PHILIPPINE

ARTWORKS
 Juan Luna
• “Political activist of the Philippine Revolution
during the late 19th century.
• “Ilocano Filipino Painter”
• 1 st recognized Philippine Arts
• His 1st tutor Don Lorenzo Guerrero was so
impressed with his early works.
• Don Lorenzo persuaded his parents to send
Date of birth: October 23, 1857
him to Spain to advance his skills.
Year of Death: December 7 1899
 Spolarium
• Oil on canvas
• Largest painting in the Philippines.
• 1st prize gold medal at Expocision de Bellas
Artes of Oil Paintings in Madrid
• Where the fallen and dying gladiators are
dumped and devoid of their worldly possessions.
Time Period: 19th century, 1884
 Fernando Amorsolo
• Most of his paintings portrayed the Filipino
culture, tradition and customs like Filipino fiestas.
• Became popular because of his illuminated
landscapes and his historical paintings on which
you can see the real reflection of the Filipino soul.
• Excellent sketch artist as well as peerless
master of light and soul.
Date of birth: May 30,1892
Year of Death: April 26,1972
 Planting Rice
• The visual arts of the Philippines during the
decades before the Second World War and into
the post-war period.
• The Filipino Villagers in their bright clothes and
straw hats plant together with a fresh and green
landscape of plenty behind the filipino villagers is
the peaceful flume of steam.
Time Period: 1922 • No dark colors were used to produce a feeling
calm and peace.
 Jose Tanig Joya
• A painter and a multimedia artist.
• Known as an Abstract Expressionist.
• He was the president of the Art Assossiciation
of the Philippines from 1962 to 1965 .
• Dean of the University of the Philippines
College of Fine Arts from 1970 to 1978.

Date of birth: June 3, 1931

Year of Death: May 11, 1995
 Granadean Arabasque
• • A painting which features powerful swipes of
impasto mixed with sand, and which is now in
the collection of the Ateneo Art Gallery.
• Inspired by Joya’s stay in Granada, a region in
Spain.
• Bright yellow dominate the canvass and
Time Period: 1958
establish the mood- pure joy, life and energy.
 Felix Hidalgo
• Acknowledged as one of the great Filipino
painters of the late 19th century.
• Winning the silver medal in the 1884 Madrid
Exposition of Fine Arts, along with the gold win
of fellow Filipino painter Juan Luna.
• His works has a touch of Romanticism ,
Date of birth: February 21, 1885 Aesthetics and Neoclassicism.
Year of Death: March 13, 1913
 La barca de Aquero
• A Neoclassic-style painting based by Hidalgo
on his reading of Dante's Inferno while in Italy.
• Interpretation of damned souls journeying
across the River Acheron towards the gates of
hell or Hades.
• The work was a gold medalist during the
Exposicion General de las Filipinas in Madrid.
Time Period: 1887
 Damian Domingo
• First Filipino to paint his face, the first self
portrait in the Philippines.
• Founder of the Academia de Dibujoy Pinutra,
the first school drawing in the Philippines.
• One of the known artist of the decorative art
illustrations watercolor paintings that decipt
Date of birth: February 12, 1796 local paintings.
Year of Death: July 27, 1834
 Chair of St. Peter in R

• This painting shows the Holy Spirit in the form

of a dove at the section positioned above two
saints –St. Ambrose and St. Thomas Aquinas,
who was the family’s patron saint at the
Vatican.
Time Period: AD 19th century
 Guillermo Tolentino
• The National Artist Awards for Sculpture in
1976.
• He was appointed as instructor for sculpture
in School of Fine Arts in University of the
Philippines
• He won the design and commissioning of "The
Bonifacio Monument" in 1930 and finish
Date of birth: July 24, 1890
its installation in 1933.
Year of Death: July 12, 1976
 Oblation
• Which serves as the iconic symbol of the
University of the Philippines.
• It depicts a man facing upward with arms
outstretched, symbolizing selfless offering of
oneself to his country.
• Signifying academic freedom.
Time Period: 1930
 Vicente Manansala
• was a Filipino cubist painter and illustrator.
• He studied at the University of the Philippines
School of Fine Art until 1930.
• He later received a UNESCO fellowship to
study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
• His works are in the collections of the
Honolulu Museum of Art, the Philippine Center
Date of birth: January 22, 1910 in New York, and the Lopez Memorial Museum
Year of Death: August 22, 1981 in Manila.
 Luksong Tinik
• A popular game in the Philippines. It is originated in
Cabanatuan city, Philippines, played by two teams with
equal numbers of players. Each team designates a
leader, the nanay (mother), while the rest of the players
are called anak (children). The players chosen to be
nanay are usually the ones who can jump the highest.
• Basically you just jump over people's feet which is
meant to be the tinik which one foot/hand of the 2
players sitting on the ground will be added after all
Time Period: 1973 players have jumped the 1st round
 Hernando Ruiz Ocampo
• A Filipino National Artist in the visual arts
• He made the most original Filipino paintings
because he was self taught.
• “The strongest influence on my paintings are
the things that I see around me everyday”.
• He was a founding member of a pre-war
group of writers called Veronicans, before he
Date of birth: April 28,1911
became a painter.
Year of Death: December 28,1978
 Plantsadora

• It presents the hard work of a Filipina ironing men’s

top clothing and how hard it was considering the
material of the clothing and the type of iron she was
using.

Time Period: 1945

 Fernando De ZobelAyala
• A Spanish Filipino painter, businessman, art
collector and museum founder.
• Painter of the Most Expensive Philippine
Artwork.
• Studied medicine in the Philippines and
Philosophy and Literature at Harvard
University.
Date of birth: August 27,1974
• Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts (1983).
Year of Death: June 2, 1984
 Noche Clara

• Noche clara means ‘clear night’.

• Zobel’s work Noche Clara was sold at Christie’s in
Hong Kong was sold fot PHP 6,000,000, making it
the most expensive Philippine artwork.
 Galo Ocampo
• The first Filipino to study heraldry and was a member of
the International Institute of Genealogy and Heraldry in
Madrid.
• Ocampo served as curator of the Presidential Museum
of Malacanang and, subsequently, as director of the
National Museum and technical adviser on heraldry in
the president’s office.
• He did stage backdrops for the Associated Artists

Date of birth: October 16, 1913 group headed by Fernando Poe Sr. In the 1960s, during

Year of Death: September 12, 1985 the administration of Pres Diosdado Macapagal
 Brown Madonn
• He represent a Madonna and a child as a Filipino, with
the brown complexion and features that distinguish the
Filipino. The figure representing Mary is in bayo’t saya-
a traditional Filipino costume. The bamboo, mountains
with rice terraces in the background, and the thatched
hut just behind the mother and child are the Philippine
elements presenting in this painting.
Time Period: 1938