BE AN ONLINE

CURATOR!
NORHANAH L. AMPUAN | GEC106 - MN
 GUILLERMO TOLENTINO
Philippine National Artist for Sculpture
(July 24, 1890 – July 12, 1976)

Guillermo Estrella Tolentino (1890 – 1976) was a national artist of the Philippine who
worked as a sculptor representing the country from the 1920s until he passed away
in 1976. This sculptor, known as the creator of the Bonifacio Monument in Manila
and the Oblation statue in the University of the Philippines, is not known in the
Philippines a person who was deeply inclined toward spiritualism as a spiritista.
 ARTWORKS OF GUILLERMO ESTRELLA TOLENTINO
A Bust of a Genteleman (1935)
is a sculpture created from
plaster of Paris. Sized 70cm.
Plaster of Paris bust of First
Lady Imelda Marcos by
Guillermo Tolentino. Its
physical location is in Old
Executive Secretary’s Office,
Kalayaan Hall, and Presidential
Museum and Library Collection
is its provenance.
A Resin bust of General Carlos
P. Romulo by Guillermo
Tolentino considerimg as one of
the Relics of Power or the
remembrance of the Philippine
Presidents.
Mrs. Nene Guevera's stately cast
bronze bust is one of Guillermo's
project when he returned to private
practice in 1955 after twenty-nine
years of service to the University,
taking on private commissions and
other similar projects and this is one
of those
 Bust of Caucasian
Gentry Bust of a Lady
Ferdinand Marcos,
A bust of 1974
Caucasian Gentry The Bust of a Lady
The bust has been controversial for
that sized 37cm.
years as a symbol of Marcos’ self-
(1954) is a Plaster Bust of a Lady
glorification, partly because a tribal of Paris sculpture
This Plaster of Paris
group, the Ibalois, was displaced from that sized 16 ½”x9”
the area to make room for the statue Bust of a Lady was
inches.
which overlooks the Marcos Highway. created in 1974.
The bust was previously bombed once Sized 18 ½” x 19” x
in the late 1980s, creating cracks and
13”
other minor damage.
UNTITLED
It is a Plaster of Paris sculpture UNTITLED
that sized 15” x 7” x 6”.
A plaster of Paris sculpture
sized 50cm.
 Pax: Statue (1919) was inspired Manuel L. Quezon Bust
by Wilson's efforts at achieving The original purpose of sculptures
A huge version of the Rizal peace at the conclusion of made from wood was spiritual
Commemorative Coin that World War I. The statue was especially in relation to ceremonies
is created from a Brass, sized well liked by Wilson who and beliefs. Throughout the Spanish
and American colonization,
30cm. thought it represented "a
woodcarving intensified through the
picture of America leading the
religious images and classical
way of salvation for the
architecture.
smaller nations of the world."
 The Inang Bayan is a
sculpture that is maid from
Escayola. Sized 16 1/2x5 ½
inches.

The Oblation (1935) is replete with The Bonifacio Monument (1933)

symbolisms from top to base. The 3.5-
meter height of the original sculpture
represents the three and a half centuries
of Spanish colonization. It depicts a man
facing upward with arms outstretched,
symbolizing selfless offering of oneself
to his country.
recalls the Philippine Revolution
which was spearheaded by Andrés
Bonifacio who had urged his men to
raise against the colonial rule of
Spain. It is considered the most
symbolic of all the monuments in the
country, even grander than Motto
Stella.
The original drawing of
“Filipinos Ilustres” was made
around 1911 and was a
composite from photos in
history textbooks
Relief, 1963 was inspired by
President Woodrow Wilson’s
work for peace, he created a
small statue symbolizing
“peace” – hoping someday he
may be able to present it to
the President.
Female Nude (1919)
A Charcoal on Paper artwork
created in 1919, sized
63.5x44.5cm.
Male Nude (1919)
In the book “TOLENTINO,” author Paras
Perez adds: “Once more, he incessantly drew
the nude. And when the figure was draped,
he mastered the folds with the same
thoroughness he handled anatomy [with].
Then he drew and modeled from memory.
But training did not stop there. He had to see
the figure in relation to its surroundings. He
learned to understand one of the
cornerstones of the renaissance: perspective.”
 ADD YOUR TITLE HERE

Caballo Reparando, 1945 is a Gabriela Silang (1972)

Bronze Sculpture, sized The emotional dynamism of the voluminous
30x26x13 cm. haired female hero Gabriela Silang holding a
bolo up high as a sign of defiance is romantic
“Future Champion” By National Artist which may just be the apotheosis of the
Guillermo Tolentino is a masterful rendition of a heroically romantic in Philippine sculpture.
child’s human form. But this piece is made even
more poignant because the subject is the artist’s
own son. With a steady gaze and the look of
victory, his tiny arms, bent to show what little
muscles he has, portends a momentous event is
this boy’s future. More importantly, the single
Querubin is a Painted Plaster
hand of the father holding the boy’s feet in one sculpture, sized 61cm x 22 cm.
hand, tells the story of an ever-supportive parent,
strong in physique and stronger in resolve.
 References:
 https://guillermokelly.artstation.com/projects/1nQZ08
 https://salcedoauctions.com/item/19734
 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42632052
 https://www-mutualart
 https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/guillermo-e-tolentino-1890-1976-838-c-83446389b6#
 https://irarenas.wordpress.com/tag/guillermo-tolentino/
 https://www.flickr.com/photos/28098727@N00/23004320749
 https://www.yodisphere.com/2021/01/outdoor-sculptures-and-public-art-found.html?m=1
 https://www.askart.com/artist/Guillermo_Estrella_Tolentino/11235037/Guillermo_Estrella_Tol entino.aspx
 https://www.slideshare.net/lumaosing/guillermo-estrella-tolentino-15418460
 https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/national-artists-of-the-philippines/guillermo-tolenti
no/