CPAR NAMES

• Fernando Amorsolo


  • First National Artist in the country
  • Known for using backlighting technique in painting, making his creations bright and cheerful
• Carlos "Botong" Francisco


  • Revived the art of mural
  • The most distinguished mural painter for about three decades
  • Known for using historical events as subject matter for his murals
• Guillermo E. Tolentino was born and passed away

  July 24, 1890 - July 12, 1976
• Guillermo E. Tolentino


  • National Artist for Sculpture in 1973
  • Designing the seal of Republic of the Philippines
  • Received gold & bronze medals for the Ramon Magsaysay Award
  • Works include the "UP Oblation"
• Napoleon V. Abueva


  • Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture
  • Skillful in creating both representational and modern abstract sculptures using a wide variety of materials
  • Created "buoyant sculpture," a type of sculpture to be viewed from the surface of a pool
  • Created "Sandugo" sculpture depicting Rajah Sikatuna and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi of Spain
• Vicente Manansala


  • Depicted realistic themes using an abstract or a cubist style
  • Associated the beauty of art with the process, likening it to the act of making love
• Cubism involves bringing different views of subjects together in the same picture, resulting in fragmented and abstracted paintings
• Hernando R. Ocampo


  • Known for abstract paintings featuring shapes bounded with curved lines painted in intense colors
  • His work "Genesis" was used as the basis for the design of the curtain of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Main Center
  • Created "Mother and Child" (1954), an abstract take on a classic theme
• Cesar Legaspi


  • Utilized and refined cubism, a style involving breaking parts into geometric shapes, in his paintings
• Elizalde Navarro


  • Created hardwood masks reflecting the human and the animal
  • Produced abstract paintings in oil and water
• Cesar Legaspi


  • Utilizing and refining cubism in his paintings by breaking parts into geometric shapes
• Elizalde Navarro

  • Hardwood masks reflecting the human and the animal, abstract paintings in oil and watercolor, and assemblages
• Elizalde Navarro's works

  • Fiction works for This Week of the Manila Chronicle, figurative drawings for Lydia Arguilla's Juan tamad
• Ang Kiukok

  • Paintings expressing nationalism and sociological agenda during the 60's with rough vivid cubistic figures
• Ang Kiukok's works

  • "Pieta," and the "Seated Figure"
• Benedicto Cabrera


  • Known as "Bencab," best selling painter of his generation of Filipino artists, sketches of a scavenge, "Sabel" symbolizing dislocation, despair, and human dignity
• Sabel was the name of a homeless vagrant who wandered the streets of Bambang where the artist used to stay
• Bencab's 2003 work was sold for PHP46.72 million during Icón Gallery's September auction in 2015
• Abdulmari Asia Imo


  • Popularizing the ukil, sarimanok, and naga motifs in the country as original Filipino creations, promoting trust and confidence among cultural groups
• Federico Aguilar Alcuaz


  • Mainly known for his oil and acrylic paintings, sketches in ink, pencil, and watercolor, Tres Marias
• Francisco Coching


  • Known as the "Dean of Filipino Illustrators," work on comics and illustrations, influenced cartoonists such as Larry Alcala, Ben Infante, and Nestor Redondo
• Jose T. Joya


  • Pioneering abstract expressionism in the Philippines, the Granadean Arabesque, represented the Philippines in the 1964 Venice Biennale
• Jose Joya's 1959 abstract work "Space Transfiguration" was sold for P112 million at the Leon Gallery Auction in Makati