National Artist in

Visual Arts
Group 4
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Fernando Amorsolo
(May 30, 1892 - April 24, 1972)
Fernando Amorsolo

• Hometown - Paco, Manila, Philippines

• “Grand old man of Philippine art”

Planting Rice
Awards and Achievement

• 1972 - Gawad CCP Para sa Sining, from the

Cultural Center of the Philippines.
• 1972 - Philippines National Artist in Painting.
Carlos “Botong” Francisco
(November 4, 12 - March 31, 1969)
Carlos Francisco

• Filipino muralist from Angono, Rizal

• He's also known for discovering the Angono

Petroglyphs.
Angono Petroglyphs discovered by
Carlos Fancisco
Bayanihan
Awards and Achievements

• Posthumously conferred the Order of National

Artist for Painting in 1973.

Guillermo Tolentino
(July 24, 1890 - July 12, 1976)
Guillermo Tolentino

• Born in Malolos, Bulacan

• “Father of Philippine Arts”

• He introduced the Classical Sculpture in the Philippines

Bonifacio Monument
Awards and Achievements

• 1972 - Diwa ng Lahi.

• 1973 - National artist of the Philippines for

Visual Arts in Sculpture .

 Napoleon Abueva
(January 26, 1930 - February 16, 2018)
Napoleon Abueva

• Hometown Duero, Bohol

• Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture

• In 1951 he introduced the “Bouyant Sculpture”

Siyam na Diwata ng Sining (1994)
Kiss of Judas
(1955)
 Awards and Achievements

• First Prize, "Kiss of Judas" (Wood) in the Religious Art

Exhibition in Detroit, Michigan, USA (1955)

• He was awarded National Artist for Sculpture in 1976

 Victorio Edades
(December 23, 1895 – March 7, 1985)
Victorio Edades

• Hometown Dagupan, Pangasinan

• "Father of Modern Philippine Painting."
• A part of "Triumvirates" who introduced modernism
in the Philippine Visual Art.
• Used sadand dark hues for his paintings
 The
Sketch
Awards and Achievements

• Pro Patria Award during the Rizal Centennial Celebration in

1961.
• The Patnubay ng sinsing at Kalinangan award from the City of

Manila in 1964.
• He was proclaimed National Artist in painting in 1976.
 Vicente Manansala
(January 22, 1910 – August 22, 1981)
Vicente Manansala

• Hometown Macabebe, Pampanga

• Contributed in art modernism by using
transparent cubism.
Madonna of the
Slums
Awards and Achievements

• Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1963

• Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award from the City of

Manila in 1970
• Proclaimed National Artist in Painting in 1981
 Cesar Legaspi
(April 2, 1917 – April 7, 1994)
Cesar Legaspi

• Hometown Tondo, Manila

• Neo-realist whose important contribution to
modern art was his refinement of cubism in
the Philippine context.
Gadg
ets
Awards and Achievements

• He won first prize for Stairway to Heaven in the Manila club

Art Exhibition in 1949.

• National Artist for Visual Arts in 1990
Hernando Ruiz Ocampo
(April 28, 1911 - December 28, 1978)
Hernando Ocampo

• Hometown Caloocan, Metro Manila

• Was a Filipino artist best known for his
abstract paintings.
Gene
sis
Awards and Achievements

• 1976 – Diwa ng Lahi Award, from the City of Manila

• 1979 – Gawad CCP para sa Sining Award, from the Cultural

Center of the Philippines

• 1991 – Philippine National Artist
 Arturo Luz
(November 26, 1926 – May 26, 2021)
Arturo Luz

• Hometown Manila
• Abstractionist (minimalist paintings and
sophisticated simple sculpture)
Bagong
Taon
Awards and Achievements

• Was a recipient of the Republic Cultural Heritage Award for

Painting of the Philippine Republic in 1966.

• National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts in 1997
Jeremias Elizalde Navarro
(May 22, 1924 - June 10, 1999)
Jermias Elizalde Navarro

• Hometown Antique
• Known for his abstract and figure painting
using watercolor and oil
Mother Earth Awesome
In Her Beauty
Awards and Achievements

• Navarro received the Order of the National Artists Award for

visual arts in 1999, shortly after his death.

 Ang Kiukok
(March 1, 1931 – May 9, 2005)
Ang Kiukok

• Hometown Davao
• known for his highly expressionistic works
containing powerful meanings. Angst, Anguish,
and Anger are the glaring emotion contained in his
cubistic works.
Angry Figure
Awards and Achievements
• In 1976, he was awarded the Outstanding Citizen Award

which led to the 1978 Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan

Award.
• In 2001, he was awarded the Pambansang Alagad ng Sining

ng Pilipinas (National Artists of the Philippines) order, the

highest honor bestowed for artistic achievement in the
Philippines.
 Jose Joya
(June 3, 1931 - May 11, 1995)
Jose Joya

• Hometown Manila
• Was a Filipino painter known for his gestural
painting. Controlled drips, impasto strokes, and
transparent layering reflects his abstract
expressionist works.
Torogan, 1985
Awards and Achievements

• 1967 - Chevalier dans I’ Ordre des Arts et Lettres

• 2003 - National Artist For Visual Arts awarded by President

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Benedicto "BenCab" Cabrera
(April 10, 1942)
Benedicto Cabrera

• Hometown Malaban, Rizal

• Master of the philippine contemporary art
• Most popular painting was "Sabel" .
Sabel in Blue
Awards and Achievements

• 1992-Gawad CCP Para sa Sining (Philippines)

• 2006-National Artist for Visual Arts (Philippines)
• 2006-Most Creative Force (Philippine Tatler Ball)
 Abdulmari Imao
(January 14, 1936 - December 16, 2014)
 Abdulmari Imao

• Imao is known for using the okir, sarimanok, and the

naga as motifs in his artworks.
• He is also a sculptor, painter, photographer, and
ceramist.
• First National Artist Muslim in the Philippines
Sarimanok Series,
dated 2009
Awards and Achievements

• The Gawad Patnubay ng Sining by the City of Manila in

1985
• The Gawad CCP para sa Sining in 1990
• Awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit in 2005
• He was inducted into the Order of National Artists in

2006
 Federico Alcuaz
(June 6, 1932 – February 2, 2011)
Federico Alcuaz

• Hometown Sta. Cruz, Manila

• Know for his gestural abstract expressionistic
paintings.
Reveries of Love,
1985
Awards and Achievements

• Republic Cultural Heritage Award, 1965

• Was conferred the title of National Artist for Visual Arts,

Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media in 2009.

 Francisco Coching
(January 29, 1919 – September 1, 1998)
Francisco Coching

• Hometown Rizal Province

• Tagged as "Dean of Filipino Illustrators"
• Popular for his komiks drawings.
Pedro Penduko
Awards and Achievements

• Coching received the nomination as a National Artist of

the Philippines for the Visual Arts in 1999 and in 2001.

• On June 20, 2014, Coching was posthumously named as a

National Artist for the Visual Arts by virtue of

Proclamation No. 808, series of 2014.
 Larry Alcala
(August 18, 1926 – June 24, 2002)
Larry Alcala

• Hometown Daraga, Albay

• A well-known editorial, cartoonist, illustrator in
the Philippines.
Slice of Life
Awards and Achievements

• The Citizens' Council for Mass Media 1970 CAM

Awards.
• The Positive Artists Group (Pamana award)
• In 2018, he was posthumously conferred the National

Artist for Visual Arts title and the Grand Collar of the
Order of National Artists