CONTEMPORARY ARTS FROM THE

REGION OF PHILPPINES MODULE

RAFE GARING SISON

Educ’l Attainment: BS in Industrial Education
(BSIE)
Subject: CONTEMPORARY ARTS FROM THE
REGION OF PHILPPINES
Topic: Contemporary Philippines Art and the
National Artist Philippines

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RAFE G. SISON

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Module Content:
Lesson 4: National Artists of the Philippines for Visual Arts

LEARNING OUTCOME/COMPETENCIES
 Identify the Filipinos who are honored the Order of National Artist.
 Appreciate the efforts of individuals in pursuit of the development of arts.
 Explains Filipino artists’ roles and identify their contribution to
contemporary arts.
I. Introduction on the Proper Use of this module
1. Follow closely the instructions in every activity.
2. Be honest in answering and checking your exercises.
3. Answer the pre-test before going over the materials. This is finding out what you
already know.
4. Answer the exercise encountered at the end of every lessons.
5. Review the lesson that you think you failed to understand.
6. Seek assistance from your teachers if you need help.

II. Introduction: (This is usually called preliminaries to be done by the teacher before
starting the lesson proper. The teacher should be the expert player on how to introduce
the topic.)

National Artists of the Philippines for Visual Arts-is a confluence of both ethnic and
western traditions in the treatment of subject and the use of medium
-a mixture of western and native cultural influences

Example of visual arts

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Van Gogh: The Church at Auvers (1890)

The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature. The visual
arts (also known as the plastic arts) produce objects. They are contrasted with the performing
arts.
Examples are ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking. Also, modern visual arts
which use technology: photography, video, filmmaking and architecture.
These definitions should not be taken too strictly as many artistic disciplines (performing
arts, conceptual art, textile arts) involve aspects of the visual arts as well as arts of other
types. Movies and performing arts, for example, make use of set and costume design, sometimes
by prominent artists.
Also included within the visual arts are the applied arts such as industrial design, graphic
design, fashion design, interior design and decorative art.

III. LESSON 4

National Artists of the Philippines for Visual Arts

Learning competencies/outcome:
 Identify the Filipinos who are honored the Order of National Artist.
 Appreciate the efforts of individuals in pursuit of the development of arts.
 Explains Filipino artists’ roles and identify their contribution to contemporary arts.

artranked.com
1. Fernando Amorsolo - known as the “Grand Old Man of the Philippine Art”

2. Hernando Ocampo- is one of the Thirteen Moderns who paved the way to art modernism
in the Philippines.

Tres-marias by Benedicto Cabrera

3. Benedicto Cabrera- known as BenCab, an award-winning painter and printmaker who
was tagged as a master of the Philippine contemporary art.

Fiesta by Carlos Francisco

4. Carlos “Botong” Francisco- was a muralist from Angono, Rizal.
 Sea of Gold by Cesar Legaspi(1917-1994) https://bit.ly/2D4afR7

5. Cesar Legaspi- promoted modern arts in the country

Sarimanok by Abdulmari Asia Imao

Source: https://bit.ly/3jDxnXF

6. Abdulmari Asia Imao- a visual artist from Sulu, who articulated the Muslim culture and
art in the country.

Bonifacio Monument by Guillermo Tolentino

Source: https://bit.ly/3jwAoZx
7. Guillermo Tolentino- was the master sculptor who introduces classical sculpture in the
country.
 Mid Centuria by Arturo Luz

Source: https://bit.ly/3jwAoZx

8. Arturo Luz- is an abstractionist known for his minimalist paintings and sculptures which
exude sophisticated simplicity.

Galerie Stephanie by Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz

Source: https://bit.ly/39p3Pbh

9. Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz- known for his gestural abstract expressionistic paintings using
a variety of mediums like acrylic and oil.

National Artist Napoleon Abueva’s work is scattered across the University of the Philippines campus
in Diliman, including the 1966-67 concrete sculptures ‘Tribute to Higher Education’ on University
Avenue (above).

Source: https://bit.ly/2OK2wKG
10. Napoleon Abueva- Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture, who made use of wide range
of materials in his works.
  Elizalde Navarro (1924– 1999), painter 
Sample works: I’m Sorry Jesus, I Can’t Attend Christmas This Year 
Date conferred as NA: 1999

SOURCE: https://bit.ly/3jvDfSC
11. Jeremias Elizalde Navarro- a painter and a sculptor.

SOURCE: https://bit.ly/3jygXQf
Francisco Coshing- popular for his komiks drawings.

Source: https://bit.ly/2ON0QAb

12. VictorioEdades- Father of the Modern Philippine Painting.

 Thinking Man by Ang Kiukok
Source: https://bit.ly/39jRqW8
13. AngKiukok- known for his highly expressionistic works containing powerful meanings.

Source: https://bit.ly/3eRFufv
14. Jose Joya- an abstractionist known for his gestural paintings.

widewalls by Vicente Manansala

source: https://bit.ly/30HD4uI
15. Vicente Manansala- was a cubist painter who painted with a wide range of subject
matters from the happy and bountiful rural to poverty-stricken urban set-ups.
 CONTEMPORARY ARTS FROM THE REGION OF PHILPPINES
Self-Learning Activity 4,
Name:______________________________Year/Section:__________________Date:________
Self-Learning Activity 4:
1. Why do we need to recognize the different National Artist and their contribution
to the Philippine?
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TEST I
Multiple choice.
Directions: in your ½ crosswise sheet of paper choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. He was a cubist painter who painted with a wide range of subject matters from the
happy and bountiful rural to poverty-stricken urban set-ups.
a. Vicente Manansala.
b. Jose Joya
c. Francisco Coshing
2. He known as the “Grand Old Man of the Philippine Art”
a. VictorioEdades
b. Fernando Amorsolo.
c. Arturo Luz
3. He is one of the Thirteen Moderns who paved the way to art modernism in the
Philippines.
a. Hernando Ocampo.
b. Carlos “Botong” Francisco
c. Cesar Legaspi
4. He known as BenCab, an award-winning painter and printmaker who was tagged
as a master of the Philippine contemporary art.
a. Carlos “Botong” Francisco
b. Cesar Legaspi
c. Benedicto Cabrera.
5. He was a muralist from Angono, Rizal.
a. Benedicto Cabrera
b. Carlos “Botong” Francisco.
c. Cesar Legaspi
6. He promoted modern arts in the country
a. Benedicto Cabrera
b. Carlos “Botong” Francisco
c. Cesar Legaspi.
7. Father of the Modern Philippine Painting.
a. VictorioEdades.
b. Ang Kiukok
c. Jose Joya
8. Known for his highly expressionistic works containing powerful meanings.
a. VictorioEdades
b. Ang Kiukok.
 c. Jose Joya
9. He is an abstractionist known for his gestural paintings.
a. VictorioEdades
b. Ang Kiukok
c. Jose Joya.
10. He is a visual artist from Sulu, who articulated the Muslim culture and art in the
country.
a. VictorioEdades
b. Guillermo Tolentino
c. Abdulmari Asia Imao.
11. He is the master sculptor who introduces classical sculpture in the country.
a. Arturo Luz
b. Guillermo Tolentino.
c. Abdulmari Asia Imao
12. He is an abstractionist known for his minimalist paintings and sculptures which
exude sophisticated simplicity.
a. Arturo Luz.
b. Guillermo Tolentino
c. Abdulmari Asia Imao
13. He is known for his gestural abstract expressionistic paintings using a variety of
mediums like acrylic and oil.
a. Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz.
b. Napoleon Abueva
c. Jeremias Elizalde Navarro
14. Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture, who made use of wide range of materials
in his works.
a. Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz
b. Napoleon Abueva.
c. Jeremias Elizalde Navarro
15. A painter and a sculptor.
a. Jeremias Elizalde Navarro.
b. Francisco Coshing
c. Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz
16. Francisco Coshing- popular for his komiks drawings
a. Jeremias Elizalde Navarro.
b. Francisco Coshing
c. Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz

TEST II.10 pts.

Definition.
1. What is the contribution of the National Artists to the Philippines’
field of arts?