NAPOLEON ABUEVA

- THE FATHER OF MODERN PHILIPPINE SCULPTURE.

- THE YOUNGEST AWARDEE TO RECEIVE THE NATIONAL ARTIST AWARD AT THAT TIME
- HIS MEDIUMS ARE ADOBE AND CORAL.
- HIS WORKS ARE ETERNAL GARDENS MEMORIAL PARK, THE WATER BUFFALO, THE BRONZE
IMAGE OF TEODORO KALAW, THE TRANSTIGURATION, THE DEATH MASK OF FPJ.

ANG KIUKOK

- CHINESE IMMIGRANT.
- IMBUED WITH NATIONALIST FERVOR AND SOCIOLOGICAL AGENDA
- FAMOUS WORKS ARE LANDSCAPE, DOG FIGHT PIETA, SEATED FIGURE.

VICTORIA C EDADES.

- INTRODUCED MODERNISM.
- FATHER OF MODERNISM IN THE PHILIPPINE ART.
- LIKES TO USED DARK AND GLOOMY COLORS.
- WORKS ARE ABOUT FILIPINO LABORERS IN THEIR EVERYDAY SITUATIONS.
- ROUGH, BOLD IMPASTO STROKES, AND STANDING TALL AND SINGULAR.
- FAMOUS WORKS ARE THE SKETCH.

CESAR LEGASPI

- PIONEER OF THE NEOREALIST MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTRY.

- PAVED THE WAY FOR THE BIRTH OF MODERN ART IN THE PHILIPPINES.
 - USE OF GEOMETRIC FRAGMENTATION TECHNIQUE, WEAVING SOCIAL COMMENT AND
JUXTAPOSING THE MYTHICAL AND MODERN INTO HIS OVERLAPPING, INTERACTING FORMS
WITH DISTURBING POWER AND INTENSITY.
- FAMOUS WORKS ARE TREE PLANTING, GADGETS.

VICENTE S MANANSALA

- WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY ILLUSTRATOR AND CUBIST PAINTER.

- DEPICTED THE BARRIO AND THE CITY TOGETHER AND WERE OFTEN CHARACTERIZED AS
VISIONS OF REALITY.
- FAMOUS WORKS ARE MADONNA OF THE SLUMS, JEEPNEY, AND BIRDMAN.
- COMBINED FOLKCULTIRE TO CITY.

HERNANDO R. OCAMPO

- A SELF-TAUGHT PAINTER.
- PROVIDED AN UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF THE HARSH SOCIAL REALITIES IN THE
COUNTRY.
- USES MOVEMENT AND BOLD COLORS IN HIS ARTWORKS.
- FAMOUS WORKS ARE CANDLE AND FLOWER, INA NG BALON, KASAYSAYAN NG LAHHI, MAN
AND CARABAI, REVELATION 8, ANCESTOR AND FIESTA.

FERNANDO AMORSOLO

- COUNTRY’S FIRST AWARDEE OF NATIONAL AWARD

- GRAND OLD MAN OF PHILIPPINE ART.
- RAPTURE OF SENSUALIST UTTERLY INLOVE WITH THE EARTH AND THE PHILIPPINE SUN.
- DEPICTED THE RICH RURAL LANDSCAPE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
- FAMOUS WORKS ARE RICE PLANTING, DEFENCE OF A FILIPINA WOMAN’S HONOR, PLANTING
RICE (1946), SUNDAY MORNING GOING TO TOWN.

CARLOS “BOTONG” V FRANCISCO

- A MURALIST FROM AGONO RIZAL.

- BECAME FAMOUS BECAUSE OF HIS MASSIVE MURALS AND FOR HIS OUTSTANDING DEPICTION
OF HISTORICAL PIECES.
- ARTISTIC GENIUS IN HIS ABILITY TO TURN FRAGMENTS OF HISTORIC PAST INTO VIVID
RECORDS OF THE LEGANDARY..
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ARTURO “ART” R LUZ

- PROMINENT PRINTMAKER, SCULPTORM ART ADMINISTRATOR AND A MINIMALIST.

- EXEMPLIFIES AN IDEA OF SUBLIME AUSTERITY IN EXPRESSION FORM.
- PIONEERED PROFESSIONALIZATION OF ART GALLERIES.
- FAMOUS WORKS ARE BAGONG TAON, MAN WITH GUITAR.

JERRY OR J ELIZALDE NAVARRO.

- SCULPTOR AND PAINTER INCLUDING GRAPHIC DESIGN, PRINT MAKING, MASK MAKING.
- WORKS ARE IM SORRY JESUS, I CAN’T ATTEND CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR, THE SINGKILM IS HE
THE MAN.

GUILLERMO E TOLENTINO

- NATIONAL ARTIS FOR VISUAL ARTS FOR COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTION IN THE PHILIPPINE
CULTURE.
- REVIVAL PERIOD IN PHILIPINE ART.
- FAMOUS WORKS ARE, OBLATION, BONIFACIO MONUMENT, THE FIGURES OF JOSE RIZLA,
PRESIDENT QUEZON.

JOSE T. JOYA

- FORMER DEAN OF COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS IN UP.

- DYNAMIC SPONTANEITY AND QUICK GESTURES OF ACTION PAINTING.
- TROPICAL LANDSCAPES OF COUNTRY’S BEAUTIFUL ISLAND.
- WORKS ARE NANKING, HILLS OG NIKKO, MARIVELES.ca

BENEDICTO “BENCAB” R CABRERA

- UPHELD THE PRIMACY OF DRAWING OVER DECORATIVE COLOR.

- MELANCHOLIC SYMBOL OF DISLOCATION, DESPAIR AND ISOLATION PERSONFINICATION PF
HUMAN DIGNITY THREATENED BY LIFE VICISSITUDES AND THE VAST INEQUITIES OF
PHILIPPINE SOCIETY.
 - WORKS ARE MADDONA WITH OBJECTS, STUDIES OF SABEL, THE ORIENTAL FAN.

ABDULMARI ASIA LMAO

- FROM SULU
- SCULPTOR, PAINTER, CERAMIST, PHOTOGRAPHER, WRITER AND CULTURAL WRITER.
- WORKS ARE SARIMANOK, SARIMANOK WITH 8 FISHES.

FRANCISCO COCHING

- A COMIC BOOK CREATOR WITH 53 COMIC BOOK NOVELS TO HIS NAME.

- MORO-MORO, AND ZARZUELA.
- WORKS ARE HAGIBIS, EL INDIO, DON COBARDEM PAGANO, DUMANGIT, LAPU-LAPU,
BULAKAW.