Learning Task 1
Name of Artist Artist Background
1. Fernando C. Amorsolo The Philippine artist
Fernando Amorsolo
(1892-1972) was a painter
and portraitist of rural
landscapes. He is best
known for his
craftsmanship and
mastery in the use of light.
Fernando Amorsolo was
born May 30, 1892, in the
Paco district of Manila.
2. Francisca Reyes Francisca Reyes-Aquino
Aquino (March 9, 1899 –
November 21, 1983) was
a Filipino folk dancer and
academic noted for her
research on Philippine folk
dance. She is a recipient of
the Republic Award of
Merit and the Ramon
Magsaysay Award and is a
designated National Artist
of the Philippines for
Dance.
3. Carlos V. Francisco Carlos V. Francisco
(November 4, 1912 –
March 31, 1969),
popularly known
as Botong, was a muralist
from Angono, Rizal.
Francisco was a most
distinguished practitioner
of mural painting for many
decades and best known
for his historical pieces. He
was one of the first
Filipino modernists who
broke away from
Fernando Amorsolo's
romanticism of Philippine
scenes.
4. Amado V. Hernandez Amado V. Hernandez
(September 13, 1903 –
May 24, 1970) was a poet,
playwright, and novelist, is
among the Filipino writers
who practiced “committed
art.” In his view, the
function of the writer is to
act as the conscience of
society and to affirm the
greatness of the human
spirit in the face of
inequity and oppression.
5. Antonio J. Molina Antonio Jesús Naguiat
Molina (December 26,
1894 – January 29, 1980)
was a Filipino composer,
conductor and music
administrator. He was
Artform Contributions
Painting Fernando Amorsolo
developed the use of
backlight, which is his
greatest contribution to
Philippine painting.
Characteristically, an
Amorsolo painting
contains a glow against
which the figures are
outlined, and at one point
of the canvas there is
generally a burst of light
that highlights the
smallest detail.
Dance Francisca Reyes Aquino’s
untiring efforts in
collecting, compiling, and
propagating folk dances
are her outstanding
contribution to the
advancement of Filipino
culture in the field of
dance.
Painting Carlos V. Francisco
created enormous
canvasses that chronicled
the mythical world of the
Filipino and its history,
often seeking inspiration
from tradition, folklore,
myths, legends, and
customs.
Literature Amando V. Hernandez’s
contribution to the
development of Tagalog
prose is considerable, as
he stripped Tagalog of its
ornate character and
wrote in prose closer to
the colloquial than the
“official” style permitted. 
Music Antonio J. Molina
contributed for
introducing such
innovations as the whole
tone scale, pentatonic
scale, exuberance of
 named a National Artist of dominant ninths and
the Philippines for his eleventh cords, and linear
services to music. He was counterpoints. As a
also known as the Claude member of the faculty of
Debussy of the Philippines the UP Conservatory, he
due to his use of had taught many of the
impressionist themes in country’s leading musical
his music. personalities and
educators like Lucresia
Kasilag and Felipe de
Leon.
6. Ginaw Bilog Ginaw Bilog is a Hanunoo Literature Ginaw Bilog contributed
Mangyan poet from to the preservation of
Mansalay, the Ambahan or the
Oriental Mindoro. He is traditional poetry of the
considered as a master of
Hanunuo Mangyans in
the Ambahan poetry. This
Oriental Mindoro.
is his key to understand
the Mangayan soul. In
1993, he was given the
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng
Bayan award.
7. Eduardo Mutuc Eduardo Tubig Mutuc is a Sculpture Eduardo Mutuc
Filipino sculptor. He is a contributed for dedicating
known practitioner of the his life in creating religious
craft of pinukpuk which and secular art in silver
involved the stamping of and wood.
embellishments on metal
sheets. Mutuc create
works of both secular and
religious nature using
silver, wood and bronze
mediums. In 2005, he was
given the “Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan”
award.
8. Samaon Sulaiman Samaon Sulaiman is a Music Samaon Sulaiman
Kutyapi Master and contributed for keeping
teacher of his instrument alive the traditional
in Libutan and other Maguindanao kutyapi
barangays of Maganoy music, in accordance with
town, Republic Act No. 7355.
Mindanao. He is proficient The said law recognizes
in kulintang, master folk artists who
agong, gandingan, dedicate their skills to
palendag and tambul. In nourish traditional crafts
1993, he was given the threatened by extinction.
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng
Bayan award.
9. Lang Dulay Lang Dulay is a T’boli artist Fashion Lang Dulay contributed to
from Lake Sebu, South Design the preservation of her
Cotabato. She is people's tradition of
considered as a traditional weaving T'nalak, a dyed
weaver of fabric made from refined
"t'nalak" or "tinalak" abaca fibre.
cloth. Her art is
considered excellent
because of the “fine even
quality of the yarn, the
close interweaving of the
warp and weft, the
traditional forms and
patterns, the chromatic
integrity of the dye, and
the consistency of the
finish.” In 1998, she was
given the “Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan”
award.
10. Salinta Monon Salinta Monon is Fashion Salinta Monon
 aTagabawa-Bagobo Design contributed for
weaver from Bansalan, demonstrating the
Davao del Sur. She was creative aspects of the
cited for demonstrating Bagobo abaca ikat
the creative and weaving called inabal
expressive aspects of the when such art is
Bagobo abaca ikat threatened with
extinction.
weaving called inabal at
the time when it was
threatened with
extinction. In 1998, she
wasgiven the “Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan”
award.

Reflection:
Guide Questions:
1. In order to become a national artist, he/she must consider the following:
- An artist who has created a substantial and significant body of works and/or consistently displayed
excellence in the practice of their art form thus, enriching artistic expression or style.
- An artist who through the content and form of his/her works have contributed in building a Filipino
sense of nationhood.
- A Filipino citizen at the time of nomination and at the awarding, as well as those who died after the
establishment of the award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death.
- An artist who has pioneered in a mode of creative expression or style, thus, earning distinction and
making an impact on succeeding generations of artists

2. The qualities he/she should possess are:

- Discipline to develop one’s ability to understand and appreciate art.

- Passion to motivate you in creating an artwork no matter how hard it is.
- Persistence to improve his/her skills, finish individual pieces of art, and to build an exceptional body of
work
- Patience to improve your ability to accept setbacks and enjoy life much more.

3. What artform or contribution should an artist create for her/him to become a National artist or to be
GaBaMa awardee?

- To become a National Artist or GaMaBa awaredee, an artist should make significant contributions to
the development of Philippine arts, namely: Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film,
Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied Arts.

Learning Task 2: Make a Perfect Match!

1. I 9. G
2. F 10. B
3. J
4. H
5. C
6. D
7. E
8. A

Learning Task 3

1. Blood Compact
A. Sculpture
B. Tagbilaran, Bohol
C. Napoleon Isabelo Veloso Abueva
D. Abueva sculpted Blood Compact as tribute to the friendship between Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and
Bohol chieftain Datu Sikatuna, which was sealed by blood in 1565, celebrating harmony between two races, religions,
cultures and civilizations.

2. Planting Rice
A. Painting
B. Mayon Volcano is situated in the southern part of the main island of Luzon, Albay Province .
C. Fernando C. Amorsolo
D. It reflects the arrival of the Americans in the Philippines and the idealism of the artist to the Philippine society. The
painting reflected the people's desire to escape from a complicated reality into simplicity.

3. Metropolitan Theater
A. Architecture
B. Padre Burgos Avenue, Ermita, Manila
C. Juan M. Arellano
D. Metropolitan Theater was considered as the country's first national theater. In 1973, it was named as a National
Historical Landmark, and in 2010, the National Museum of the Philippines declared it as a National Culture Treasure
because it's a unique, well-preserved art deco building of an outstanding size in Asia.

4. Bayang Malaya
A. Literature
B. It was written in New Bilibid Prison
C. Amado V. Hernandez
D. Hernandez used the literary art as a means to fight for social consciousness and liberation. In comparison to the
despair of our country's misfortunes, Bayang Malaya portrays a groundless optimism.