CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTIST.pptx

1. National Artists- is considered to be the
highest national recognition given to Filipino
individuals who have made significant
contributions to the development of Philippine
arts which is awarded by the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts together
with Cultural Center of the Philippines.

2. NATIONAL ARTIST FOR VISUAL ARTS:

3. Fernando Amorsolo is the first
National Artist in the country
and.. was known for using
backlighting technique in
painting,. making his creations
bright and cheerful.

4. FERNANDO AMORSOLO PAINTINGS

5. Carlos “Botong” Francisco
(November 4, 1912 – March 31,
1969)
Francisco revived the art of mural
and was considered.. to be the most
distinguished mural painter for about
three.. decades and was known for
using historical events as.. subject
matter for his murals

7. Guillermo E. Tolentino (July 24,
1890 – July 12, 1976)Honored as
National Artist for Sculpture in 1973
and was known for designing the
seal of the Republic of the
Philippines, and the gold and bronze
medals for the Ramon Magsaysay
Award. Tolentino’s works include the
“UP Oblation”.

9. Napoleon V. Abueva (January 26,
1930)
Abueva was considered to be the
Father of Modern Philippine
Sculpture. He is skillful in creating
both representational and modern
abstract sculptures using a wide
variety of materials. He was also
known for creating “buoyant
sculpture,” a type of sculpture to be
viewed from the surface of a pool.

11. Victorio C. Edades (December 23,
1895 – March 7, 1985)
Recognized as the Father of
Modern Philippine Painting and was
known for using dark somber colors
in his paintings. His works focused
on factory workers, laborers or other
simple townspeople.

13. Vicente Manansala (January 22, 1910 –
August 22, 1981)
He was known for his paintings
depicting realistic.. themes using an
abstract or a cubist style. He
believed.. that.“the beauty of art is in
the process, in the moment of.. doing
a particular painting, closely
associating it with the.. act of making
love.

15. Hernando R. Ocampo (April 28,
1911 – December 28, 1978)
Ocampo was largely known for his
abstract paintings. His works
featured shapes bounded with
curved lines painted in intense
colors. His masterpiece “Genesis”
was used as the basis of the design
of the curtain of the Cultural Center
of the Philippines (CCP) Main
Theater.

17. Cesar Legaspi (April 2, 1917
– April 7, 1994)
Legaspi was known for
utilizing and refining cubism, a
style involving breaking parts
into geometric shapes, in his
paintings.

19. Elizalde Navarro (May 22, 1924 –
June 10, 1999)
He was known for his hardwood
masks reflecting the human and the
animal, abstract paintings in oil and
watercolor, and assemblages. He
was also known for his fiction works
for This Week of the Manila
Chronicle, and for his figurative
drawings for Lydia Arguilla’s Juan
tamad.

21. Ang Kiukok (March 1, 1931 –
May 9, 2005)
He was known for his paintings
expressing nationalism and
sociological agenda during the
60’s through vivid cubistic
figures. His works include
“Geometric landscape,” “Pieta,”
and the “Seated Figure.”

23. Benedicto Cabrera (April 10, 1942)
Known as “Bencab,” Cabrera was
noted as the.. bestselling painter of his
generation of Filipino artists and.. also
known for his sketches of a scavenger
named “Sabel,. a symbol of dislocation,
despair and isolation-the..
personification of human dignity
threatened by life’s.. circumstance.”

25. Abdulmari Asia Imao (January 14,
1936 – December 16, 2014)
Imao was instrumental in popularizing
the ukil, sarimanok and naga motifs in
the country as original Filipino creations.
He helped in developing trust and
confidence among cultural groups, which
is needed in building a more humane
community and society.

27. Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (June
6, 1932 – February 2, 2011)
Alcuaz was mainly known for
his oil and acrylic paintings, and
sketches in ink, pencil, and
watercolor.

29. Francisco Coching (January
29, 1919 – September 1, 1998)
Tagged as the “Dean of Filipino
Illustrators,” Coching is best
known for his work on comics
and illustrations which lead to its
recognition as popular art. He
has influenced cartoonists such
as Larry Alcala, Ben Infante and
Nestor Redondo.

31. Jose T. Joya (June 3, 1931 –
1995)
Joya is known for pioneering
abstract expressionism in the
Philippines. His most notable
work is the Granadean
Arabesque (1958). He also
represented the Philippines in
the 1964 Venice Biennale.