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Fernando C. Amorsolo

Biography
Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto (May 30, 1892 – April 24,
1972)

Amorsolo was born on May 30, 1892, in Don Fabián de la

Rosa, his mother's cousin, was also a Filipino painter. At the
age of 13, Amorsolo became an apprentice to De la Rosa, who
would eventually become the advocate and guide to amorsolo
painting career. He was one of the most important artists in the
history of painting in the Philippines. He was a portraitist and
painter of rural Philippine landscapes. He is popularly known
for his craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light.

Amorsolo's first success as a young painter came in 1908,

when his painting Leyendo el periódico took second place at
the Bazar Escolta, a contest organized by the Asociacion
Internacional de Artistas. Between 1909 and 1914, he enrolled
at the Art School of the Liceo de Manila.

After graduating from the Liceo, he entered the University of the Philippines' School of Fine
Arts, where De la Rosa worked at the time. During college, Fernando Amorsolo's primary
influences were the Spanish people court painter Diego Velázquez, John Singer Sargent, Anders
Zorn, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, but mostly his contemporary Spanish masters
Joaquín Sorolla Bastida and Ignacio Zuloaga. Amorsolo's most notable work as a student at the
Liceo was his painting of a young man and a young woman in a garden, which won him the first
prize in the art school exhibition during his graduation year. To make money during school,
Amorsolo joined competitions and did illustrations for various Philippine publications, including
Severino Reyes’ first novel in Tagalog language, Parusa ng Diyos ("Punishment of God"), Iñigo
Ed. Regalado's Madaling Araw ("Dawn"), as well as illustrations for editions of the Pasion.
Amorsolo graduated with medals from the University of the Philippines in 1914.

After being confined at the St. Luke's Hospital in Quezon City for two months, Amorsolo died of
heart failure at the age of 79 on April 24, 1972.

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Works

Filipina Woman's Honour

Description

It is representative of Amorsolo's World War II-era paintings. Here, a Filipino man defends a
woman, who is either his wife or daughter, from being raped by an unseen Japanese soldier. Note
the Japanese military cap at the man's foot

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Works

Antipolo

Description

This oil painting on canvas depicts a rural scene where a group of people are shown celebrating a
fiesta in Antipolo. The main focus is on a pair of dancers in the field surrounded by revelers both
young and old. Abundant food is presented in basketfuls of assorted fruits on the benches and on
the ground, as well as the traditional roasted pig or lechon being prepared by two men. Nearby is
a house with huge windows from where dwellers watch the revelers. At the background is a huge
church, a symbolic town structure. A vast number of townsmen completes the essence of a fiesta.

It can be said that the pair of dancers are in the usual same pose as those of dancers in Fernando
Amorsolo’s various well-known tinikling-related paintings. A viewer may be quick to surmise at
a glance that this painting belongs to that category, as the bamboo handlers in the usual tinikling
dance often blend in the crowd and are not easily distinguished. However, there are no bamboo-
handlers present in this painting simply because the dancers are not performing the tinikling
dance. Thus, this indication is what makes this painting very unique.

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 The Order of National Artist

1.) What is a National Artist?

The Order of National Artists of the Philippines is an order bestowed by the Philippines
on Filipinos who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine art.
Members of the Order are known as National Artists. Originally instituted as an award, it was
elevated to the status of order in 2003.

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2.) What us the order of National Artist?

It is the highest national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made
significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts, namely: Music, Dance, Theater,
Visual Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied Arts. The order is
jointly administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Cultural
Center of the Philippines and conferred by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation
by both institutions.

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3.) When was the Order of National Artist Created?

The Order of the National Artist Award (Orden ng Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining)
was established under Proclamation No. 1001 dated April 27, 1972 to give appropriate
recognition and prestige to Filipinos who have distinguished themselves and made outstanding
contributions to Philippine arts and letters.

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Guidelines.pdf

4.) Legal basis of the Order of the National Artist?

The Proclamation No. 1144, s. 1973 named the CCP Board of Trustees as the National
Artist Awards Committee (or Secretariat).

Executive Order No. 236 s. 2003, otherwise known as the Honors Code of the
Philippines, conferred additional prestige on the National Artist Award by raising it to the level
of a Cultural Order, fourth in precedence among the orders and decorations that comprise the
Honors of the Philippines, and equal in rank to the Order of National Scientists and the Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan.
 Executive Order No. 435, s. 2005 amended Section 5 (IV) of EO 236, giving the
President the power to name National Artists without need of a recommendation, relegating the
NCCA and the CCP to mere advisory bodies that may or may not be heeded.

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5.) Criteria for the Order of the National Artist?

1. Living artists who are Filipino citizens at the time of nomination, as well as those who died
after the establishment of the award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death;
2. Artists who, through the content and form of their works, have contributed in building a
Filipino sense of nationhood;
3. Artists who have pioneered in a mode of creative expression or style, thus earning distinction
and making an impact on succeeding generations of artists;
4. Artists who have created a substantial and significant body of work and/or consistently
displayed excellence in the practice of their art form thus enriching artistic expression or style;
and
5. Artists who enjoy broad acceptance through:
• prestigious national and/or international recognition, such as the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining,
CCP Thirteen Artists Award and NCCA Alab ng Haraya;
• critical acclaim and/or reviews of their works;
• respect and esteem from peers.

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6.) Honors and Privileges of a National Artist?

1. A cash award of ten thousand pesos (P10,000) upon conferment of the award and decoration of
National Artist;
2. A life pension of two thousand pesos (P2,000) payable monthly;
3. Medical and hospitalization benefits;
4. Coverage by a lifetime insurance policy in the amount of fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) by
the Government Service Insurance System and/or private insurance companies from date of
conferment of the award, in the event the National Artist is insurable, the premiums for which
shall be paid by the National Government or by donation from any governmental or private
entities;
5. A place of honor in state functions, national commemoration ceremonies and all other cultural
presentations; and
6. A state funeral, the arrangements for and the expenses of which shall be borne by the
Government, upon the death of the National Artist.
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