Notable Artists

Local Painters
Federico Aguilar Alcuaz

 June 6, 1932 - February 2,

2011
 known for his modern
abstract works, visual arts,
painting, sculpture and mixed
media.
 The Order of National Artist
of the Philippines.
 His Artwork

Tres Marias Nude

  He was born May 30, 1892, in the
Fernando C. Amorsolo Paco district of Manila
 First National Artist in Painting
(1972)
 Amorsolo was a portraitist and
painter of rural Philippine
landscapes.
 The Father of Philippine Realism.
 His works: Planting Rice , Afternoon
Meal of the Workers (Noonday Meal
of the Rice Workers) , Fruit Pickers
Harvesting Under The Mango Tree ,
Making of the Philippine Flag , Fruit
Gatherer , Sunday Morning Going To
Town , The Bombing of the
Intendencia , Dalagang Bukid
 His Artwork

Planting Rice Afternoon Meal of the Rice

Workers
 His Artwork
Fruit Pickers Harvesting Under Afternoon Meal of the Rice
The Mango Tree Workers
Benedicto R. Cabrera  April 10, 1942
 National Artist in Painting
(1976)
 Bencab
 He has been noted as "arguably
the best-selling painter of his
generation of Filipino artists.“
 His works:
“Bali”,”Cordillera,”Edo”,Familia,””Lar
awan”, and “Sabel”.
His Artwork

Sabel
  The first Filipino painter who
Damian Domingo specialized in secular painting.
 He portrayed non-religious
themes on canvas and excelled
in miniature painting.
 He was considered a forerunner
of the Filipino movement for
racial equality and the foremost
Filipino painter of the early 19th
 His works:“Nuestra Senora del
Rosario,” “Catedra de San Pedro
Roma”(“The Seat of Saint Peter”),”La
Sagrada Familia” (The Holy
Family”),and “La Imaculada
Concepion”(The Immaculate
Conception”).
 His Artwork

La Sagrada Familia Nuestra Senora del Rosario

  National Artist for
Victorio Edades Painting(1976)
 He was a Filipino painter who led
the revolutionary Thirteen
Moderns.
 Father of Modern Philippine
Painting

 His works : The Sketch,”National

Museum Collection (1928);
“Interaction”(1935, in collaboration
with Carlos Francisco and Galo
Ocampo;”Demoiselles
D’avao”(1976); and
“Kasaysayan”(1979), a mura for a
Manila Bank.
 His Artwork

“The Sketch” “The Builders”

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“Japanese girl” “Market Scene”

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“Mural”
  National Artist for
Carlos V. Francisco Painting(1973)
 “Botong”
 Angono,Rizal
 Best known for his historical
pieces.
 His works : “Blood Compact,” “First Mass
at Limasawa,””The Martyrdom of Rizal,”
“Bayanihan,”Magpupukot,””Fiesta,””Bay
anihan sa Bukid,” “Sandugo,””Portrait of
Purita”,”Serenade,””Muslim
Betrothal,””Kaingin”(1945),”Fiesta”(1948
),”Stations of the Cross,” FarEastern
University(1954),”The Invasion of
Limahong”(1956).
 His Artwork

“Fiesta” “Invasion of Limahong”

  February 21, 1853 – March 13,
1913
 He was a contemporary of Juan
Luna who placed second in an
Felix Resurrection Hidalgo
internation art exposition in
Madrid, winning a silver medal
for his painting “Las Virgenes
Cristiamas Expuestas al
Populacho”(“The Virgins
Exposed to the Populace”).
 Named National Artist in Visual
Arts (2003)
 His works : “Barter of Panay” (1948),
“Christ Stripped of His Clothes” (1954),
“Granadean Arabesque” (1958),
“Biennial”(1964),”Dimensions of
Fear”(1965,”Bista beyond Vision”
(1981),”Torogan” (1985), and
“Playground of the Mind” (1998).
 His Artwork
“Las Virgenes Cristianas
Expuestas al Populacho”