NEOCLASSIC or New Classic

Depicts reality as closely as possible and idealizes it

Described as “conservative” art

FERNANDO AMORSOLO

Planting Rice

Creation Date: 1951

Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 62.23 X
86.36 cm
FERNANDO AMORSOLO

Fruit Gatherer

Creation date: 1950

Medium: oil on board
FERNANDO AMORSOLO

Dalagang Filipina (Filipina Maiden)

GUILLERMO TOLENTINO

Oblation

A concrete statue which

serves as the iconic symbol of
the University of the
Philippines.

It depicts a man facing

upward with arms
outstretched, symbolizing
selfless offering of oneself to
his union.
GUILLERMO TOLENTINO

Bonifacio Monument

The Monument of Gat. Andres

Bonifacio and the heroes of
1896. (by national artist
Guillermo Tolentino)

By the way, FYI, "Gat" is

short for "gatdula", a Filipino
term equivalent to the
European "Sir" attached to a
knight's name.
GUILLERMO TOLENTINO

Magpupukot
(Pulling in the net)

signed and dated 'CARLOS V.

FRANCISCO 57' (lower right)

oil on canvas

36 x 54 4/5 in. (91.5 x 139.5 cm.)

MODERN
 VICTORIO EDADES

"The Builders" (1928)

It is one of Victorio Edades' major works that he
exhibited in 1928 during his one-man show.
Edades executed this upon his return to the
Philippines from studies in the United States.
In his campaign for modernism, this is one of his
paintings that shows his enhanced knowledge and
skill in modern art. This artwork emphasized linear
and structural composition above other pictorial
elements, conveying the essence of men engaged
in labor through the contortion of the bodies.