What is Visual Arts?

Pertains to painting and sculpture

 Topic:
The National Artists of the Philippines for Visual Arts

Objectives:
Explains Filipino artists’ roles and Identify their
contribution to contemporary Arts. CAR11/12CAP-oc-e-5
-Identify the National Artists for Visual Arts
-Explain the contributions of these National Artists.
-Discuss the different styles and techniques these visual artists have used
-Explain Filipino artist’s role and Identify their contribution to
contemporary arts.
In terms of treatment of subject and the use of medium
what influences the Philippine visual arts?

-Philippine Visual art is a confluence of both ethnic

and western traditions in the treatment of subject and
the use of medium.
Spaniards invaded the country, the friars were the
ones who introduced the Western styles of painting
and carving, in which the theme was mainly
religious.
All over the country, churches have become informal
museums where paintings and statues abound.
Filipino visual artists use native forms and subjects
but with the use of foreign styles and techniques.
Along with the inspirations from other countries,
Spanish influences is still apparent in the works of
the Filipinos.
Some contemporary visual artists have been educated
and trained abroad, introducing in the country
different movements in the world of art.
Why is the Spanish influence very strong in the
works of Filipino Visual artists?

How are visual artists able to merge the local and

the foreign?
 National Artist for visual Arts
1.Napoleon Abueva
1930-
Year of Conferment:1976
-born in Tagbilaran, Bohol
-considered the Father of Modern Philippine
Sculpture.
Youngest awardee to receive the National Artist award
-His works used varied materials ranging from hardwood to
coral and adobe.
-Man behind famous artwork such as:
1.The Transfiguration at the Eternal Gardens Memorial Park
2.The Water Buffalo
3.Bronze image of Teodoro M. Kalaw found in the façade of
the National Library
4.Death masks of famous personalities such as Benigno
Aquino, Jr. and Fernando Poe.
 1991 "Siyam na Diwata Sandugo

Three Dancers

"Magdangal"
2.Ang Kiukok
1931-2005
Year of Conferment:2001
-born to immigrant Chinese parents Vicente Ang and
Chin Lim.
-one of the most talented and energetic figures who
began his flourishing carrier during the 1960s.
-his works continue to inspire and influence Filipinos
You will be captivated by visual intensity and also
be overwhelmed by its meaning.
Art critics praise him for works which are cited by the
NCCA.” imbued with nationalist fervor and
sociological agenda.”
-Some of his famous works: Geometric
Landscape(1969) ,Dog Fight, Pieta (1962), –won a
bronze medal in Saigon, and the Seated Figure(1979)-
which was aunctioned at Singapore’s Sotheby’s.
Name some notable works by Ang Kiukok

What dominant feeling does one get by looking at Ang

Kiukok painting?

What did the critics say about Ang Kiukok’s works?

3.Victorio C. Edades
1895 - 1985
Year of Conferment:1976
-Father of Modernism in Philippine Art
-showed his attraction toward the style of impressionists
such as Cezanne and Paul Gauguin early in his career.
-liked to use dark and gloomy colors (unlike
Amorsolo: bright and vivid hues)
-most of his subjects were Filipino laborers in their
everyday situations.
-his painting depict(according to NCCA) the working
class in “rough, bold impasto strokes and standing
tall and singular in his advocacy and practice.”
-some of his remarkable works of art: The Sketch,
Poinsettia Girl, The Wrestlers, Portrait of the Professor,
and the Japanese Girl.
Who are the major influences in Victorio Edades’s
Carrer?

How is Edades work different from that of Fernando

Amorsolo?

What were Edade’s common subjects in his paintings?

How did Edades Paint them?
4.Cesar Legaspi
1917 - 1994
Year of Conferment:1990
-pioneer of the Neorealist movement in the country.
Neorealism – is a modern art movement that makes an
artist take a subject and explore its unknown qualities.
-his art paved the way to the birth of modern art in the
Philippines.
-although he worked on his paintings as he was
operating as a magazine illustrator and as artistic
director in advertising agencies , 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 disturbing power
and intensity.”
Some of his notable paintings: Tree Planting, Man and
Woman, Reclining Nude, and Gadgets.
5.Vicente S. Manansala
1910-1981
Year of Conferment:1981
-an extraordinary illustrator and cubist painter
-born in Macabebe, Pampanga
-his paintings depected the barrio and the city
together and were often characterized, according to
NCCA as “ visions of reality teering on the edge of
abstraction.”
-trained in Paris and at the Otis School of Drawing in
Los Angeles.
-his famous masterpiece: the Madonna of the Slums –
represents a mother and child from the country.
-his other canvasses: The Jeepney and Birdman, he
combined the elements of provincial folk culture with
the busy streets of the city.
6. Hernando R. Ocampo
1911-1978
Year of Conferment:1991
-self-taught painter, exceptional visual artist
-his works are often praised to have
” provided an understanding and awareness of the
harsh social realities in the country”
-invented a new mode of perception that demonstrated
the atmosphere and the wildlife of the Philippines.
-used movement and bold colors in his artworks.
-some of his popular works: Nude with Candle and
Flower, Ina ng Balon, Kasaysayan ng Lahi, Man and
Carabao, Revelation 8, Ancestors and Fiesta.
7. Fernando C. Amorsolo
1892-1972
Year of Conferment:1972
-country’s first national artist, heralded as the “ Grand
Old Man of Philippine Art.
-started his art education as an apprentice at age13 and
formally enrolled at the Art school of the Liceo de
Manila and then UP.
-study at the academia de San Fernando in Madrid.(a
study grant provided by business tycoon Enrique Zobel
de Ayala )
-his work is described by National Artist for Literature
Nick Joaquin as “ the rapture of a sensuality utterly in
love with the earth, with the Philippine sun…
-most of his works depicted the rich rural landscape of
the Philippines.
-some of his famous works: Rice Planting, Defence of a
Filipina Woman’s Honor, Planting Rice( 1946) and
Sunday Morning Going to Town(1958)
8. Carlos “Botong V. Francisco
1912-1969
Year of Conferment:1973
-commonly known as “Botong”
-a muralist from Angono, Rizal
-became famous because of his massive murals and for
his outstanding depiction of historical pieces.
-his artistic genius is in his ability to turn”fragments
of the historic past into vivid records of the
legendary courage of the ancestors of his race”
-his impressive works: Blood Compact, Bayanihan sa
Bukid, First Mass at Limasawa, Magpupukot, The
Martyrdom of Rizal and Fiesta.
9. Arturo “Art” R. Luz
1926-
Year of Conferment:1997
-prominent printmaker, sculpture, and art administrator.
-minimalist and he used geometric abstracts that” exemplify
an ideal of sublime austerity in expression and form.”
-pioneered the professionalization of the art galleries
that”set a prestigious influence over generations of Filipino
artists.”
-best masterpieces: Bagong Taon, Man with Guitar,
Self-Portrait, and Cities of the Past.
-his Black and White mural can be viewed in the hall of
CCP’s Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco (Little Theater)
10. Jerry Elizalde Navarro
1924-1999
Year of Conferment:1999
-born in Antique
-both painter and sculptor
-his other works include graphic design, printmaking,
and mask-making in hardwood which “merge the
human and the animal.”
-He represented the country at the Sao Paolo Biennale
in Brazil for Sculpture.
-Some of his most illustrious works: I’m Sorry Jesus, I
can’t Attend Christmas This Year; Homage to Dodjie
Laurel; A flying Contraption for Mr. Icarus; Singkil; Is
he the Man?; The Seasons.
11. Guillermo Estrella Tolentino
1890-1976
Year of Conferment:1973
-master in classical sculpture, having been”a product of
the Revival Period in Philippine art.”
-trained and educated in the Royal Academy of Fine
Arts in Rome.
-his brilliant sculptures: Oblation, Bonifacio
Monumen(Caloocan), The figures of Jose Rizal (in UP),
President Quezon(in Quezon Memorial ) and President
Magsaysay( in GSIS Building)
-designed the medals for Ramon Magsaysay Award and
the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.
12. Jose T. Joya
1931-1995
Year of Conferment:2003
-former dean of the college of Fine Arts of UP.
-initiated abstract expressionism in the country.

Abstract expressionism
-is the use of the abstract style to convey strong emotional
or expressive content.
-his masterpieces showed”dynamic spontaneity” and
“quick gestures” of action painting.
-majority of his works were strongly influenced by
the tropical landscapes of the country’s beautiful
islands.
-Some of his inspiring masterpieces: Nanking, Hills
of Nikko, Mariveles, Beethoven Listening to the
Blues, Cityscape, Granadean Arabesque and
Biennial.
13. Benedicto “Bencab” R. Cabrera
1942
Year of Conferment:2006
-brilliant painter who has”upheld the primacy of
drawing over the decorative color”
-his first experience of the arts transpired through his
elder siblings Salvador, who was already a recognized
artist.
-Lyrical expressionist
-represented Philippine society through Sabel, a
symbolic scavenger which he describes as
“melancholic symbol of dislocation, despair and
isolation---personification of human dignity threatened
by life’s vicissitudes and the vast inequities of
Philippine society.”
-his greatest contributions: Madonna with Objects
(1991), Studies of Sabel(diptych,1991) People Waiting
(1989) The Indifference (1988) and Waiting for the
Monsoon (1986)
Describe BenCab’s work as an artist?

Name some of BenCab’s selected works.

Who is BenCab’s “symbolic scavenger?” what does it

represent?
14. Abdulmari Asia Imao
1936-2014
Year of Conferment:2006
-Native of Sulu
-remarkable sculpture, painter, ceramist, photographer,
writer, and cultural researcher.
-his mentor were national Artists Guillermo Tolentino
and Napoleon Abueva
-he incorporated in his works native motifs and designs
such as the sarimanok, the naga and the ukkil which has
helped develop among ethnic groups trust and
confidence essential for the development of a civilized
society.
-some of his notable works: The Industry Brass Mural
and Mural Relief on Filmmaking in Manila City Hall
15. Francisco Coching
1919-1998
Year of Conferment:2001
-comic book creator with 53 comic book novels
-unable to finish his studies, he took on an
apprenticeship at Liwayway magazine under Tony
Velasquez.
-his works include the following: Hagibis, El Indio,
Don Cobarde, Pagano, Dumagit, Lapu-Lapu,
Bulalakaw, Waldas, Talipandas, Palasig, Movie Fan,
Gat Sibasib and Satur.
-his fanciful stories captured the popular imagination.
-borrowing from the long tradition of romances and
corridos along with the moro-moro and zarzuela of the
colonial era, Coaching reimagined Philippine history in
his enduring works.”
GOD bless us!!!