NOTABLE

MODERN ARTIST
• NEW ARTISTIC STYLES HAVE BEEN
INTRODUCED INTO THE PHILIPPINES
BEGINNING IN THE LAST YEARS OF THE
SPANISH COLONIZATION. BUT IT WAS
DURING THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION
WHEN MODERNISM WAS BROUGHT INTO
PHILIPPINE ART THROUGH THE
MOMENTOUS EXHIBIT OF VICTORIO
• THROUGH THIS EVENT, FILIPINO
ARTISTS BECAME AWARE OF THE
ARTISTS THAT WERE SHAPING THE
ART WORLD AT THE TIME. FILIPINOS
WERE THEN EXPOSED TO THE WORKS
OF PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR, EDGAR
DEGAS, PAUL GAUGUIN, PABLO
•THE INFLUENCE OF
FAUVISM, CUBISM,
EXPRESSIONISM, DADA,
SURREALISM, SOCIAL
BECAME APPARENT IN THE
 NOTABLE WESTERN AND FILIPINO MODERN
ARTISTS

• REALISM
• FRENCH ARTIST GUSTAVE COURBET
(1819-1877) PIONEERED THE
EMERGENCY OF REALISM IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
• IN THE PHILIPPINES, FABIÁN DELA ROSA (1869-1037) WAS
WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS REALISTIC GENRE PAINTINGS,
PORTRAITS AS WELL AS LANDSCAPES IN PASSIVE
COLORS.
• HE MENTORED HIS NEPHEW FERNANDO AMORSOLO
(1892-1972), WHOSE PAINTINGS (SOME OF WHICH SHOW
THE REALIST STYLE) PORTRAYED THE DAILY LIFE OF THE
COMMON FILIPINO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE SUBLIME
LIFESTYLE OF FARMERS IN THE RURAL AREAS.
FABIAN DELA ROSA
FERNANDO AMORSOLO
•IMPRESSIONISM
•AMERICAN PAINTER MARY
CASSATT (1844-1926) WAS ONE OF
THE MORE RECOGNIZABLE
IMPRESSIONISTS IN THE LATE
19TH CENTURY.
• IN THE PHILIPPINES, IMPRESSIONISM HAD A
HUGE INFLUENCE ON FILIPINO ARTISTS,
INCLUDING FÉLIX RESURRECCIÓN HIDALGO
(1855-1913) AND JUAN LUNA (1857-1899).
• THESE TWO ARTISTS MASTERED THE USE OF
LIGHT IN THEIR PAINTINGS.
• AMORSOLO, TOO, SHOWED HIS MASTERY OF
LIGHT AND COLOR IN HIS RURAL LANDSCAPES.
• THE EARLY PAINTINGS OF FLORENCIO
CONCEPTION (1933-2006) ALSO SHOWED
IMPRESSIONISTIC SCENES THAT WERE EXECUTED
IN IMPASTO (I.E., THICK APPLICATION OF PIGMENT
ON THE PAINTING CANVASS OR PANEL)
• IMPRESSIONIST TENDENCIES ARE ALSO EXHIBITED
IN THE WORKS BY ROGER SAN MIGUEL (1940-),
BUENO SILVA (1941-), AND OSCAR RAMOS (1948)
FLORENCIO CONCEPTION
•EXPRESSIONISM
•EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944)
WAS A PRODUCTIVE BUT
SOMEWHAT ETERNALLY
TROUBLED ARTIST.
• IN THE 1970S, THE EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
BECAME POPULAR AMONG MANY FILIPINO
ARTISTS, INCLUDING DANILO DALENA, ONIB
OLMEDO, AND ANG KIUKOK.
• THEY DISTORTED FIGURES IN THEIR WORKS
TO EXPRESS THE INTENSE EMOTIONS IN THE
COUNTRY THAT HAD TURBULENT SOCIO-
POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE AT THE TIME.
DANILO DALENA
ONIB OLMEDO
ANG KIUKOK
• ART NOUVEAU
• SPANISH ANTONI GAUDI (1852-1926) WAS A LEADING ARTIST
IN THE ART NOUVEAU MOVEMENT.
• THE INFLUENCE OF ART NOUVEAU ON PHILIPPINE ART WAS
SEEN PRIMARILY IN ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN.
• MANILA’S UY CHACO BUILDING, BOTH BUILT IN 1914, ARE
KNOWN FOR THEIR ART NOUVEAU STYLE.
• DESIGN BY RAMON IRURETA-GOYENA AND FRANCISCO
PÉREZ-MUÑOZ, EL HOGAR IS NOTED FOR ITS STAIRCASE
WITH BRONZE GRIFFINS FOR THE POSTS.
MANILA’S UY CHACO BUILDING
• FAUVISM
• HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) IS ARGUABLY THE BEST COLORIST OF THE
20TH CENTURY.
• AS FAUVIST, HE USED BRIGHT COLORS AUTONOMOUSLY WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO THE REAL COLOR OF OBJECTS.
• THESE FAUVIST TENDENCIES, ESPECIALLY THE QUALITIES OF
NAIVETÉ, CAN BE SEEN IN THE WORKS OF ANTONIO AUSTRIA (1936-)
AS WELL AS NORMA BELLEZA (1939-) IN THE 1970S.
• THE WORKS BY FRANCESCA ENRIQUEZ IN THE LATE 1980S ALSO
EXHIBIT FAUVIST STYLE BUT IN A MORE ABSTRACT VEIN
ANTONIO AUSTRIA
NORMA BELLEZA
FRANCESCA ENRIQUEZ
• CUBISM
• PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) IS PERHAPS THE MOST
PROLIFICALLY IMAGINATIVE AND VERSATILE PAINTER IN
THE 20TH CENTURY.
• PIONEERING CUBISM ALONGSIDE GEORGES BRAQUE
(1882-1963), PICASSO IS KNOWN FOR LES DEMOISELLES
D’AVIGNON (1907), GUERNICA (1937), AND THE WEEPING
WOMAN (1937), AMONG OTHERS.
• IN THE PHILIPPINES, VICENTE MANANSALA (1910-1981),
AND ANITA MAGSAYSAY-HO (1914-2012) WERE
INFLUENCED BY THIS ARTISTIC MOVEMENT.
VICENTE MANANSALA
ANITA MAGSAYSAY-HO
• FUTURISM
• ITALIAN PAINTER GIACOMO BALLA (1871-1958) WAS ONE
OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE FUTURIST
MOVEMENT IN ART, WHICH EMPHASIZED SPEED,
TECHNOLOGY, AND MODERNITY.
• IN THE PHILIPPINES, THIS MOVEMENT BECAME EVIDENT
IN ART DECO ARCHITECTURE.
• THE DESIGN OF THE FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY MAIN
BUILDING ALSO SUGGESTS VELOCITY AS WELL AS
SOPHISTICATION OF KNOWLEDGE.
 
• DADA
• THE FRENCH ARTIST MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887-1968)
WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE
DADA MOVEMENT.  
• IN THE PHILIPPINES, CONCEPTUAL ART WAS
PIONEERED BY ROBERTO CHABET (1937-2013), WHO
PREFERRED DIRECT RELATIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNLIKE FORMALIST WHO DESIRED TO PERFECT THE
FORM.
ROBERTO CHABET
• SURREALISM
• FRIDA KAHLO (1907-1954) IS
CELEBRATED IN MEXICO, HER HOME
COUNTRY, FOR GIVING IMPORTANCE TO
THE INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND FOR
HER BRAVE REPRESENTATION OF THE
FEMALE FORM AND EXPERIENCE IN HER
WORKS.
SURREALISTS HAVE A STRONG INFLUENCE ON PHILIPPINE
ART.
• THE LANDSCAPE OF JUVENAL SANSO (1929-), WITH THEIR
SHADOWY NOCTURNAL MOOD, HAVE SURREALIST
UNDERTONES.
• PRUDENCIO LAMARROZA (1943-) ALSO COMBINES IN HIS
WORKS REALISTIC LANDSCAPES AND FIGURES WITH
ABSTRACT FORMS.
• SANTIAGO BOSE (1949-2002) USED FOLK AND MYSTICAL
SYMBOLS INSPIRED BY THE OLD TRADITIONS OF
CORDILLERA.
JUVENAL SANSO
PRUDENCIO LAMARROZA
CASTILLONES SILLADA
ANDRES BARRIOQUINTO
JON JAYLO
• DE STIJL
• PIET MONDRIAN (1872-1944), ONE OF THE FOUNDING
MEMBERS OF DE STIJL, IS KNOWN FOR HIS USE OF PRIMARY
COLORS, PERPENDICULAR LINES, AND GRIDS IN HIS
PAINTINGS.
• IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE CHROMATIC AND THE GEOMATIC
ABSTRACTION OF MONDRIAN FOUND A SUPPORTER IN
CONSTANCIO BERNARDO (1913-2003).
• HE WAS SO TALENTED THAT NOTED ABSTRACTIONIST JOSEF
ALBERS PREDICTED THAT HE WOULD BECOME SUCCESSFUL
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
CONSTANCIO BERNARDO
• SOCIAL REALISM
• CANADIAN PARASKEVA CLARK (1898-1986) WAS ONE OF
THE ARTISTS WHO USED ART NOT ONLY FOR CREATIVE
AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO FOR THE
EXPRESSION OF ZEALOUS POLITICAL CONVICTIONS.
• SOCIAL REALISM IN PHILIPPINE ART BEGAN DURING
THE PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT OF THE LATE 19TH
CENTURY AND HAS CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT TIME.
• EXAMPLES INCLUDE JUAN LUNA’S SPOLIARIUM (1884),
EDADES’S THE BUILDERS (1928), ANTIPAS DELOTAVO’S
ITAK SA PUSO NI MANG JUAN (1977), AND WORKS BY
THE GROUP NAGKAKAISANG PROGRESIBONG ARTISTA
AT ARKITEKTO.
• THIS ARTISTIC MOVEMENT HAS ALSO INFLUENCED
PABLO BAEN SANTOS’S OPLAN TUMBA (2007) AND
RENATO HABULAN’S POLITIKA NG LAMAN, LOOB AT
DIWA (2007).
SPOLIARIUM
EDADES’S THE BUILDERS
ANTIPAS DELOTAVO’S ITAK SA PUSO NI MANG
JUAN
• ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
• AMERICAN PAINTER JACSON POLLOCK (1912-
1956) WAS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS.
• POLLOCK WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF FILIPINO
ARTIST ALFONSO A. OSSORIO (1916-1990), WHO
HIMSELF WAS AN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST
PAINTER.