NATIONAL ARTISTS

AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
PARTICULAR AREAS
(MUSIC)
NATIONAL ARTISTS
AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
PARTICULAR AREAS
(DANCE)
 FRANCISCA REYES-AQUINO
 In 1920 she made a research about the different
folk dances in the Philippines.
 Known as the “Folk Dance Pioneer” of the
country.
 The Bureau of Education distributed her work
about folk dances as a mean to promote the
cultural heritage to the students.
 Due to her valuable effort, she was awarded as
the Republic Award of merit by the former
President Ramon Magsaysay.
 RAMON OBUSAN
 Promoted and perform the Philippines ethnic
dances with utmost respect and authenticity.
 He research about the different ethnic dances in
the Philippines to perfectly perform their dances.
 Some of his known full length presentations:
 Kayaw 68
 Kayaw 74
 Vamos a Belen!
 Series
 Noon po sa amin
 Kasaysayan ng lahi
 Maynila
 The Rare and unpublished dances
 ALICE REYES
 She developed the unique Filipino modern
dance idiom.
 She creatively interweaved the ethnic dance,
modern dance and ballet producing a
contemporary routine dance.
 Some of her major works are:
 Amada
 Tales of Manuyu
 Bayanihan remembered
 Rama Hari
 At a Maranaw gathering
 Leonor Orosa Goquingco
 Also known as the “Trailblazer”, “Mother of
Philippines theater Dance” and “Dean of Filipino
Performing Arts Critics”
 Significantly contributed to the progress of the
Philippine dance.
 Tagged as her most ambitious work:
 Philippine Life
 Legend
 And Love
 A dance epic
 LUCRECIA REYES-URTULA
 She studied the country’s folk and ethnic dances
for 4 decades.
 She was the dance director of Bayanihan
Philippine dance company for 3 decades.
 Among her major works:
 Singkil
 Vinta
 Tagabili
 pag-diwata
 salisid
NATIONAL ARTISTS
AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
PARTICULAR AREAS
(THEATER)
 DAISY AVELLANA
 She was the so-called “First Lady of the
Philippine Theater”.
 She significantly became part of some theater
productions (e.g. Othello, Macbeth in Balck,
Diego Silang, Walang sugat)
 She popularized the Philippine theater and
dramatic arts by founding the BARANGAY
THEATER GUILD, together with his husband
National Artist Lamberto Avellana.
 ROLANDO TINIO
 An outstanding stage director, poet, thespian
and playwright.
 He established and became the administrator of
the Ateneo Expermental Theater.
 He handled Teatro Pilipino and revived sarswela
and other traditional Filipino drama.
 His major works include:
 Now and Forever
 Gamitin mo ako
 Milagros
 Ang Mestiza (sarswela)
 Orosman and Zafira (komedya)
 WILFRIDO MA. GUERERRO
 Mentored and trained many performing artist for
35 years.
 Introduced and popularized Philippine Theater to
different parts of the country by establishing the
UP mobile Theater.
 His major works include:
 Wanted: A chaperon
 Condemned
 In unity
 Three rats
 The forsaken house
HONORATA “ATANG” DELA RAMA
 Hailed as the Queen of Kundiman.
 She perform kundiman and filipino songs for indigenous
communities all over the country.
 Sarswelas she wrote:
 Puri at Bahay
 Anak ni Eba
 Aking ina
 The songs she popularized:
 Pakiusap
 Ay, Kalisud
 Madaling araw
 The sarswelas she became part in:
 Dalagang Bukid
 Mascota
 Marina
 Pangarap ni Rosa
 SALVADOR F. BERNAL
 He was an exceptional theater designer who
designs hundreds of theater productions.
 He was also a Professor in UP Diliman and Ateneo
de Manila Univ.
 He established the PATDAT (Phil. Assoc. of Theater
Designers and Techncians) in 1995.
 He internationally introduced the Phil Theater
design through Philippine Center of OISTAT
(Organization Internationale des Scenographers,
Technicians, et architectes du theatre)
 SEVERINO MONTANO
 Hailed as the “Titan of the Philippine Theater”.
 He took the lead in promoting “legitimate
theater” in the country.
 He was a top caliber playwright, theater artist
and director.
 He became the Dean of Philippine Normal
College where he founded the “Arena Theater”
in 1953.
 He also developed graduate programs for
theater arts in the PNC which produced equally
talented artists National artist Lino Brocka and
Rolando Tinio.
NATIONAL ARTISTS
AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
PARTICULAR AREAS
(VISUAL ARTS)
 FERNANDO AMORSOLO
 Known as the Grand old man of the Philippine Art.
 The first National Artist of the country.
 His trademark was backlighting the technique
which makes the subject of his painting seems to
glow.
 His art were also notable for reflecting the artistic
and cultural heritage of the Philippines.
 His major works are:
 Planting rice
 Dalagang Bukid
 The Mestiza
 Maiden in the Stream
 Hernando Ocampo
 He is one of the Thirteen Moderns, who paved way to
the Modernism in the Philippines.
 His work was more radical and poetic.
 His work shows what kind of society there is during
World war II.
 He developed a new style of abstraction through his
use of fierce and striking colors.
 His works proved that abstract and non-traditional
style painting can result to nationalistic art.
 His major works are:
 Genesis
 Cavalry
 Slum dwellers
 Nude with cradle flower
 The resurrection
 Fiesta
 BENEDICTO CABRERA
 Popularly known as “BenCab”.
 An award winning painter and printmaker who
was tagged as the master of the Philippine
Contemporary Art.
 IN his forty years of being a visual artist, he
received several award, two of these are the
National Artist Award and GAWAD CCP para sa
Sining.
 Carlos “botong” Francisco
 A muralist from Angono, Rizal.
 The significant element of his painting was their lines
and shapes that seem like cutouts and lush tropical
color.
 He was a modernist and one of the artist who
introduced modern art to the country.
 His major works are:
 Blood compact
 The martyrdom of Rizal
 Bayanihan
 Sandugo
 Portrait of Purita
 First mass of Limasawa
 The invasion of Limahong
 CESAR LEGASPI
 One of the thirteen moderns who also promoted
modern arts in the country.
 He was a neo-realist whose important contribution to
modern art was his refinement of cubism.
 He indigenized cubism and produced artworks
showing local temperaments.
 His major works are:
 the beggars
 The stairway
 Gadget I and II
 Flight
 Struggle
 Peace
 Façade
 Idols of the Third eye
 ABDULMARI ASIA IMAO
A visual artist from Sulu who articulated Muslim
culture and art in the country.
 He preserved the and promoted the Philippine
indigenous art through the use of ethnic themes
like the:
 Ukkil
 Sarimanok
 Naga
 His other works include the Brass Mural of the
Philippine National Bank.
 The mural relief of the film making painted in the
Manila City Hall.
 GUILLERMO TOLENTINO
 The Master sculptor who introduced classical
sculpture in the country.
 He was known for creating monuments and bust
figures of Philippine heroes like Andres Bonifacio
and Dr. Jose Rizal, Philippine presidents like
Manuel Quezon and Ramon Magsaysay.
 The one who created the UP oblation which
became the representation of Academic
freedom of the university.
ARTURO LUZ

 Abstractionistknown for his minimalist

paintings and sculpture which exude
sophisticated simplicity.
 He started doing art at 17 without training,
then later on mentored by Pablo
Amorsolo.
 FREDERICO AGUILAR ALCUAZ
 An artist known for his gestural abstract
expressionistic paintings using variety of
mediums.
 A sculptor who produced abstract and
figurative sculptures made of ceramics,
paper and mixed media.
 MAJOR WORKS:
Reveries of love
Still life with landscape
Panoramic view of Manila
Tres Marias
 NAPOLEON ABUEVA
 Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture
 Who started the trend in mixing different
material in making sculpture.
 Major works:
Nine Muses
Kaganapan
Station of the cross
Sunburst
The Transfiguration
 Francisco Conching
 Dean of the Filipino Illustrators
 Popular for his comic drawings.
 MAJOR WORKS:
 Pedro penduko
 Hagibis
 Lapu-lapu
 El nido
 Maldita
Victorio Edades
 One of the triumvirate who introduced
the modernism in the Philippines.
 Major works:
 The Sketch
 Poinsettia girl
 Japanese Girl
 Mother and daughter
 The Wrestler