PRACTICE EXAM #4

• FERNANDO AMORSOLO


  He developed the use of light—

  actually, 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.
• ARTS OF FERNANDO AMORSOLO

  Under the Mango Tree, The Philippines, The Palay Maiden
• Juan Luna


  The most famous and celebrated Filipino artist in the history of Philippines
• Iconic and remarkable masterpieces by Juan Luna

  • Spoliarium
  • Blood Compact
  • The Death of Cleopatra
• Juan Luna's art


  • Dynamic and unique style
  • Dramatic and captivating canvases
• Juan Luna's work


  One of the principal examples of Romanticism and Realism schools of art
• Juan Luna was not just an artist, he was a revolutionary and influential political activist who was an active participant in the Philippine Revolution that took place in the late 19th century
• Spoliarium


  largest painting in the

  Philippines with dimensions of 4.22m x 7.68m
• Benedicto R. Cabrera


  Painter who signs his work "Bencab"
• Bencab


  • 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
• "Sabel"


  Emblematic scavenger figure created by Bencab
• Sabel is 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 was born in Malabon
• BENCAB CREATES PINK VERSION

  “SABEL”

  MASTERPIECE IN VP LENI’S HONOR
• ANITA MAGSAYSAY - HO

  Anita Magsaysay-Ho was a

  Filipino painter 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. Magsaysay-Ho received significant

  critical acclaim and recognition for her

  work before her death on May 5, 2012,

  including first prize at the Philippine Art

  Association in 1952. Her work can be found

  among the collections of institutions like

  the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, and

  the Ateneo Art Gallery in Manila,

  Philippines.
• ANG KIUKOK


  Ang Kiukok was a Filipino

  painter known for his expressive,

  Cubist-like works. He often chose

  dynamic or disturbing subject matter,

  frequently depicting rabid dogs,

  crucifixions, and screaming figures in

  an abstracted geometric style. When asked why he often chose

  subjects full of such angry he once replied

  "Why not? Open your eyes. Look around

  you. So much anger, sorrow, ugliness. And

  also, madness” Some of his most gruesome

  paintings were made during the rule of

  Ferdinand Marcos, who held the

  Philippines under martial law throughout

  the 1970s.
• CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO


  Carlos “Botong” Francisco,

  the poet of Angono, single-

  handedly revived the forgotten

  art of mural and remained its

  most distinguished practitioner

  for nearly three decades. In panels such as those that grace the

  City Hall of Manila, Francisco turned

  fragments of the historic past into vivid

  records of the legendary courage of the

  ancestors of his race. Botong’s unerring eye

  for composition, the lush tropical sense of

  color and an abiding faith in the folk values

  typified by the townspeople of Angono

  became the hallmark of his art.
• Carlos Francisco painted


  First Mass at Limasawa
• Jose Joya was hailed


  several

  ways such as the “Prophet

  avatar of Expressionism”
• JOSE JOYA


  José Joya was a Filipino

  painter best known for his

  Abstract Expressionist works

  which utilized a variety of

  techniques, including controlled

  drips, impasto strokes, and

  transparent layering. “In creating an artwork, the artist is

  concretizing his need for communication,”

  the artist has said of his practice. “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.”

  His work, often inspired by the tropical wildlife

  of his home country, was painted with bold,

  vibrant colors.
• VICENTE MANANSALA


  Vicente Silva Manansala was a

  Filipino artist known for his Cubist

  paintings and prints. Through his

  depictions of contemporary Filipino life,

  Manansala addressed issues of intimacy,

  poverty, and culture. His melding of social commentary

  with painting had a profound influence on

  the younger Filipino artists of his

  generation, such as Angelito Antonio

  and Manuel Baldemor
• Hernando Ocampo invented


  new

  mode of abstraction that

  exemplifies Philippine flora and

  fauna, and portrays sunshine, stars

  and rain
• HERNANDO OCAMPO


  Hernando Ruiz Ocampo was a

  Filipino artist best known for his abstract

  paintings. Following in Modernist

  traditions, Ocampo used bold color

  palettes and biomorphic shapes inspired

  by both his country’s landscape and by

  science fiction writing. Over the course of

  his career his interest evolved from

  depictions of workers to abstract forms.
• NAPOLEON ABUEVA


  His long and fruitful career as a

  sculptor has lent him the official title

  of the National Artist of the

  Philippines, and the official

  recognition of being the father of

  modern Filipino sculpture. Abueva’s influence on Filipino art

  has been immense, and his skill as a

  sculptor spans material as varied as

  wood, bronze, coral, and stone. We

  explore the life and work of the

  Philippines’ most talented and

  recognized modern sculptor.
• ARTISTS: FERNANDO AMORSOLO


  STYLE: BACKLIGHTING - SUBJECT: AGRICULTURAL LIFE
• ARTIST: JUAN LUNA


  STYLE: ROMANTICISM, REALISM, NEOCLASSICISM - SUBJECT: OPPRESSION, INJUSTICE (SOCIAL ISSUES)
• ARTIST: BENCAB


  STYLE: ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM - SUBJECT: HUMAN DIGNITY THREATENED BY

  INEQUITIES
• ARTIST: ANITA MAGSAYSAY-HO 


  STYLE: CUBISM - SUBJECT: GROUP OF WOMEN WORKING
• ARTIST: ANG KIUKOK


  STYLE: ABSTRACT CUBISM - SUBJECT: SORROW, MADNESS- MARTIAL LAW
• ARTIST: CARLOS FRANCISCO


  STYLE: LANDSCAPE MURAL - SUBJECT: ANGONO CULTURE
• ARTIST: JOSE JOYA


  STYLE: ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM - SUBJECT: TROPICAL WILDLIFE
• ARTIST: VICENTE MANANSALA


  STYLE: CUBISM - SUBJECT: INTICIMACY POVERTY AND CULTURE
• ARTIST: HERNANDO OCAMPO


  STYLE: ABSTRACT, REALISM - SUBJECT: WORKERS TO ABSTRACT FORMS
• ARTIST: NAPOLEON ABUEVA


  STYLE: MODERN ABSTRACT - SUBJECT: FILIPINO CULTURE