VISUAL ART

• Philippine visual art is a confluence of both ethnic and western traditions in the treatment of subject and use of medium.
• Filipino visual artist still uses native forms and subjects but with the use of foreign styles and techniques.
• Napoleon Abueva

  • National Artist for visual arts in 1976
  • Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture
  • youngest awardee to receive the National Artist Award
• Ang Kiukok

  • National Artist for visual arts in 2001
  • His famous works include: Geometric shapes, Dog fight, and Pieta which won medal in Saigon, and the Seated figure which was auctioned at Singapore's Sotheby's
• Victorio Edades

  • National Artist for visual arts in 1976
  • Father of Modernism in the Philippine Art
• Cesar Legaspi

  • National artist for visual arts in 1990
  • Pioneer of the Neorealist movement in the country
• Neorealism is a modern art movement that makes an artist take a subject and explore its unknown qualities
• Vicente S. Manansala

  • National Artist for visual arts in 1981
  • illustrator and cubism
  • Madonna of Slums - represents a mother and child from the country
• Hernando R. Ocampo

  • National Artist for visual arts in 1991
  • Provided an understanding and awareness of the harsh social realities in the country
  • He used movement and bold colors in his artworks
• Fernando Amorsolo

  • National Artist for visual arts in 1972
  • He is the first national artist
  • Grand Old Man of the Philippine Art
• Carlos "Botong" Francisco

  • National Artist for visual arts in 1973
  • Muralist of Angono, Rizal
  • turned fragments of the historic past into vivid records of the legendary courage of the ancestors race.
• Arturo "Art" Luz

  • National Artist for visual arts in 1997
  • was a minimalist and he used geometric abstracts that "exemplify an ideal of sublime austerity in expression and form"
• Guillermo E. Tolentino

  • National Artist for visual arts in 1973
  • His works include: Oblation, Bonifacio Monument, and figures of Jose Rizal in UP
  • He was the one who designed the Ramon Magsaysay Award and the Seal of the Philippine Republic
• Jose T. Joya

  • National Artist for visual arts in 2003
  • Former dean of the College of Fine Arts in UP
  • Abstract expressionism in the country
  • Majority of his works were strongly influenced by the tropical landscapes of the country's beautiful islands.
• Abdulmari Asia Imao

  • National Artist for visual arts in 2006
  • Native motifs and designs such as Sarimanok, the naga, and ukkil
  • Industry Brass Mural and Mural Relief on Filmmaking in the Manila City Hall are some of his notable works
• Francisco Coching

  • National Artist for visual arts in 2001
  • He is a comic book creator with 53 comic book novels to his name
  • He took an apprenticeship at Liwayway magazine under Tony Velazquez