CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS NATIONAL-ARTISTS

1. NATIONAL
ARTISTS
From The
Philippines
Visual Artists
CONTEMPORARY
PHILIPPINE ARTS
from the REGIONS
Presented by:
Group 1
Johnwayne Hugo
Kena Canuto
Sonia Dimas
Nicole Kate Benigno
Joyce Benaldo
Jillianne Alban

2. NATIONAL
ARTISTS
From The
Philippines
Visual Artists

3. Juan Luna (1857-1899)
• Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio
Ancheta was a Filipino painter,
sculptor and a political activist of the
Philippine Revolution during the late
19th century. He became one of the
first recognized Philippine artists.
• Juan Novicio LunaBorn in October 25,
1857[a] in the town of Badoc, Ilocos
Norte, Captaincy General of the
Philippines, Spanish Empire.Died
December 7, 1899 (aged 42) at British
Hong Kong .
Known for Painting, drawing,
sculpting.
Contribution to Contemporary Arts
One of the key contributions Luna made
to Philippine history was through his powerful
portrayal of social and political issues. His iconic
painting, Spoliarium, serves as a poignant symbol
of the Filipino people’s plight under Spanish
colonization.
FAMOUSE ARTWORKS
Spoliarium (1884)
-working on canvas, spent eight months
completing the painting which depicts
dying gladiators. The painting was
submitted by Luna to the Exposición
Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884 in
Madrid, where it garnered the first gold
medal
The Death of Cleopatra not only served as
a representation of a colonized people
standing up against their colonizer, but
also brought to attention the ability of
Filipino artists, and particularly Luna
himself, to surpass their European
contemporaries.
The Death of Cleopatra (1881)
The Blood Compact portrays the 1565
Sandugo (blood compact ritual)
between Datu Sikatuna of Bohol and
Miguel López de Legazpi, surrounded
by other conquistadors. Sikatuna was
described to be ‘being crowded out of
the picture by Miguel López de
Legazpi and his fellow conquistadores’.
The Blood Compact (1886)

4. Vicente S. Manansala (1910-1981)
• Vicente Silva Manansala was a
Filipino cubist painter and
illustrator. One of the first
Abstractionists on the Philippine
art scene Vicente Manansala is
also credited with bridging the
gap between the city and the
suburbs, between the rural and
cosmopolitan ways of life.
Filipino artist Vicente Manansala was one of
the first Abstractionists on the country's art scene. The
Cubist paintings and illustrations depicting
contemporary life at the time were credited for
bridging the gap between rural and city life.
Contribution in Contemporary Arts
FAMOUSE ARTWORKS
The Bird Seller(1976)
The painting highlights the
everyday, modern life of a
Filipino man.
Ang Magbabayo (1979)
(Pounding Rice)
Depicts children engaging in the
familiar Filipino game of 'luksong
tinik' where the youthful
participants use their hands to
form a spine of thorns over
which another child has to leap.
Luksong Tinik (1973)
(Jumping Over Thorns)

5. Cesar Legaspi (1917-1994)
• Cesar Torrente Legaspi was a
Filipino National Artist in painting.
He was also an art director prior to
going full-time in his visual art
practice in the 1960s. His early
works, alongside those of peer,
Hernando Ocampo are described as
depictions of anguish and
dehumanization of beggars and
laborers in the city.
Legaspi’s career and contributions to the
modern art world had indeed left a great impact, as his
style of cubism mixed into fragmentation techniques
with expansive interacting forms along with themes on
social commentary of the time created artworks that
speak volumes of powerful meaning.
Contribution to Contemporary Arts
FAMOUSE ARTWORKS
Tres Marias (1975)
Cesar Legaspi displays his Cubist
approach at figuration, inflecting
the conglomeration of shapes (in
its heightening and
diminishment) as a kind
perspectival device
Magellan and
Lapu-Lapu (1969)
Ritual (1951)

6. FAMOUSE ARTWORKS
Hernando Ruiz Ocampo
(1911-1978)
• Hernando Ruiz Ocampo was a
leading radical modernist artist in
the Philippines. He was a member
of the Saturday Group of artists
(also known as the Taza de Oro
Group), and was one of the pre-war
Thirteen Moderns, a group of
modernist artists founded by
Victorio C. Edades in 1938.
Contribution to contemporary arts
Ocampo was credited for inventing a new
mode of abstraction that exemplifies Philippine
flora and fauna, and portrays sunshine, stars and
rain. Using movement and bold colors, Ocampo
utilized fantasy and science fiction as the basis for
his works.
Untitled (Sitting
Nude), 1976
Dancing Mutants
(1965)
Dedicated to portraying the
working class who had become
commodities, or commodified, in
fact, de-humanized —
anonymous — just like the hats
they wove.
Hat Weavers (1940)

7. FAMOUSE ARTWORKS
FERNANDO AMORSOLO
(May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972)
• Philippines’ first National Artist and is
officially recognized as the “Grand
Old Man of Philippine Art”.
Renowned for his trademark
luminosity and ability to render the
iconic provincial Filipina, Amorsolo’s
paintings usually feature scenes in
glowing rural landscapes--- such as
farmers ankle-deep in rice fields,
women in colorful baro’t sayas sorting
through mangoes, and vibrant society
portraits.
Contribution in Contemporary Art
Amorsolo’s most significant contribution to
Philippine painting at this time was the development of the
use of light, or more specifically, backlight. An Amorsolo
painting typically has a glow that the figures are delineated
against, and at one point in the canvas, there is typically a
burst of light that brings out the minute details.
Rice Planting (1922)
Afternoon Meal
of the Workers
(1939)
Making of the
Philippine Flag
(1955)

8. FAMOUSE ARTWORKS
CARLOS "BOTONG" FRANCISCO
(1914 - 1969)
Francisco, along with Edades and Ocampo were
commissioned to do a number of murals that featured
stylized figures in flowing, serpentine lines. Through these
works, the artists contributed towards developing a Filipino
imagery, drawing inspiration from thecustoms and traditions
of the Philippine people, as well as from familiar
environments.
• Carlos "Botong" Francisco was a
renowned Filipino artist known for
his contribution to Philippine modern
art. He was born in Angono, Rizal,
Philippines and is widely regarded as
one of the most important Filipino
artists of the 20th century.
• Botong Francisco's works often
depicted Filipino themes and culture,
and he was known for his skill in
creating large-scale murals.
Contribution to Contemporary Art
Filipino Struggles
Through History
(1964)
Magpupukot
(Pulling in the net)
(1957)
The Martyrdom
of Rizal (1960)

9. FAMOUSE ARTWORKS
• Painting distorted human figures
in rough, bold impasto strokes,
and standing tall and singular in
his advocacy and practice of what
he believes is the creative art,
Victorio C. Edades emerged as
the “Father of Modern Philippine
Painting”
VICTORIO EDADES (1895 –1985)
Unlike, Amorsolo’s bright, sunny, cheerful hues,
Edades’ colors were dark and somber with subject matter or
themes depicting laborers, factory workers or the simple
folk in all their dirt, sweat and grime. Edades introduced
modern art to the Philippines when it was still largely a
conservative society
Contribution to Contemporary Arts
The Sketch
(1928)
Poinsettia Girl
(1976)
Mother and
Daughter
(1926)

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