Hernando R.

Ocampo
1911-1978

PARENTS: Emilio Ocampo and

Delfina Ruiz
DATE OF BIRTH: April 28, 1911
BIRTHPLACE: Santa Cruz,
Manila
Studied law, Commerce and
Creative Writing

National Artist in Visual Arts (1991)

was a leading figure in Philippine Modern Art
member of the Saturday Group Artist
one of the Thirteen Moderns
formed the triumvirate of neorealist
artworks were nationalistic and reflected the
harsh realities of the country after World War II
many of his works also depicted the beautiful
Philippine Landscape

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Philippine Education Company (1931)
Executive secretary of the National Paper
Mills,
Inc. (1935)
He was in the Script department of Palaris
Feler
and Fernando Poe Productions after the war

Credited for inventing a new mode of abstraction that

exemplifies Philippine flora and fauna, and portrays
sunshine, stars and rain.
Using movement and bold colors, Ocampo utilized
fantasy and science fiction as the basis for his works.
His art is described to be "abstract compositions of
biological forms that seemed to oscillate, quiver, inflame
and multiply" like mutations.

Famous for his work "We or They

his most acknowledged work Genesis, served as the basis
of curtain design in the Cultural Center of the Philippines
Main Theater.
Awards received include: Republic Cultural Award in
1965; Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award in 1969;
Diwa ng Lahi Award in 1976; and Gawad CCP para sa
Sining Award in 1979

GENESIS (1968)

The Contrast

Mother and Child

(1951)

PLANTSADORA
(1945)

TATLONG LARAWAN (1951)

INTROIBO (1951)

DALAWANG ISDA (1951)

LUNAR RITUAL
(1955)

CONQUEROR (1965)

MUTANTS-C