FAMOUS FILIPINO PAINTER

1. BENEDICTO REYES CABRERA (BENCAB)

 APRIL 10, 1942 (72 YRS OLD NOW)
 BORN IN MALABON, PHILIPPINES
 PARENTS: DEMOCRITO CABRERA AND ISABEL REYES
 YOUNGEST OF NINE CHILDREN
 FIRST EXPOSURE AND DISCOVERY OF THE ARTS HAPPENED THROUGH HIS
ELDER BROTHER SALVADOR, WHO WAS ALREADY AN ESTABLISHED ARTIST
DURING BENCAB’S CHILDHOOD.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
 NATIONAL ARTIST OF THE PHILIPPINES IN VISUAL ARTIST
(PAINTING) IN 2006
 "Arguably the best-selling painter of his generation of Filipino artists."

2. DAMIAN DOMINGO
 CHINESE FILIPINO PAINTER PAINT HIS OWN PORTRAIT
 1976
 TONDO MANILA
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
 AN ERA DEFINING ARTIST KNOWN MAINLY FOR HIS DELIGHHTFUL COSTUME
ALBUMS AND BRILLIAN RELIGION PAINTINGS
 FIRST FILIPINO MASTER OF THE PORTRAIT
 FIRST GREAT FILIPINO PAINTER
 FATHER OF FILIPINO PAINTING
 ART TEACHER AND DIRECTOR OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE ART ACADEMY
 FIRST FILIPINO PAINTER IMMERSED IN THE WESTERN TECHNIQUES PAINTING
 FAMOUS WORK: LA SAGRADA FAMILIA

3. EDUARDO MASFERRE
 1909 – 1995
 A FILIPINO CATALAN PHOTOGRAPHER WHO MADE IMPOORTANT
DOCUMENTARY REPORETS ABOUT THE LIFESTYLE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINE CORDILLERA IN THE MIDDLWE OF THE 20 TH CENTURY
 SAGADA IN THE MT. PROVINCE
 IS AN ARTIST WHO DID THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR
THE RIGHT REASONS
 FATHER OF PHILIPPINE PHOTOGRAPHY

4. FELIX RESURRECCION HIDALGO

 WAS THE THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN OF EDUARDO, LAWYER, AND MARIA
BARBARA PADILLA, AN ENTREPRENEUR.
 HIDALGO RECEIVED A GOLD MEDAL FOR HIS OVERALL PARTICIPATION AT THE
UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION IN ST. LOUIS MISSOURI IN 1904
 LAS VIRGENES CHRISTIANAS EXPUESTAS AL POPULACHO (THE CHRISTIAN
VIRGINS EXPOSED TO THE POPULACE)
 LA BARCA DE AQUERONTE (THE BOAT OF CHARON), 1887
 LAGUNA ESTIGIA (THE STYX)
 ADIOS AL SOL (FAREWELL TO THE SUN)

5.FERNANDO CUETO AMORSOLO

 MAY 30 1892
 PACO MANILA
 ONE OF FIVE BROTHERS, FERNANDO GREW UP IN IN DAET CAMARINES
NORTE, UNTIL MOVING TO MANILA
 FROM THE 1950S ONWARD AMORSOLO CREATED AN AVERAGE OF PAINTINGS
PER MONTH
 OVERFLOW WITH OPTIMISM
 PLANTING RICE
 DALAGANG BUKID 1950, NO FORMAL EDUCATION, ONLY HELP AT HOME
 SUNDAY MORNING

6. JUAN NOVICIO LUNA

 SPOLIARUM, A MASTERPIECE CRERATED IN 1884 (BASEMENT OF COLOSEUM)
BODIES OF GLADIATOR
 IS ONE OF THE PRIZE POSSESSIONS OF THE PHILIPPINENATIONAL MUSEUM
TODAY.
 HE CALLED HIS ARTWORK, “THE GLORIFICATION OF GENIUS”

CONTEMPORARY PAINTING OF THE FILIPINO

1. RONALD VENTURA
 COMPLEX STYLE AND SYMBOLIC IDENTITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
WHY WE SHOULD APPRECIATE?

TO GIVE CREDIT
IDENTITY OF BEING A FILIPINO
SHOES HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES

ART IS A FORM OF EXPRESSION.

CATEGORIES
1. DANCE
2. MUSIC
3. THEATER
4. VISUAL ARTS
5. LITERATURE
6. FILM AND BROADCAST ART
7. ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN

PRIVILEGES AND HONORS BEING THE NATIONAL ARTIST

1. RANK AND TITLE OF THE NATIONAL ARTIST WILL BE PROCLAIMED BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
2. THE NATIONAL ARTIST WILL RECEIVE A GOLD MEDAL PRODUCED BY THE
BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS
3. LIFETIME COMPENSATION AND PHYSICAL BENEFITS
3.1 LIFETIME INSURANCE
3.2 STATE FUNERAL BENEFIT NOT EXCEEDING 500,000

CRITERIA FOR NATIONAL ARTIST

1. NATURAL BORN FILIPINO CITIZEN
2. ARTIST WHO THROUGH THE CONTENT AND FORM OF THEIR WORK
CONTRIBUTED IN BUILDING A FILIPINO SENSE OF NATIONHOOD.
3. ARTISTS WHO HAVE PIONEERED IN A MODE OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION/STYLE,
THUS EARNING DISTINCTION AND MAKING AN IMPACT ON SUCCEDDING
GENERATION OF ARTISTS
4. AN ARTIST DISPLAYING EXCELLENCE IN THE PRACTICE OF THEIR ART FORM.
5. AN ARTIST WHO ENJOYED PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION GAWAD AWARD