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• National Artist Award (NAA)


  Award given to individuals who have significantly contributed to the Philippine arts
• National Artists


  • Preserve our culture
  • Help keep our tradition and heritage
  • Shape our national identity
  • Inspire and educate us
• Philippine National Artist (PNA)


  Given to an individual who has significantly contributed to the Philippine arts
• President Ferdinand E. Marcos issued Presidential Proclamation No. 1001, declaring Fernando Amorsolo a National Artist for Painting


  1972
• These legalities allowed more PNAs awarded in various art disciplines, such as architecture, music, dance, theater, film and broadcasting, literature, and fiction writing
• Qualifications for National Artist award

  • Living artists who are natural-born Filipino citizens at the time of nomination, as well as those who died after the establishment of the award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death
  • Dual citizenship - at least the minimum period of five years
  • Artists who through the content and form of their works have contributed in building a Filipino sense of nationhood
  • Artists who enjoy broad acceptance
• What the National Artist award gives

  • The rank and title of National Artist, as proclaimed by the President of the Philippines
  • The National Artist gold-plated medallion minted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and citation
  • Lifetime emolument and material and physical benefits comparable in value to those received by the highest officers of the land
• National Artist Insignia


  A Grand Collar adorned by circular links representing the arts, with a main medallion commemorating the sun and the colors of the Philippine flag, and three letter Ks that stand for "katotohanan, kabutihan, at kagandahan"
• Fernando Amorsolo


  • First National Artist for Painting (1972)
  • Painted and sketched over 10,000 pieces over his lifetime
  • Coined the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art"
  • Notable works include Fruit Gatherer, Planting Rice, Dalagang Bukid, and The Making of the Philippine Flag
• Fernando Amorsolo's most famous paintings

  • Fruit Gatherer
  • Planting Rice
  • Dalagang Bukid
  • The Making of the Philippine Flag
• The Fruit Gatherer painting is a representation of the beauty of the Filipino countryside and a tribute to the hardworking farmers and laborers who make up the backbone of the country's economy
• The Planting Rice painting falls under the classification of painting as Genre painting as it is painted in the contemporary life of the Filipino farmers in 1951, when it was painted, as they are engaged in their regular every-day occupation and activities
• The Dalagang Bukid portrait created a narrative that life in the province is merely agricultural, that life was good and that the ideal Filipino woman must be conservative, beautiful, and happily serving her family and doing reproductive jobs such as taking care of the house chores and of upbringing the children given her gentle and warm demeanor
• "The Making of the Philippine Flag" in 1944 captures a pivotal moment in Philippine history-the creation of the Philippine national flag
• Works of National Artists in Public Spaces: A Look at UP Diliman

  • Oblation sculpture by Guillermo Tolentino
  • Fernando Amorsolo's romantic paintings of bucolic landscapes at the Jorge B. Vargas Museum
  • Abdulmari Asia Imao's unnamed sculpture in the garden of the Vargas Museum
  • Variations of Sabel by Benedicto Cabrera at the UP Theater
  • Barter of Panay mural by Jose Joya at the Virata School of Business
  • Church of the Holy Sacrifice designed by Leandro Locsin, with wooden cross and marble altar by Napoleon Abueva, River of Life floor mural by Arturo Luz, and Stations of the Cross painted by Vicente Manansala with the assistance of Ang Kiukok
  • UP Center for Ethnomusicology founded by Jose Maceda
• Philippine Literature has a rich collection of fables, legends, and myths from different regions
• Babaylan, the early healers
• Spaniards came in the 16th century, they introduced Christianity through the use of literature to colonize our country
• Americans, introduced English to the Filipinos and they used the language to in writing
• Today, contemporary writers are expanding the reality and imagination in their works to reflect the Filipino spirit
• National Artist for Literature

  Country's most talented and most influential writers
• Francisco Arcellana

  • Year of conferment: 1990
  • One of the greatest Filipino poets
  • One of the pioneers of modern Filipino short story in English
• Francisco Arcellana's most famous works


  • Death in a Factory
  • A Clown Remembers
  • The Other Woman
• N.V.M. Gonzalez

  • Year of conferment: 1997
  • His full name is Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez
  • He received numerous awards because of his notable skill in writing such as Republic Cultural Heritage Award, Gawad CCP Para sa Sining
  • He also received his highest academic award at UP as Doctor of Humane
• N.V.M. Gonzales' most famous works

  • The Winds of April
  • A Season of Grace
  • The Bamboo Dancers
• Nick Joaquin


  • Year of conferment: 1976
  • He is a playwright, poet, novelist, short story writer, and a journalist
  • He worked as a journalist for most of his life, pioneering literary journalism
• Nick Joaquin's most famous works

  • Doña Geronima
  • The Ballad of Five Battles
  • Rizal Saga
• Francisco Sionil Jose

  • Year of conferment: 2001
  • Filipino writer whose works have been translated more than 20 languages
  • As a journalist, he traveled to different parts of the world ad became exposed to different societal problems
• Fransisco Sionil Jose's most famous works


  • Rosales Saga that includes, The Pretenders, Tree, My Brother, My Executioner, Mass, and, Po-on
• Jose Garcia Villa


  • Year of conferment: 1973
  • He is a contemporary poet who used the pen name Doveglion
  • He received awards outside the country for his remarkable style in writing poetry
• Jose Garcia Villa's most famous works

  • Many Voices
  • Poems 55
  • Ballad of the Mother's Heart
• Edith L. Tiempo


  • Year of conferment: 1999
  • She received the greatest honor as a National Artist for Literature and she is a recipient of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature foe the short story "The Black Monkey"
  • Together with her husband, Edilberto K. Tiempo, she founded the Silliman University National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete
• Edith L. Tiempo's most famous works


  • The Little Marmoset
  • Bonsai
  • The Native Coast
• Virgilio S. Almario


  • Year of conferment: 2003
  • Also known as Rio Alma
  • He is a Filipino poet, historian, scholar, teacher, columnist, and a publisher
  • His translation of Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo were considered by the Manila Critics Circle as the best version
• Virgilio S. Almario's most famous works

  • Makinasyon
  • Peregrinasyon
• Amado V. Hernandez


  • Year of conferment: 1973
  • He is well-known for his disapproval of social injustices in the country
  • He was later imprisoned for his participation in the communist movement
  • He was married to another national artist, Filipino actress, Atang de la Rama
• Amado V. Hernandez's most famous works

  • Mga Ibong Mandaranggit
  • Bayang Malaya
  • Isang Dipang Langit
• Carlos P. Romulo


  • Year of conferment: 1982
  • He was a statesman, soldier, correspondent, writer, and the founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines
  • He was already a reporter at the young age of 16, and became a publisher at 32
• Carlos P. Romulo's most famous works


  • The United
  • I Walked wit Heroes
  • I Saw the Fall of the Philippines
• Carlos L. Quirino


  • Year of conferment: 1997
  • He is one of the most talented biographers of his time
  • He was the first Filipino to be recognized as the National Artist in Historical Literature
  • He wrote the Man of Destiny, a biography about the second president of the Philippines, Manuel L. Quezon