National Artists for Visual Arts

• Napoleon Abueva


  the youngest awardee to receive The National Artist award.
• Napoleon Abueva


  The Transfiguration at the Eternal Gardens Memorial Park,
• Napoleon Abueva


  His works used varied materials ranging from hardwood to coral and adobe
• Napoleon Abueva


  the Water Buffalo
• Napoleon Abueva


  death mask of famous personalities such as Benigno aquino, Jr and Fernando Poe , Jr.
• Ang Kiukok


  one of the most talented and energetic figures who began his flourishing career during 1960
• Ang Kiukok


  Looking at his works, you will be captivated by visual intensity and also be overwhelmed by its meaning.
• Ang Kiukok


  cited by NCCA, “imbued with nationalist fervor and sociological agenda”
• Ang Kiukok


  Pieta
• Ang Kiukok


  the Seated Figure
• Ang Kiukok


  Dog Fight
• Victorio Edades


  Father of Modernism in the Philippine Art.
• Victorio Edades


  color’s were dark and gloomy.
• Victorio Edades


  Most of the subjects found in the works are Filipino laborers in their everyday situations.
• Victorio Edades


  According to NCCA, depict the working class in “rough, bold impasto strokes, and standing tall and singular in his advocacy and practice.”
• Victorio Edades

  The Sketch
• Cesar Legaspi


  the pioneer of Neorealist movement in the country.
• Cesar Legaspi


  paved the way to the birth of modern art in the Philippines.
• Cesar Legaspi

  ➢He was able to create a masterpiece that “use of the geometric Fragmentation technique, weaving social comment and juxtaposing the mythical and modern into his overlapping, interacting forms with disturbing power and intensity.”
• Cesar Legaspi


  Tree Planting
• Cesar Legaspi


  Gadgets
• Vicente Manansala


  extraordinary illustrator and cubist painter.
• Vicente Manansala


  painting depicted the barrio and the city together and were often characterized as ”visions of reality teetering on thy edge of abstraction
• Vicente Manansala

  trained in Paris and at the Otis School of Drawing in Los Angeles .
• Vicente Manansala


  Birdman
• Vicente Manansala


  Madonna of the Slums
• Vicente Manansala


  Jeepney
• Hernando Ocampo


  a self – taught painter
• Hernando Ocampo


  “provided an understanding and awareness of the harsh social realities in the country”
• Hernando Ocampo


  ➢He used movement and bold colors in his artworks.
• Hernando Ocampo


  Kasaysayan ng Lahi
• Hernando Ocampo


  Revelation 8
• Fernando Amorsolo


  “ Grand Old Man of Philippine Art”
• Fernando Amorsolo


  National artist Nick Joaquin described his work as “the rapture of sensualist utterly inlove with the earth , with the Philippine sun”
• Fernando Amorsolo


  Most of his works depicted the rich rural landscape of the Philippines.
• Fernando Amorsolo


  Defence of a Filipina Woman’s Honor
• Fernando Amorsolo


  Sunday Morning going to Town
• Carlos “Botong” Francisco


  ➢He became famous because of his massive murals and for his outstanding depiction of historical pieces.
• Carlos “Botong” Francisco


  “fragments of historic past into vivid records of the legendary courage of the ancestors of his race.”
• Carlos “Botong” Francisco



  First Mass at Limasawa