National Artists

• National Artist Award - highest form of recognition to Filipino artist for their significant contributions in the arts and letters.
• National Artist Award - shares the same reputation as the GAMABA and the National Scientist award.
• National Artist Award - Established in 1972 under Presidential Decree No. 1001 issued by President Marcos
• National Artist Criteria

  • Living artists who have been citizens for the last ten years prior to nomination
  • Artists who have died after the establishment award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death
  • Artists who have helped build a Filipino sense of nationhood through the content and form of their works
  • Artists who have distinguished themselves by pioneering in a mode of creative expression or style, making an impact on succeeding generations of artists
  • Artists who have created a significant body of works and/or have consistently displayed excellence in the practice of their art form, enriching artistic expression or style
  • Artists who enjoy broad acceptance through prestigious national and/or international recognition, awards in prestigious national and/or international events, critical acclaim and/or reviews of their works, and/or respect and esteem from peers within an artistic discipline
• Benedicto Cabrera (2006) - Painting

  • Variations of Sabel
  • Made of aluminum sheets can also be found in UP theater
• Jose Joya (2003) - V.ARTS

  • "Barter of Panay"
  • Mural in the Virata School of Business in UP Diliman.
  • Rendered in the abstract expressionist style without rendering human forms.
  • Referencing the trade between Datu Puti and King Marikudo
• Napoleon Abueva (1976) - Sculpture

  • "Spirit Business" - Made of metal disk with sharp-looking poles jutting through it.
• Abueva and Joya - represented the Philippines in the Venice Art Biennacle, one of the oldest international art exhebitions worldwide.
• Fernando Amorsolo (1972) - Visual Arts

  • "Romantic Paintings of Bucolic landscapes, portraits of prominent individual second world war
  • Can be viewed at the Jose B. Vargas Museum in UP
• Vicente Manansala (1981)

  • "Station of the Cross" - mural painted in the church of the holy sacrifice in UP diliman
• Jose Maceda (1997) - Music

  • Composed Pagsamba
  • avant-garde, composer, ethnomusicologist