NATIONAL ARTISTS FOR VISUAL

ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, AND

FASHION DESIGN
BY: GROUP
5
 FERNANDO AMORSOLO
(May 30,1892-April 24,1972)

• Amorsolo is the first National Artist

in the country.
• He was known for using the
backlighting technique in
painting ,making his creations
bright and cheerful.
Dalagang
Bukid

The Mestiza
 El Ciego

Planting Rice
 CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO
(November 4,1912-March 31,1969)

• Francisco revived the art of mural and

was considered to be the most
distinguished mural painter for about
three decades.
• He was known for using historical
events as subject matter for his murals.
Bayanihan
 First Mass at
Limasawa

The Invansion
of Limahong
 GUILLERMO E. TOLENTINO
(July 24,1890-July 12,1976)

• Honored as National Artist for Sculpture in

1973, Tolentino’s works include the “UP
Oblation”, the “Bonifacio Monument” in
Caloocan, and bronze statues of Manuel
Quezon at Quezon Memorial Circle.
• He was also known for designing the seal of
the Republic of the Phillipines and the gold
and bronze medals for the Ramon
Magsaysay Award
UP OBLATION Bonifacio Monument
 NAPOLEON V. ABUEVA
( January 26,1930)
• Abueva was considered to be the Father of
Modern Philippine Sculpture.
• He skillful in creating both representational and
modern abstract sculptures using a wide variety of
materials.
Bouyant
Sculpture

Nine Muses
 VICTORIO C. EDADES
(December 23,1895-March 7,1985)

• Recognized as the Father of Modern Philippine

Painting.Edades was known for using dark somber
colors in his paintings.
• His worksfocusedon factory workers,laborers,or
other simple townspeople.
• He also introduced a degree program offering
subjects in foreign languages and art history,which
would later lead to a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts.
THE SKETCH
Mother
and
Daughter
 VICENTE MANANSALA
(January22,1910-August 22,1981)

• Manansala known for his painting depicting

realistic themes using an abstract or a cubist
style.
• He believed that “the beauty of art is in the
process,in the moment of doing a particular
painting ,closely associating it with the act of
making love”.
A Cluster of
NipaHut
Market Madonna of the
Vendors Slums
 HERNANDO R.OCAMPO
(April 28,1911-December 28,1978)
• Ocampo was largely known for his abstract
paintings.His works featured shapes bounded
with curved lines painted in intense colors.
• His paintings,such as “Genesis”,”Slum
Dwellers”,and “Ina ng Balon”, captured the
Philippine landscape using bold colors.His
masterpiece “Genesis” was used as the basis of
the design of the curtain of the Cultural Center of
the Philippines (CCP) Main Theater.
 Genesis

Slum
Dwellers
CESAR LEGASPI (April 2,1917-April 2,1994)

• Legaspi was known for utilizing and

refining cubism, a style involving breaking
parts into geometric shapes in his
paintings.

Cubism
 ARTURO LUZ
(November 20,1926)
• He set up the Luz Gallery, which contributed to
the professionalization of the gallery as an
institution.
• His well known works include the mural “Black
and White", which is currently located at the
lobby of the Litlle Theater of the Cultural Center
of the Philippines, and a sculpture of a stainless
steel cube in Pasig City.
Black and
White
 J. ELIZALDE NAVARRO
(May 22,1924-June 10,1999)

• He was known for the hardwoood masks

reflecting the human and the animal,abstract
paintings in oil and water color,and
assemblages.
• He was also known for his fictions works for
This Week of the Manila Chronicle, and for his
figurative drawings for Lydia Arguilla’s Juan
Tamad.
 ANG KIUKOK
(March 1,1931-May 9,2005)

• He was known for painting expressing

nationalism and sociological agenda
during the 60’s through vivid cubistic
figures.
• His works include “Geometric Landscape”,
“Pieta”, and the “Seated Figure”.
 BENEDICTO CABRERA
(April 10,1942)
• Known as “Bencab”,Cabrera was noted as
the best-selling painter of his generation of
Filipino artists.
• He was also known for his sketches of a
scavenger named “Sabel,a symbol of
dislocation,despair and isolation the
personification of human dignity threatened
but life’s circumstance”.
 ABDULMARI ASIA IMAO
(January 14,1936-December 16,2014)

• Imao was instrumentalcin popularizing the

ukil,sarimanok and naga motifs in the country as
original Filipino creations.
• Using his sculptures and monuments of Muslim
and regional leaders and heroes, he has helped in
developing trust and confidence among cultural
groups, which is needed in building a more
humane community and society.
 FEDERICO AGUILAR ALCUAZ
(June 6,1932-February 2,2011

• Alcuaz was mainly known for his oil and

acrylic paintings,and sketches in
ink,pencil,and watercolor.
 FRANCISCO COACHING
(January 29,1919-September 1,1998)

• Tagged has “Dean of Filipino Illustrators”

• Coaching is best known for his work on
comic and illustrations which lead toits
recognition as popular art.He has
influenced cartoonists such as Larry
Alcala,Ben Infante and Nestor Redondo.
 JOSE T. JOYA
(June 3,1931-1995)
• Joya is known for pionerering abstract
expressionism in the Philippines. His most
notable work is the Granadean Arabesque
(1958).He also represented the Philippines in
the 1964 Venice Biennial.
Arabasque
 PABLO S. ANTONIO
(January 25,1902-June 14,1975)

• Antonio is considered pioneer in modern

Philippine architecture.
• His works which include.Far Eastern University
Administration and Science buildings and the
Manila Polo Club exhibit his "function over form"
take on design
• A prominent feature of his designs is the use
natural light and cross ventilation.
 LEANDRO V. LOCSIN
( August 15,1928-November 15,1994)

• Locsin is most well known for designs of the

palace of the Sultan of Brunei,Istana,Nurul,
Iman and the five building of the CCP Complex
• His designs usually features themes of floating
volume and a mix both eastern and western
aesthetics
 ILDEFONSO P. SANTOS
(September 5,1929-January 29,2014)

• Santos pioneered landscape architecture in

the Philippines.
• His work in the Makati Commercial Center
Incorporated Fountains, sculptures and
landscape to a shopping area.
 JUAN F. NAKPIL (May 26,1899-May 7,1986)

• Nakpil was a Filipino architect ,teacher and a

community leader. In 1973 he was named one of
the National Artist of Architecture
• It is a pioneer and innovator in Philippine
Architecture
• Nakpil's greatest contribution is his belief that
there is such a thing as Philippine
Architecture,empousing architecture reflective of
Philippine traditions and culture.
 JOSE MARIA V. ZARAGOZA
(1912-1994)
• Zaragoza was a Filipino architect
• Is defined by a significant body of modern edifices
that address spiritual and secular requirements.
• In his body work that was predominated by about
45 churches and religious centers, including the
Santo Domingo Church, the Convent of the Pink
Sisters and etc.
HISTORICAL LITERATURE
CARLOS QUIRINO (November 4,1910-May 20,1999)

• Quirino is the first and,so far,the only National

Artist for Historical Literature.
• He wrote many articles and books covering
Philippine history and culture,such as "Maps and
views of old Manila","Magsaysay of the
Philippines","Lives of the Philippine
President","Lives of the Philippine President",
and " Filipino Heritage: The making of a Nation.
• He was also known for writing."The Great
Malayan",which is considered to be one of the
earliest biographies of Jose Rizal
 FRANCISCO ARCELLANA
(September 6,1916-August 1,2002)

• Arcellana is a writer,poet, essayist,critic,

journalist and teacher who is recognized as
one of the pioneers in writing modern
Filipino short stories in English.
• He also originated the lyrical prose-poetic
form in writing short stories
N.V.M GONZALEZ (September 8,1915-November
28,1999)
• Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzales is a fictionist
essayist,poet and teacher. He earned numerous
recognition including the first Commonwealth
Literary Contest in 1940,the Republic Cultural
Heritage Award in 1960 and the Gawd CCP Para sa
Sining in 1990.
• He also became U.P's International. writer in
Residence and a member of the Board of Advisers of
the U.P creative writing center
• In 1987 U.P conferred on him the Doctor of Humane
Letter,honoris causa,its highest academic recognition
NICK JOAQUIN (May 4,1917-April 29,2004)

• Joaquin is considered as the most distinguished

Filipino Writer in English writing .His body of work
extends from short stories to poems to essays
which includes journalism and reportage .He used
the name Guerre Quijano de Manila as journalist.
F.SIONIL JOSE (December 3,1924)

• F.Siomil Jose is one of the most widely read

Filipino writers .Among his most notable works
include the Rosales Saga which consists of the
Pretenders ,Tree,My Brother,My
Executioner,Mass and Po-on.
• He is also the founder of the Philippine chapter of
the international organization PEN.
 ALEJANDRO ROCES ( July 14,1924-May 23,2011)

• Roces is known for his comic short stories which

include "My Brother's Peculiar Chicken". He also
lead the campaign to change the country's
Independence Day from July 4 to June 12.
EDITH L. TIEMPO (April 22,1919- August 21 ,2011)

• Tiempo is poet, fictionist, teacher and literary

critic who founded the Silliman National Writers
Workshop in Dumaguete City with her late
husband Edilberto K. Tiempo.
VIRGILIO S. ALMARIO (March 9,1944)

• Also known as Rio Alma, Almario is among the

notable modernist poets.He reinvented the, The
traditional Filipino poetry forms. Among his
works include Makinasyon and
Peregrinasyon,Doktrinang Anakpawis,Mga
Retrato at Rekwerdo and Muli,Sa kandungan Ng
Lupa.
AMADO VERY. HERNANDEZ ( September 13,1903-May
24,1979)

• Hernandez is known for his contribution in the

development of the Tagalog prose through the
size of collequial style
• His works include Bayang Malaya,Isang Dipang
Langit ,and Mga Ibong Mandaragit,which is the
first Filipino socio-political novel that tackled on
agarian issues in the 50's
 CARLOS P. ROMULO (January 14,1899-December
15,1905)

• Romulo's noted as a diplomat and an awarded

journalist.He is the first Asian president of the
United Nations General Assembly,and the only
Asian to win the Pulitizer Prize in Journalism for
his articles on the World War ||. He wrote and
published 18 books including And I Walked
with Heroes, and I see the Philippines Rise.
 BIENVENIDO LUMBERA (April 11,1932)

• Lumbera is a multiawarded poet, critic and

librettist.His works include Likhang
Dila;Likhang Diwa (poems in Filipino and
English),1993,Balaybay,Mga Tulamg Lunot,
May Musika,2004;Tales of the Manavu and
Rama Hari.
CORILIO F. BAUTISTA (July 9,1941)

• Bautista is a poet, fictionist and essayist. He

founded Philippine Literary Arts Council in
1981,the Iligan National Writers Workshop in
1993,and the Baguio Writers Group.
• Aside from teaching literature in universities,he
holds workshops and lectures throughout the
country .
 LAZARO FRANCISCO (February 22,1898- June 17,
1980)

• Francisco is among the prominent writers in the

in the Tagalog language. He established the
Kapatiran ng mga Alagad Ng Wikang
Pilipino(KAWIKA) in 1958 to support Tagalog as
national language.
 JOSE GARCIA VILLA (August 5,1908- July 7,1997)

• Villa is recognized as one of the best contemporary

poets. He is best known for introducing the
reversed consonance rhyme scheme and his use of
puctuation especially commas. He used the pen
name Dovelion (Dove,Eagle,Lion)
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