
capabilities. In a larger
perspective, Luha ng Buwaya was
Hernandez's realistic embodiment
of the socio-political crisis
happening in the Philippines during
the 1930s until the 1950s.Amado V.
Hernandez, poet, playwright, and
novelist, is among the Filipino
writers who practiced “committed
art”. ... Hernandez's contribution to
the development of Tagalog prose
is considerable — he stripped
Tagalog of its ornate character and
wrote in prose closer to the
colloquial than the “official” style
permitted.
LANGAW SA ISANG
BASONG GATAS
Amado V. Hernandez, poet,
playwright, and novelist, is
among the Filipino writers
who practiced “committed
art”. ... Hernandez's
contribution to the
development of Tagalog
prose is considerable — he
stripped Tagalog of its
ornate character and wrote
in prose closer to the
colloquial than the “official”
style permitted.
 ISANG DIPANG
LANGIT
Amado V. Hernandez, poet,
playwright, and novelist, is
among the Filipino writers
who practiced “committed
art”. ... Hernandez's
contribution to the
development of Tagalog
prose is considerable — he
stripped Tagalog of its
ornate character and wrote
in prose closer to the
colloquial than the “official”
style permitted.
 5. Victorio Edades
-Victorio Candido
Edades was a Filipino
painter. He led the
revolutionary Thirteen
Moderns, who engaged
their classical
compatriots in heated
debate over the nature
and function of art. He
was named a National
Artist in 1976.
 THE SKETCH
Edades emerged as the
“Father of Modern
Philippine Painting”. Unlike,
Amorsolo's bright, sunny,
cheerful hues, Edades'
colors were dark and
somber with subject matter
or themes depicting
laborers, factory workers or
the simple folk in all their
dirt, sweat and grime. His
style at the time was neo-
impressionistic, like Paul
Gauguin (1848-1903) and
Cezanne.
 THE BUILDERS

"The Builders," was

characterized by strong
composition and dark
colors. Edades
introduced modern art to
the Philippines when it
was still largely a
conservative society.
THE WRESTLERS
Painting distorted human
figures in rough, bold
impasto strokes, and
standing tall and singular
in his advocacy and
practice of what he
believes is the creative
art, Victorio C. Edades
emerged as the “Father
of Modern Philippine
Painting”.
6. BENEDICTO R. CABRERA
-Benedicto Reyes Cabrera,
better known as "BenCab",
is a Filipino painter and was
awarded National Artist of
the Philippines for Visual
Arts in 2006. He has been
noted as "arguably the best-
selling painter of his
generation of Filipino
artists."
TAM AWAN VILLAGE

BenCab's style is
termed Figurative
Art which describes any
form of modern art that
embodies strong
elements related to the
real world and
particularly to the human
figure. In many of the
works of BenCab, the
fabric of the clothing
takes over the message.
 SABEL
“Sabel” is a major subject that
recurs through BenCab's
works through the decades,
inspired by a real-life
scavenger, he photographed
and sketched in 1965, the
Sabel image has become the
artists vehicle for the
transmission of intensely
emotional moods. BenCab's
style is termed Figurative
Art which describes any form
of modern art that embodies
strong elements related to
the real world and particularly
to the human figure. In many
of the works of BenCab, the
fabric of the clothing takes
over the message.
MOTHER AND
CHILD
The image of mother and
child summons up many feelings
of warmth, love and protection.
The mother and child image has .
been a strong symbolic motif of
fecundity, maternity and creativity
throughout the history of art.
BenCab's style is termed Figurative
Art which describes any form of
modern art that embodies strong
elements related to the real world
and particularly to the human figure.
In many of the works of BenCab, the
fabric of the clothing takes over the
message.
 7.JOSE T JOYA
-José T. Joya was a Filipino
abstract artist and a
National Artist of the
Philippines awardee. Joya
was a printmaker, painter,
mixed media artist, and a
former dean of the
University of the
Philippines' College of Fine
Arts. He pioneered abstract
expressionism in the
Philippines.
 TOROGAN
José Joya was a Filipino
painter best known for
his Abstract Expressionist
work “TOROGAN” which
utilized a variety of
techniques,
including controlled
drips, impasto strokes,
and transparent layering.
“In creating an artwork
the artist is concretizing
his need for
communication,” the
artist has said of his
practice.
HILLS OF NIKKO
Jose Joya is a painter and
multimedia artist who
distinguished himself by
creating an authentic
Filipino abstract idiom that
transcended foreign
influences. Jose Joya
utilized a variety of
techniques on his art work
‘HILLS OF NIKKO”,
including controlled drips,
impasto strokes, and
transparent layering.
 SPACE
TRANSFIGURATION
His mature abstract works
have been said to be
“characterized by
calligraphic gestures and
linear forces, and a sense of
color vibrancy emanating
from an Oriental sensibility.”
Joya's sense of color has
been said to have come
from the hues of the
Philippine landscape, and
his use of rice paper in
collages demonstrated his
work “SPACE
TRANSFIGURATION”
 8.NAPOLEON V ABUEVA
-Napoleon "Billy" Veloso
Abueva was known as the
"Father of Modern
Philippine Sculpture"
Through Proclamation No.
1539. He was proclaimed
National Artist for
Sculpture in 1976 when
he was 46, making him the
youngest recipient of the
award to date.
 KAGANAPAN
Major works. Recognized as
the “Father of Modern
Philippine Sculpture”,
Abueva helped shape the
local sculpture scene to
what it is now. He used
almost all kinds of materials
for his sculptures such as
hard wood, adobe, metal,
stainless steel, cement,
marble, bronze, iron,
alabaster, coral and brass
for his artwork just like the
“KAGANAPAN”
 KISS OF JUDAS
Being adept in
either academic
representational style or
modern abstract, he has
utilized almost all kinds of
materials from hardwood
(molave, acacia, langka
wood, ipil, kamagong, palm
wood and bamboo) to
adobe, metal, stainless
steel, cement, marble,
bronze, iron, alabaster, coral
and brass. As we can see in
this artwork he uses wood.
 THE
TRANSFIGURATION

The style used

is Realistic art and
the form is three
dimensional bronze
sculpture
 9. JOSE GARCIA VILLA
-José García Villa was a
Filipino poet, literary critic,
short story writer, and
painter. He was awarded
the National Artist of the
Philippines title for
literature in 1973, as well as
the Guggenheim Fellowship
in creative writing by
Conrad Aiken.
 The Anchored
Angel
Jose Garcia Villa is
considered as one of the
finest contemporary poets
regardless of race or
language. Villa, who lived in
Singalong, Manila,
introduced the reversed
consonance rime scheme,
including the comma
poems that made full use of
the punctuation mark in an
innovative, poetic way. One
of his work is “THE
ANCHORED ANGEL”.
 The Emperor's
New Sonnet
The Emperors New
Sonnet' by Jose Garcia
Villa is a blank-page
poem. It's one of his
visual poems that 'forego
the words entirely. It is
especially in these
caprices that the
influence of e.e.
cummings and Villa's
desire to take his work to
the next level of meaning
are evident.
 Footnote to
Youth
The story symbolizes
youth as overzealous and
emotional. It is an age of
rash decisions and
unstoppable desires. On
the other hand, marriage
and middle age are
symbolized with
responsibilities, anxiety
and regrets.
 10. JERRY NAVARRO
ELIZALDE
-Jerry Navarro Elizalde was a
Philippine artist. He studied in
the University of the
J Philippines, Manila as a
Ramon Roces Publication
Scholar in 1947. The following
year he transferred to the
University of Santo Tomas, he
studied fine arts with a major
in painting. He graduated with
a Bachelor of Arts in 1951.
 I'm Sorry Jesus, I Can't
Attend Christmas This
Year

An uncompromising idealist
to the modernist cause,
Jeremias “Jerry” Elizalde
Navarro (1924-1999)
thought nothing of
changing his painting style
constantly—from minimalism
to abstract expressionism,
cubism, pointillism,
assemblage, and in his final
years, a melodic figurative
style that highlighted the
“I’m Sorry Jesus, I Can’t
Attend Christmas This Year.
 The frog dance
He experimented
different kinds of
painting using oil, acrylic,
watercolor. He also tried
making sculpture and
mixed media. He uses
the "incision painting"
this method is applied on
the stop surface by
carving out the artist's
desired pattern on the
stone materials and
layering paint or plaster
on the stone surface.
 Homage to
Dodjie Laurel
He uses the "incision
painting" this
method is applied
on the stop surface
by carving out the
artist's desired
pattern on the stone
materials and
layering paint or
plaster on the stone
surface.