Talambuhay[baguhin | baguhin ang batayan]

Ipinanganak si Tolentino noong Hulyo 24, 1890 sa Malolos, Bulakan kay Isidro Tolentino at Balbina
Estrella. Siya ay mag-aaral ni Gng. H. A. Bordner na siyang unang nagturo sa kanya ng pagguguhit
sa Paaralang Intermedyaryo ng Malolos. Nagtapos siya ng mataas na paraalan sa Mataas na
Paaralan ng Maynila. Dahil sa kanyang sariling pagsisikap, nakapagtapos siya ng kurso ng pinong
sining sa Pamantasan ng Pilipinas noong 1915. Lumakbay papuntang Mga Nagkakaisang
Estado noong 1919 at pinagkalooban siya ng iskolarsyip ni Bernard Baruch,
isang Amerikanong milyonaryo sa Paaralan ng Sining Beaux, Lungsod ng Bagong York at tinapos
niya na may mga gawad noong 1921. Sa taong din iyon, lumakbay siya sa Europa, pumupunta sa
mga tanyag na museo at galerya sa Londres at Paris. Noong 1922, siya ay pumasok sa Regge
Istituto di Belle Arti, nakapagtapos ng pag-aaral nang bahagya sa pamamagitan ng lingap ng
kolonyang Italyanong sa Maynila. Sa Roma, gumanap ang kanyang unang pang-isahang eksibisyon
kung saan kabilang ang Saluto Romano (Saludong Romano). Sa paligsahang pang-iskultura na
ginanap sa Lungsod ng Walang Hanggan, ang kanyang Apat na Mangangabayong Apokalipsis na
napanalunan niya ng ikalawang gantimpala. Umuwi sa Pilipinas noong 1924 at nagsarili sa loob ng
isang taon. Noong 1926, siya ay inatasan bilang guro sa Paaralan ng Pinong Sining ng Pamantasan
ng Pilipinasat kinalaunang naging propesor, kalihim, at sa huli tagapamahala. Namuno siya ang
Paaralan mula sa 1953 hanggang sa kanyang pagreretiro bilang Emeritong Propesor noong 1955.
Noong 1932, siya'y lumagay sa tahimik kay Paz Raymundo at nagkaroon ng pitong anak.

Mga likha
Nakilala si Tolentino sa buong bansa nang dahil sa Monumento ni Bonifacio na may maraming
pigurang kasinlaki ng tao na dinisenyo noong 1930 at inilantad noong 1933. Nakapaglikha din siya
ng iba pang mga tanyag na bantayog tulad ng mga Oblasyon ng Pamantasan ng Pilipinas, ang
bantayog ni Pangulong Ramon Magsaysay sa bulwagang pasukan ng GSIS, at
ang Lualhati ngPamantasan ng Silangan.
Nakapaggawa rin siya ng mga maraming rebulto ni Lapulapu, Antonio Luna, Gregorio del Pilar, Jose
Rizal, Manuel Quezon, Epifanio de los Santos, A.V.H Hartendorp, Fernando Amorsolo, Carlos P.
Romulo, Jose Cojuangco, Manuel Roxas, Jaime at Sofia de Veyra.
Kinumpleto niya ang ugnay-ugnay ng anim na pansilangang mananayaw, kabilang ang mananayaw
na pambibliya na si Salome, Maria Clara, Persyana, Havanesa, at mga mananayaw Tsino.
Nakagawa siya ng pigurang alegorika tulad ng mga Pilipina, tinatawag din Alipin, isang pigura ng
babaeng hubad na nakagapos ng mga guyuran. Nakagawa rin siya ng mga imaheng panrelihiyon,
tulad ng Imakuladang Konsepsyon at ang Madona at ang Bata. Dinisenyo niya ang Gawad Maria
Clara para sa pelikula, at iba pang mga tropeo at medalya.

Ang pagkilala[baguhin | baguhin ang batayan]

Oblasyon ng UP.

Isang produkto ng pampaaralang pinamulihanang naayon sa nakapamihasnan, Si Tolentino ay

isang kampeon ng klasisismo.
Mula Hulyo hanggang Oktubre 1948 sa Magasing Sunday Times at sumunod sa This Week,
kinasundo niya si Victorio Edades sa isang pagtatalo sa pagsusulat sa klasikal at makabagong
aestetika, tumutuligsa sa 'pagpalipit' at muling pagsasandata ng halaga ng sining na naayon sa
nakapamihasnan. Bagama't ang pagsasanay ni Tolentino ay klasikal, ang kanyang mga likha ay
lumalagos ng palaibig na kakayahang makadama na namamayani ang Kanluraning daigdig mula sa
unang ika-19 na siglo hanggang sa dekadang 20. Kaya, ang kanyang mga likha ay nakatuon na
may damdamin, lalung-lalo na may pagkamakabansa mula't sapul na siya'y marubdob na Rizalista.
Isa rin siyang gitarista, espiritista, at tagapagsaling-wika. Nakapagsulat siya ng lumang baybaying
Tagalog at gumagawa ng libreto para sa opera ng Noli Me Tangere ni Felipe Padilla de Leon.

Mga parangal[baguhin | baguhin ang batayan]

 Gawad Iskultura ng Taon (Linangan ng mga Arkitekto ng Pilipinas) (1955)
 Gawad ng Merito (Komisyon ng Mga Nagkakaisang Bansa ng Pilipinas) (1959)
 Gawad Rizal na Maka-Patria (1961)
 Gawad Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan para sa Iskultura (Lungsod ng Maynila) (1963)
 Gawad Pamanang Pangkultura ng Republika (1967)
 Medalya ng Merito ng Pangulo (1970)
 Gawad Diwa ng Lahi (1972)
 Pambansang Alagad ng Sining para sa Sining Biswal (Iskultura) (1973)

Vicente Manansala
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Vicente Manansala

Born Vicente Silva Manansala

January 22, 1910

Macabebe, Pampanga, Philippine Islands

Died August 22, 1981 (aged 71)

Manila, Philippines

Nationality Filipino

Known for painter and illustrator

Movement Cubism

Awards National Artist of the Philippines in Visual Arts

Vicente Manansala and his works on a 2010 stamp sheet of the Philippines

Vicente Silva Manansala (January 22, 1910 – August 22, 1981) was a
Filipino cubist painter and illustrator.[1]

Manansala was born in Macabebe, Pampanga. From 1926 to 1930, he studied at the U.P. School
of Fine Arts. In 1949, Manansala received a six-month grant by UNESCO to study at the École des
Beaux-Arts in Banff and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1950, he received a nine-month scholarship
to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris by the French government.[1]

Later Painting Career[edit]

Manansala's canvases were described as masterpieces that brought the cultures of the barrio and
the city together. His Madonna of the Slums is a portrayal of a mother and child from the countryside
who became urban shanty residents once in the city. In his Jeepneys, Manansala combined the
elements of provincial folk culture with the congestion issues of the city.[1]
Manansala developed transparent cubism, wherein the "delicate tones, shapes, and patterns of
figure and environment are masterfully superimposed". A fine example of Manansala using this
"transparent and translucent" technique is his composition, Kalabaw (Carabao).[1]
Vicente Manansala, a National Artist of the Philippines in Visual Arts, was a direct influence to his
fellow Filipino neo-realists: Malang, Angelito Antonio, Norma Belleza and Manuel
Baldemor.[1] The Honolulu Museum of Art, the Lopez Memorial Museum(Manila), the Philippine
Center (New York City), the Singapore Art Museum and Holy Angel University (Angeles City,
Philippines) are among the public collections holding work by Vicente Manansala. Holy Angel
University recently opened a section of its museum called The Vicente Manansala Collection,
holding most of the estate left by the artist.

Death[edit]
He died on August 22, 1981 in Manila, Philippines due to lung cancer.

Works[edit]
 Madonna of the Slums

 Jeepneys
 Kalabaw (Carabao), oil on canvas, 28.5 inches x 38 inches, 1965
 Murals "Stations of the cross " in the Church of the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice
 Bangkusay Seascape. 1940. Oil on canvas. 14 x 18 inches.
 Pila Pila sa Bigas (Left and Right), 1980. Oil on canvas. 51 x 84 inches.
 Planting the First Cross
 Seal of Arellano University
 Slum Dwellers
 Bayanihan
 Balut Vendors
 Jansen Rodriguez
 Pamilya
 Reclining Mother and Child
 Dambana

Napoleon Abueva
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In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Veloso and the surname or
paternal family name is Abueva.

Napoleon Abueva

Born Napoleón Isabelo Veloso-Abueva

January 26, 1930

Tagbilaran, Bohol, Insular Government of the Philippine

Islands

Died February 16, 2018 (aged 88)

Quezon City, Philippines

Occupation Sculptor

Spouse(s) Sergia Abueva

Children 3

Parent(s) Teodoro Abueva

Purificacion Veloso

Napoleon Abueva (January 26, 1930 – February 16, 2018), more popularly known as Napoleón
Abueva, was a Filipino artist. He was a sculptor given the distinction as the Philippines' National
Artist for Sculpture. He was also entitled as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture". He was
awarded National Artist of the Philippines in the field of Visual Arts.[1]

Biography and career[edit]

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Napoleon Abueva, was born in Tagbilaran, Bohol to Teodoro Abueva, a Bohol congressman and
Purificacion Veloso, president of the Women’s Auxiliary Service.[citation needed]Abueva had six other
brothers and sisters: Teodoro Jr., Purificacion, Jose, Amelia Martinez, Teresita Floro, and Antonio.[1]
He assumed the name Napoleon at the age of six, when as a student at the St. Joseph Academy
in Tagbilaran, one of the nuns first called him Napoleon after Napoleon Bonaparte. The name stuck,
and ever since, Abueva referenced the quote from Napoleon: "If I weren't a conqueror, I would wish
to be a sculptor."[2][3]
At U.P, one of his mentors was Guillermo Tolentino, also a national artist, who created
the oblation at the university entrance.[citation needed] Tolentino later designated to him the task of
replicating the sculpture for the Campus of U.P. Los Banos. In 1976, he was proclaimed as National
Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts by then President Ferdinand Marcos. He was the youngest
recipient of the title at age 46.[citation needed]

Major Works[edit]

1991 "Siyam na Diwata ng Sining" sculpture by Abueva (9 Fairies of Theatre), University of the Philippines
College of Arts and Letters.

"Magdangal" sculpture by Napoleon V. Abueva (Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center).

 Kaganapan (1953)
 Kiss of Judas (1955)
 UP Gateway (1967)
 Thirty Pieces of Silver
 The Transfiguration (Eternal Gardens Memorial Park) (1979)
 Sandugo (Blood Compact)
 Siyam na Diwata ng Sining (Nine Muses) (1994)
 UP Faculty Center
 Sunburst (The Peninsula Manila Hotel) (1994)
His Sandugo or Blood Compact shrine in Bohol, Tagbilaran City is a landmark at the site of the first
international treaty of friendship between Spaniards and Filipinos.
His son, Mulawin Abueva, performed the death mask procedure of opposition leader Ninoy Aquino in
1983 while the elder Abueva made the death mask of Fernando Poe, Jr. in 2004. Both masks are
now displayed at the Center for Kapampangan Studies, Holy Angels Campus in Angeles Pampanga.
He also made a death mask of Cardinal Sin.[4]

Family[edit]
He was married to Cherry Abueva, a psychiatrist, and had three children: Amihan, Mulawin, and
Duero. Before his stroke, he taught at the Industrial Design department of the De La Salle-College of
Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts.[citation needed]
Abueva was confined at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute in Quezon City for pneumonia
from December 31, 2017 until his death on February 16, 2018.[5] His death was announced by
News5 Reporter Maeanne Los Baños on tbe radio program Balita Alas Singko on Radyo5 . He was
88.

Exhibits[edit]
Exhibitions of Napoleon Abueva's work were held in Cebu Plaza (now Marco Polo Plaza, Cebu).[6]

Cultural Missions[edit]
 Century 21 Exposition in Seattle, Washington (1962)
 Cultural mission to India
 Cultural mission to Taipei
 Arts Council in England (1964) - special guest
 Venice Biennale (1964)
 Fifth International Congress of Art in Tokyo (1966) - delegate
 Sixth International congress of Art in Amsterdam (1969).
 Biennale de Sao Paulo, Brazil (1969).
 Art exhibit of the Philippine Pavilion in Expo 70, Osaka, Japan

Awards[edit]
 First Prize, Sculptural Exhibition by the Art Association of the Philippines (1951)
 First Prize in the Fifth Annual Art Exhibition (197431
 First Prize and Special Award on the Fourth Sculptural Exhibition (1952)
 Awardee, "The Unknown Political Prisoner" in the International Sculpture Competition by the
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (1953)
 First Prize and Special Award, Kaganapan (Marble), in the Semi-Annual Art Exhibition by the Art
Association of the Philippines (1953)
 First Prize, "Kiss of Judas" (Wood) in the Religious Art Exhibition in Detroit, Michigan, USA
(1955)
 Purchase Prize, "Water Buffalo" (Marble), in the Annual Show, at St. Louis, Missouri, USA
(1956)
 First Prize, "Figure" (Wood) in the Annual Show of the Art Association of the Philippines (1957)
 Most Outstanding Alumnus of the School of Fine Arts, U.P. Golden Jubilee (1958)
 Republic Award for Sculpture (1959)
 Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM) Awardee in Sculpture (1959)
 Winner, U.P. Gateway Design Competition (1962)
 Winner, Cultural Heritage Award (1966)
  ASEAN Awards for Visual Arts in Bangkok (1987)
 Fourth ASEAN Achievement Award for Visual Arts in Singapore (July 1995).

References[edit]

 Bohol portal

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2. Jump up^ "Abueva: A handsome hunk of a book befitting the artist". Retrieved 2015-10-04.
3. Jump up^ "Marble Sculpture from France". nga.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
4. Jump up^ Edson C. Tandoc Jr. Poe 'smiling' in death mask, Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 15,
2005.
5. Jump up^ "National Artist Napoleon Abueva dies". CNN Philippines. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
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