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AMERICAN
PERIOD
Prepared by: Ricki Mae O. Guiling
BSED- MATH IV
AMERICAN PERIOD
▪ The coming of the Americans brought
in new art forms and a different kind
of outlook in life. The Americans
educated the Filipinos and, thus,
influenced their way of thinking and
creativity.
During AMERICAN PERIOD,

❖ Architectures
❖ Paintings
❖ Sculptures
Architecture During the American Period
The New Philippine Government under
General Emilio Aguinaldo was defeated by
the new colonial masters (the Americans)
who bought the country from its old master
(the kingdom of Spain) by the way of the
Treaty of Paris.
● 1898, the coming of the Americans to the
islands was the start of the invasion.
● An outstanding American contribution to the
country was the creation of a civil
government.
● This directed the construction of government
buildings from the city to the municipal level.
Architecture During the American Period
The varied style, the combination of historic styles, also
discovered its way in some of the commercial building rising
in the business district.

Regina Building
along historic
Escolta
The rise of Art Nouveau also produced some samples in the central
business districts:
Uy-Chaco Building along Casa de Ariston Bautista
Calle Rosario and Plaza in Calle Barbosa, Quiapo
Cervantes
In the mid-20’s up to the eve of the second world war, Art Deco became
popular for the Philippine Architecture with works:
Metropolitan Theater Perez-Samanillo Building,
along Plaza Aroceros Crystal Arcade and Capitol
Theater along Escolta
In the mid-20’s up to the eve of the second world war, Art Deco
became popular for the Philippine Architecture with works:

State and Avenue Theater Lide and Times Theater

along Avenida Rizal along Quezon Boulevard
 Did you know?

The Manila Central

Post Office is a
neoclassical building
during the American
period.
Painting During the American Period

Filipinos greatly suffered from the

hand of the Americans. The Americans were
determined to make the Philippines their
new colony in the East. They planned to
conquer the Filipinos through education and
governance.
Fabian dela Rosa (1869-1937)
❖ He was the first famous
Filipino painter of the 20th
century.
❖ He was known for his lifelike
portraits, genre, and landscape
in subdued colors.
 Example of Fabian dela Rosa’s
Paintings

Pasay Beach, Manila (Oil on

Board) Filipina with Red Parasol (Oil
on Canvas)
Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto (1892-1972)
❖ Who captive the interest of the public and the buyers.
❖ His paintings, overflowing with yellow-orange and golden
sunlight, depicted the Philippine landscape in all its glory.
❖ Amorsolo also drew the fanciful rural life portrayed farmers
and fisher folks doing their work without much effort,
seemingly enjoying themselves of the ever-smiling
dalagang bukid is another trademark.
❖ Amorsolo created many book and magazine cover designs.
❖ He also worked for commercial products, the most popular
of which was the Markang Demonyo for Ginebra San
Miguel, a local alcoholic drink.
 Example of Fernando Amorsolo y Ceuto Paintings

Afternoon meal of the rice workers,

A Basket of Mangoes, oil on
1951, oil on canvas. Won first prize
canvas, 1949 by Fernando
at the New York World's Fair.
Amorsolo.
❑ The country’s State University, the University of the
Philippines, was founded by the Americans in 1908.
❑ The School of Fine Arts was founded in 1909 with Fabian dela
Rosa as its first Dean.(It would serve as the local academy for
art).
❑ Amorsolo became a faculty member and later the Dean of the
U.P. School of Fine Arts from 1952-1955.
❑ It was unavoidable for students to copy the works and styles of
Amorsolo; hence, the “Amorsolo School” was born.
❑ His followers included Jorge Pineda, Ireneo Miranda, and
Toribio Herrera.
❑ He was awarded as the country’s first National Artist in
1972.
Modernism began in the country in the 1890’s
with Miguel Zaragosa’s two pointillist works.
1. Emilio Alvero- later created many
Impressionist still-life paintings.
2. Juan Arrellano- would be popular as
an architect, but his Impressionist
landscapes were as remarkable as
his buildings.
Victorio C. Edades (1895-1985)
▪ In 1928, launched a show at the
Philippine Columbian Club in
Ermita, Manila.
▪ Edades’ work, -The Builders,
showed distorted, naked working
men cover in sweat and dirt-. (The
painting known as the first ever
Modernist in the country).
The Builders
 Victorio C. Edades (1895-1985)
▪ In 1934, Edades sought two young undergraduates
of the U.P. School of Fine Arts, Carlos “Botong” V.
Francisco and Galo B. Ocampo, to help him create
a mural. Together, they made the Triumvirate of
Modern Art in the country. They created many
collaborative murals, such as Interaction.
▪ In 1938, Edades,Ocampo, and Diosdado Lorenzo
founded the Atelier of Modern Art in Malate, Manila.
 Galo B. Ocampo (1913-1985)

▪ Created his
Brown
Madonna in
1938 and
Filipinized
Western
canonical
iconography.
Brown Madonna
Carlos “Botong” V. Francisco(1913-1969)
▪ An Angonobased
painter, showed
Philippine history in
his “History of Manila”
mural at the Manila
City Hall. Botong was
hailed as National
Artist for Painting in
1973.
 “Harana”
“Bayanihan”
Sculpture During the American Period
Guillermo Tolentino (1890-1976)
o Dominated Philippine sculpture for the first
decades of the 20th century.
o He was trained in the classical style in Rome.
o Tolentino’s famous masterpieces include the
Oblation at the University of the Philippines
and the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan.
o His creation of the Bonifacio monument is
classical in execution but romantic in content.
o The Oblation, the symbol of the country’s top State
University, gives the classical ideals, discipline
order, symmetry, and restraints. It stand nude, firm,
and proud, with arms wide open to accept
knowledge and change.
o Tolentino was hailed as a National Artist for
sculpture in 1973.
✓Many sculptors, such as Anastacio Caedo and his
son Florentino followed the standard set by
Tolentino.
Oblation at the University Bonifacio Monument
of the Philippines in Caloocan
 Napoleon Abueva (1930)
▪ He was Tolentino’s student, who would go
against the standards set by his teacher.
▪ He would work with a variety of materials and
techniques.
▪ He combined the sculptural and functional
qualities in his works.
▪ He made highly stylized, simplified, and
eventually abstract works under the guidance
of Moore and Brancusi.

The Sandugo is one of the most famous historical sculpture
in the Philippines. It is the blood Compact (sandugo)
between Datu Sikatuna and Miguel López de Legazpi in
1565 to ensure the relationship of the Spaniards and
Filipinos. It is found in Tagbilaran City, Bohol which is also
the hometown of Abueva.
Siyam na Diwata stands at the University of
the Philippines Diliman campus’ Hardin ng
mga Diwata. The sculpture depicts the 9
muses: architecture, dance, film, literature,
music, painting, photography, sculpture,
and theater.
 During the sixties and seventies, many sculptors followed the
modernist way set by Abueva, such as:
➢ Solomon Saprid
➢ J. Eizalde Navarro
➢ Lamberto Hechanova
➢ Edgar Doctor
➢ Arturo Luz
➢ Eduardo Castrillo
➢ Jerry Araos
➢ Virginia Ty-Navarro
➢ Francisco Verano

There probe and experimentation of different materials, techniques, styles,

subject matter, and concept ensured a lively atmosphere for sculpture in
the country.
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