Development of philippine art

Artistic painting were introduced to the philippines in the 16th century when the spaniards
arrived in the Philippines

Earliest among the collection are region in themes and cornposed of 18 century icons and
images created by local artisans under the tutelage of the friars. The devetional pieces of the collection
are of outstanding significance.

During the late Spanish colonial period, the school of Academism or “salon” painting emerged
and produced the likes of Juan N. Luna and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, who are now considered as 19th
century masters

Philippine art has come a long way, from the primitive ingenuity of the Filipinos to the present
avante-garde artists exploring all possible techniques and schools ranging from the traditionalists,
representationalists, abstractionists, abstract expressionists, semi-abstractionists, figurative
expressionists, non-objectivists and other forms of -isms. Art today is an open forum of visual
statements.