“Boto

ng”
Franc
isco
 Early life
On November 4, 1914, Maria Villaluz gave birth
to a child to Felipe Francisco and called him
Carlos but he is well-known as “Botong” among
his friends and town mates in Angono, Rizal.
Furthermore, as a youth, Botong is fond of
playing basketball than practicing his skills in
painting.
At the age of five, Botong lost his father. His
mother attended him for education.
 Education
Among the few, he spent his college years at the
University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts
and during those days, specifically in 1959 he
was the recipient of a Most Outstanding Alumnus
award that gave an honor to his alma mater.

On the contrary, he did not finish his degree and

was forced to work. Later on before the war, he
became a professor at the University Of Santo
Tomas School Of Architecture and Fine Arts.
Awards
 Death
Botong died at the age of 57 on March
31, 1969, because of hemorrhage from
a lung lesion. Thus, on June 12, 1973,
he was conceded as the National
Artist.
MAGPUPUKOT
1957
OIL IN CANVAS

pulling in the net

– Filipino
fishermen
MATRYDOM
1960
PHOTO ON CANVAS

Execution of
Dr. Jose Rizal in
Fort Santiago
TINIKLING
Traditional
Philippine
Dance
BAYANIHAN
1962
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spirit of communal unity

and cooperation
 FIRST MASS AT LIMASAWA 1965
Philippine Christianization in Cebu
MUSLIM BETROTHAL, 1958
HARANA
1957

Courtship
during the
Spanish
colonial
period
FIESTA
1960

Pista sa
Angono
PORTRAIT OF
PURITA
PORTRAIT OF PURITA
KALAW-LEDESMA

Founder of the Art

Association of the
Philippines
COCKFIGHT
1948
PENCIL AND
WATERCOLOR

pagsasabong
EDUCATION
1964
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arrival and
spread of
education in
the Philippines