Arturo Rogerio Luz was a Filipino painter, sculptor, and designer born in 1926. He studied art in Manila, New York, and Paris. He helped establish the Luz Gallery in Manila, which professionalized art galleries and influenced generations of Filipino artists. Luz produced minimalist, geometric abstract works that elevated Filipino aesthetics. He received many awards over his 40+ year career, including being named a National Artist of the Philippines in 1997.

1. By: JULIUS REY MAHUPIL

2.  Arturo Rogerio Luz was born on Nov. 20,
1926, in Manila, He studied painting at the
School of Fine Arts at the University of Santo
Tomas in Manila, the Art School of the
Brooklyn Museum in New York, and the
Académie Grande Chaumière in Paris and
received a diploma from the California
College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland in 1994.
He married artist Tessie Ojeda Luz.

3.  masterpieces that exemplify an
ideal of sublime austerity in
expression and form. From the
Carnival series of the late 1950s to
the recent Cyclist paintings, Luz
produced works that elevated
Filipino aesthetic vision to new
heights of sophisticated simplicity.

4.  By establishing the Luz Gallery that
professionalized the art gallery as an
institution and set a prestigious
influence Arturo R. Luz, painter,
sculptor, and designer for more than
40 years, created over generations
of Filipino artists, Luz inspired and
developed a Filipino artistic
community that nurtures impeccable
designs.

5.  Among his other significant paintings
are Bagong Taon, Vendador de
Flores,Skipping Rope, Candle Vendors,
Procession, Self-Portrait, Night
Glows,Grand Finale, Cities of the Past,
Imaginary Landscapes. His mural
paintingBlack and White is displayed in
the lobby of the CCP's Bulwagang
Carlos V. Francisco (Little Theater). His
sculpture of a stainless steel cube is
located in front of the Benguet Mining
Corporation Building in Pasig.

6.  Arturo Luz has produced art pieces
through a disciplined economy of
means. His early drawings were
described as "playful linear works"
influenced by Paul Klee. His best
masterpieces are minimalist,
geometric abstracts, alluding to the
modernist "virtues" of competence,
order and elegance; and were further
described as evoking universal reality
and mirrors an aspiration for an acme of
true Asian modernity.

7.  Bagong Taon
 Vendador de Flores
 Skipping Rope
 CandleVendors
 Procession
 Self-Portrait
 Night Glows
 Grand Finale
 Cities of the Past
 Imaginary Landscapes
 Man with Guitar
 Chair table ang lamp
 Trio Performing
 Awit
 City

8.  from 1950's to 1960's - Three 1st Prizes
Awards at the (AAP) Art Association of the
Philippines Annual Competition.

 California Art Association award
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 1962 – 1st Prize, First International Art Salon
in Saigon, Vietnam

 1966 – Republic Cultural Heritage Award for
Painting

9.  Represented Philippines in 1971 Sao Paolo
Biennial
 Founding director of the Metropolitan Museum
of Manila in 1976 and remained as director
until 1986
 978 – Order of Chevalier des Arts et Lettres,
by the French government (title was
promoted to “Officiel” in 1987)
 981 – Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award,
from the City of Manila
 1989 – Gawad CCP para sa Sining, from the
Cultural Center of the Philippines
 1997 - National Artist in Visual Arts