NATIONAL ARTIST

IN VISUAL ARTS
CPAR
NATIONAL ARTIST IN VISUAL ARTS
◦ FERNANDO AMORSOLO ◦ J. ELIZALDE NAVARRO
◦ CARLOS “BOTONG” ◦ FRANCISCO COCHING
FRANCISCO ◦ HERNANDO R. OCAMPO
◦ CESAR LEGASPI ◦ VICTORIO C. EDADES
◦ ABDULMARI ASIA IMAO ◦ ANG KIUKOK
◦ GUILLERMO E. TOLENTNO ◦ JOSE T. JOYA
◦ ARTURO CRUZ ◦ VICENTE MANANSALA
◦ FEDERICO AGULAR ALCUAZ ◦ BENEDICTO CABRERA
◦ NAPOLEON V. ABUEVA
CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO
◦ National artist for painting (1973)
◦ The poet of angono, single-handedly revived the
forgotten art of mural and remained its most
distinguished practitioner for nearly three decades.
CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO
◦ In panels such as those that grace the City Hall of Manila, Francisco turned fragments of the
historic past into vivid records of the legendary courage of the ancestors of his race. He was
invariably linked with the “modernist” artist, forming with Victorio C. Edades and Galo
Ocampo what was then known in the local art circles as “The Triumvirate”. Botong’s unerring
eye for composition, the lush tropical sense of color and an abiding faith in the folk values
typified by the townspeople of Angolo became the hallmark of his art.
CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO
CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO
Guillermo Estrella Tolentino
◦ Guillermo Estrella Tolentino is a product of the
revival period in Philippine art. Returning from
Europe (where he was enrolled at the Royal Academy
of fine arts, Rome) in 1925, he was appointed as
professor at the UP school of fine arts where the idea
also of executing a monument for national heroes
struck him.
Guillermo Estrella Tolentino
◦ The result was the UP oblation that became the symbol of freedom at the campus.
Acknowledged as his masterpiece and completed in 1933, The Bonifacio Monument in
Caloocan stands as an enduring symbol of the Filipino’s cry for freedom.
GUILLERMO ESTRELLA TOLENTINO
◦ Other works include the bronze figure of President Quezon at Quezon Memorial, life-size
busts of Jose Rizal at UP and UE, marble statue of Ramon Magsaysay in GSIS Building;
granolithic of heroic statues representing education, medicine, forestry, veterinary science, fine
arts and music at UP. He also designed the gold and bronze medals for the Ramon Magsaysay
Award and did the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.
Guillermo Estrella Tolentino

Bonifacio Monument UP Oblation

Guillermo Estrella Tolentino

Statue of Ramon Magsaysay Ramon Magsaysay Award

FERNANDO AMORSOLO
◦ National Artist for Visual Arts
“When I came back from Spain I did nothing but paint
and paint out in the open, studying the light. Maski sa
España kung nagpipinta ako, diyan ako nagpipinta sa
liwanag na liwanag. Wala akong ginawa kundi mag-
observe”
FERNANDO AMORSOLO
◦ The country had its first National Artist in Fernando C. Amorsolo. The official tittle “Grand
Old Man of the Philippine Art” was bestowed on Amorsolo when the Manila Hilton
inaugurated its art center on January 23, 1969 with an exhibit of a selection of his works.
FERNANDO AMORSOLO
◦ Returning from his studies abroad in the 1920’s Amorsolo developed the backlighting
technique that became his trademark where figure, a cluster of leaves, spill of hair, the swell of
breast, are seen a glow canvas. This light, Nick Joaquin opines, is the rapture of sensualist
utterly in love with the earth, with the Philippines sun, and is an accurate expression of
Amorsolo’s own exuberance. His citation underscores all his years of creative activity which
have “defined and perpetuated a distinct element of the nation’s artistic and cultural heritage”.
FERNANDO AMORSOLO
◦ Among others, his major works include the following:
◦ Maiden in a Stream (1921) – GSIS collection
◦ El Ciego (1928) – Central Bank of the Philippines collection
◦ Dalagang Bukid (1936) – Club Filipino Collection
◦ The Mestiza (1943) – National Museum of the Philippines collection
◦ Planting Rice (1946) – UCPB collection
◦ Sunday Morning Going to Town (1958) – Ayala Museum Collection
 FERNANDO AMORSOLO

El Ciego The Mestiza

FERNANDO AMORSOLO

Planting Rice Sunday Morning Going to

Town
Benedicto Cabrera
◦ Popularly known as BenCab, is an award winning
painter and printmaker who was tagged as a master
of Philippine contemporary art.
◦ BenCab was internationally known and had been
exhibiting in Europe, USA, and Asia.
◦ He received various awards, and two of these
recognitions are the National Artist Award and the
Gawad CCP para sa Sining.
Benedicto Cabrera

Yellow
Sabel Confetti
Hernando Ocampo
◦ One of the thirteen Moderns, who paved way to art modernism in the
Philippines.
◦ His works were more radical and more poetic showing the kind of
society there was after World War II.
◦ He developed a new style of abstraction through his use of fierce and
striking colors.
◦ He proved that abstract and non-traditional style of painting can also
result to nationalistic art.
Hernando Ocampo

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