CONSIDERED AS “THE GRAND OLD MAN OF PHILIPPINE ART”
DATE OF AWARD: 1972
POPULAR WORKS: PLANTING RICE, DALAGANG BUKID, FRUIT GATHERER, UNDER THE MANGO TREE
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.
DATE OF AWARD: 1973
POPULAR WORKS: PLANTING THE FIRST CROSS, FILIPINO STRUGGLE THROUGH THE YEARS, FIRST MASS AT LIMASAWA
VICTORIOEDADES
A PAINTER WHO LOVED TO PAINTS DISTORTED HUMAN FIGURES IN ROUGH, BOLD IMPASTO STROKES, AND STANDING TALL AND SINGULAR IN HIS ADVOCACY AND PRACTICE OF WHAT HE BELIEVES IS THE CREATIVE ART
FATHER OF MODERN PHILIPPINE PAINTING
DATE OF AWARD: 1976
POPULAR WORKS: THE BUILDERS, THE SKETCH, THE WRESTLERS
FernandoAmorsolo
Victorio Edades
CESAR F. LEGAZPI
DATE OF AWARD: 1990
POPULAR WORKS: MORNING DANCE, TREE PLANTING, MAN AND WOMAN
"TreePlanting" By Cesar F. Legazpi
Arthuro Art Luz
PAINTER, SCULPTOR, AND DESIGNER FOR MORE THAN 40 YEAR
HE PROFESSIONALIZED THE ART GALLERY AS AN INSTITUTION BY ESTABLISHING THE LUZ GALLERY
DATE OF AWARD: 1997
POPULAR WORKS: CANDLE VENDORS, BAGONG TAON, CITIES OF THE PAST, NIGHT GLOWS, PROCESSION, SELF-PORTRAIT,
FRANCISO V. COCHING
ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE “DEAN OF FILIPINO ILLUSTRATORS”
WAS A MASTER STORYTELLER ― IN IMAGES AND IN PRINT.
DATE OF AWARD: 2014
POPULAR WORKS: DA ADVENTURE OF PEDRO PENDUKO, LAPU-LAPU, SABAS