THE NATIONAL ARTISTS OF THE

PHILIPPINES FOR VISUAL ARTS

 • In the Philippines, visual arts
can be characterized as a
mixture of western and native
culture influences.

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• All over the country,
churches have become
informal museums where
painting and statues bound.
Some contemporary visual artists
have been educated and trained
abroad introducing in the country
different movements in the world of
art.

Masterpieces of Juan Luna

Masterpieces of Felix Resureccion Hidalgo

THE NATIONAL ARTISTS OF THE
PHILIPPINES FOR VISUAL ARTS
 Napoleon Abueva
1930-
Year of conferment: 1976

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 Napoleon Abueva
 He is considered the Father of Modern Philippine
Sculpture.
 He is also the youngest awardee to receive the
National Artist award.
 His works used varied materials ranging from
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hardwood to coral and adobe.
The Transfiguration Of The Eternal Gardens Memorial Park
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 Water Bufallo
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 Image of Teodoro M. Kalaw in the facade of The National Library
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 Death masks of famous personalities such as
• Benigno Aquino, Jr.
• Fernando Poe, Jr.
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 Ang Kiukok
1931-2005
Year of conferment: 2001

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 Ang Kiukok
 He was born to immigrant Chinese parents Vicente
Ang and Chin Lim.
 He is one of the most talented and energetic figures
who began his flourishing career during the 1960s.
 Art critics praise his works as cited by NCCA,
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“imbued with nationalist fervor and sociological
agenda.”
 Geometric Landscape (1969)
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 Dog Fight (1982)
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 Seated Figure (1979)
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 Victorio C. Edades
1895-1985
Year of conferment: 1976

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 Victorio C. Edades
 He is the Father of Modernism of Philippine Art.
 He showed his attraction toward the style of
impressionists such as Cezanne and Paul Gaugin
early in his career.
 As compared with Amorsolo who liked to use bright
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and vivid hues, Edades’ colors were dark and
gloomy.
 Victorio C. Edades
 Most of the subjects found in the works of Edades
are Filipino laborers in their everyday situations.
 His paintings, according to NCCA, depict the
working class in “rough, bold impasto strokes,
standing tall and singular in his advocacy and
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practice.”
 The Sketch
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 Poinsettia Girl
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The Wrestlers
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Portrait of the Professor
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Japanese Girl
 Cesar Legaspi
1917-1994
Year of conferment: 1990

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 Cesar Legaspi
 He was recognized as the pioneer of the Neorealist
movement in the country.
 His art is said to paved the way to the birth of
modern art in the Philippines.
 He worked on his paintings as he was operating as
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a magazine illustrator and as artistic director in
advertising agencies.
 Cesar Legaspi
 He was able to create masterpieces that made “use
of the geometric fragmentation technique, weaving
social comment and juxtaposing the mythical and
modern into his overlapping, interacting forms with
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disturbing power and intensity.”
 Tree Planting
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Gadgets
 Vicente S. Manansala
1910-1981
Year of conferment: 1981
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 Vicente S. Manansala
 He was an extraordinary illustrator and cubist painter.
 Born in Macabebe, Pampanga, Manansala’s paintings
depicted the barrio and the city together and were often
characterized, according to NCCA, as visions of reality
teetering on the edge of abstraction.”
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 Vicente S. Manansala
 Manansala trained in Paris and at the Otis School of
Drawing in Los Angeles.

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 Madonna of the Slums
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 Jeepney
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 Birdman
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 Herardo R. Ocampo
1911-1978
Year of conferment: 1991
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 Herardo R. Ocampo
 Being a self-taught painter did not stop Hernando R.
Ocampo from becoming a National Artist for Visual Arts.
 He is not just an exceptional artist. Ocampo’s works, as
cited, are often praised to have “provided an understanding
and awareness of the harsh social realities in the country.”
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 Herardo R. Ocampo
 Ocampo invented a new mode of perception that
demonstrated the atmosphere and the wildlife of the
Philippines.
 He used movement and bold colors in his artworks.

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 Nude with Candle and Flower
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 Kasaysayan ng Lahi
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 ART ANALYSIS
Analyze the following painting by answering the
following questions:
1. How would you describe the painting to a
person who cannot see it?
2. What does this painting remind you of?
3. How is this painting the same or different in
real life?