ARTAPP #4

• This lesson explores how Filipinos are art lovers, how we love grandiose and colorful things. The native pigments and colors, even on clothes. The diversity is indeed reflected in our art forms, and it makes Filipinos united and unique.
• Filipino artist are important forces in the formation of our national identity. Images and the culture of making artwork has power in itself. These are some notable artists who have captured our Filipino sensibilities in their own way:
• Notable Filipino artists


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• This presentation is not a political discussion. Any political icons in this presentation are only used for educational purposes and NOT for any political advertisement.
• 70% of Pinoys say fake news a serious problem – SWS
• The percentage of those who say they often spot fake information is highest in Metro Manila at 34 percent, followed by Luzon outside Metro Manila at 23 percent, Visayas at 15 percent and Mindanao at 11 percent.
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• Fernando Amorsolo


  • Developed the use of light, especially backlight, which is his greatest contribution to Philippine painting
  • Characteristically, an Amorsolo painting contains a glow against which the figures are outlined, and at one point of the canvas there is generally a burst of light that highlights the smallest detail
• Amorsolo paintings


  • Under the Mango Tree
  • The Philippines
  • The Palay Maiden
• Juan Luna is the cousin of Gen. Antonio Luna.
• Juan Luna


  • Most famous and celebrated Filipino artist in the history of Philippines
  • Known for his dynamic and unique style, along with his dramatic and captivating canvases
  • His work is remembered as one of the principal examples of Romanticism and Realism schools of art
  • Was a revolutionary and influential political activist who was an active participant in the Philippine Revolution that took place in the late 19th century
• Juan Luna paintings


  • Spoliarium 1884
• Spoliarium 1884


  Inspired films like Heneral Luna (2015) and Alone/Together (2019), and the song "Spoliarium" by Eraserheads (1997)
• Spoliarium is the largest painting in the Philippines with dimensions of 4.22m x 7.68m
• Other Juan Luna paintings

  • Blood Compact 1886
  • Death of Cleopatra 1881
• BenCab is short for Benjamin Cabigting.
• Benedicto "BenCab" Cabrera


  • Upheld the primacy of drawing over the decorative color
  • Started his career in the mid-sixties as a lyrical expressionist
  • His solitary figures of scavengers emerging from a dark landscape were piercing stabs at the social conscience of a people long inured to poverty and failure
  • Christened the emblematic scavenger figure "Sabel" as a melancholic symbol of dislocation, despair, and isolation–the personification of human dignity threatened by life's fluctuations, and the vast inequities of Philippine society
• BenCab paintings


  • Boy Afraid of Tremors (1992)
  • Tres Marias (2003)
  • Sabel (2009)
• National Artist BenCab creates pink version of "Sabel" masterpiece in VP Leni's honor
• Anita Magsaysay-Ho's style in painting is cubism.
• Anita Magsaysay-Ho


  • Best known for her Social Realist and post-Cubist portrayals of Filipino life and culture, notably and frequently portraying groups of women engaged in labor
  • Received significant critical acclaim and recognition for her work before her death in 2012, including first prize at the Philippine Art Association in 1952
• Anita Magsaysay-Ho paintings


  • Fruit Vendors (1960)
  • Fish Harvest at Dawn (1979)
  • Catching Chickens (1998)
• "Kiukok" means "Save-the-Country".
• Ang Kiukok


  • Known for his expressive, Cubist-like works
  • Often chose dynamic or disturbing subject matter, frequently depicting rabid dogs, crucifixions, and screaming figures in an abstracted geometric style
  • Some of his most gruesome paintings were made during the rule of Ferdinand Marcos, who held the Philippines under martial law throughout the 1970s
• Ang Kiukok paintings


  • Fishermen (1981)
  • Seated Man (1978)
  • Untitled Dogs (2000)
• Carlos Francisco painted the "First Mass in Manila Cathedral".
• Ang Kiukok


  Filipino painter known for his Abstract Cubist works that depicted sorrow, madness, and the oppression of martial law
• Ang Kiukok's lifespan


  March 1, 1931 – May 9, 2005
• Ang Kiukok: '"Why not? Open your eyes. Look around you. So much anger, sorrow, ugliness. And also, madness"'
• Carlos "Botong" Francisco


  Filipino artist who single-handedly revived the forgotten art of mural and remained its most distinguished practitioner for nearly three decades
• Carlos "Botong" Francisco's lifespan


  November 4, 1912 – March 31, 1969
• Carlos "Botong" Francisco's works


  • First Mass at Limasawa
  • Magpupukot (Pulling the Net) (1957)
  • The Cockfight (1948)
• Jose Joya


  Filipino painter best known for his Abstract Expressionist works which utilized a variety of techniques, including controlled drips, impasto strokes, and transparent layering
• Jose Joya's lifespan


  June 3, 1931 – May 11, 1995
• Jose Joya: '"In creating an artwork, the artist is concretizing his need for communication. He has an irresistible urge to reach that level of spiritual satisfaction and to project what he is and what he thinks through his work."'
• Jose Joya's works


  • Paper Moon (1983)
  • Morning Flight (1982)
  • Space Transfiguration (1959)
• Vicente Manansala


  Filipino artist known for his Cubist paintings and prints, addressing issues of intimacy, poverty, and culture in his depictions of contemporary Filipino life
• Vicente Manansala's lifespan


  January 22, 1910 – August 22, 1981
• Vicente Manansala's works


  • Tiangge (Market Scene) (1980)
  • Fish Vendors (1971)
  • The Candle-Sellers (1962)