CPAR FINALS

• National Artists of the Philippines


  The highest national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts
• Fields recognized by the Order of National Artists


  • Music - singing, composition, direction, and/or performance
  • Dance - choreography, direction and/or performance
  • Theater - direction, performance and/or production design
  • Contemporary Arts - painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation art, mixed media works, illustration, graphic arts, performance art and/or imaging
  • Literature - poetry, fiction, essay, playwriting, journalism and/or literary criticism
  • Film and Broadcasting/Broadcast Arts - direction, writing, production design, cinematography, editing, camera work, and/or performance
  • Architecture, Design and Allied Arts - architecture design, interior design, industrial arts design, landscape architecture and fashion design
• Order of National Artists


  Jointly administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), conferred by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation by both institutions
• Grand Collar


  Symbolizing the status of National Artists
• National Artists embody the highest ideals of humanities and aesthetics and the ideal expression of Filipinos as exemplified by their outstanding works and contributions
• The National Artists of the Philippines: Visual Arts
• National Artist


  A distinguished individual who has made an outstanding contribution to Philippine arts
• Fernando C. Amorsolo


  The country's first national artist, heralded as the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art"
• Works of Fernando Amorsolo


  • Rich rural landscapes of the Philippines
  • Rice Planting
  • Defence of a Filipina Woman's Honor
  • Sunday Morning Going to Town
• Artworks by Fernando Amorsolo


  • "Bayanihan" (1959)
  • "Under the Mango Tree" (sold for P46.7 million)
• Carlos "Botong" Francisco


  A Filipino muralist from Angono, Rizal
• Artworks by Carlos "Botong" Francisco


  • First Mass at Limasawa
  • Bayanihan
• Victorio Candido Edades


  A Filipino painter who led the revolutionary Thirteen Moderns, engaged in heated debate over the nature and function of art
• Vicente Silva Manansala


  A Filipino cubist painter and illustrator, one of the first Abstractionists on the Philippine art scene, bridged the gap between the city and the suburbs, between the rural and cosmopolitan ways of life
• Cesar Torrente Legaspi


  A Filipino National Artist in painting, also an art director prior to going full-time in his visual art practice in the 1960s
• Hernando Ruiz Ocampo


  A leading radical modernist artist in the Philippines, member of the Saturday Group of artists and the Thirteen Moderns, his works reflected the harsh realities of his country after the Second World War
• Artworks by Hernando Ocampo


  • Lush sceneries and beautiful Philippine landscapes through skillful use of fierce and bold colors
  • Abstract compositions of biological forms that seemed to oscillate, quiver, inflame and multiply like mutations
• Arturo Rogerio Dimayuga Luz


  A Filipino visual artist, printmaker, sculptor, designer and art administrator, a founding member of the modern Neo-realist school in Philippine art
• J Elizarde Navarro


  A young artist who experimented with different kinds of art media such as oil, acrylic, and watercolor, also tried making sculpture and mixed media, used the "incision painting" method
• Ang Kiukok


  One of the most talented and energetic figures who began his flourishing career during the 1960's, known for works like Geometric Landscape, Dog Fight, Pieta, and Seated Figure
• Ang Kiukok's artworks


  • "Fishermen" (most expensive Philippine artwork ever sold at a local auction)
• José Tanig Joya


  A Filipino abstract artist, printmaker, painter, mixed media artist, and former dean of the University of the Philippines' College of Fine Arts, pioneered abstract expressionism in the Philippines
• Artworks by José Joya


  • Jedree (a collage rendered with Asian calligraphy and forms and patterns resembling rice paddies)
  • Granadean Arabesque (1958)
  • Biennial (1964)
• Benedicto Reyes Cabrera (BenCab)


  A Filipino painter, awarded National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts (Painting) in 2006, noted as "arguably the best-selling painter of his generation of Filipino artists"
• Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz


  A Filipino painter
• Vigorous compositions


  Heavy impastoes, bold brushstrokes, controlled dips, and diagonal swipes
• Joya


  Added the brilliant tropical colors
• Awarded a grant which enabled him to pursue a master's degree in Fine Arts

  1956–57
• Benedicto Reyes Cabrera (BenCab)


  • Filipino painter
  • Awarded National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts (Painting) in 2006
  • Arguably the best-selling painter of his generation of Filipino artists
• Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz


  • Filipino painter
  • Exhibited extensively Internationally
  • Conferred the title of National Artist for Visual Arts, Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media in 2009
• Cubist-inspired paintings


  Soft blurred edges coupled with bold lines and shapes
• The National Artist for Visual Arts portray the rich culture, customs, and traditions of the Philippines in the reality of globalization and modernization that continues to threaten the Filipino heritage
• The works of these national artists preserve Filipino culture and traditions by inspiring imagery produced by paintbrush and canvas, a smooth piece of wood and clay
• Arts can help Filipino community to look back and learn from the country's history and tradition
• Tinikling


  One of the oldest dances in the country, derived from the movements of the bird as it wanders on grass stems and crushes several branches of trees
• Other popular dances


  • Cariñosa, Pandanggo sa Ilaw, Maglalatik
• Francisca R. Aquino


  • Pioneer of Filipino folk dance
  • First Filipina to be awarded the Order of the National Artists for Dance
  • Her thesis "Philippine Folk Dances and games" has been a thorough guide to many educators and students in understanding the different dances in the country
• Leonor O. Goquingco


  • Dubbed as the Trailblazer, Mother of Philippine Theater Dance, and Dean of Filipino Performing Art Critics
  • Pioneered the blending of folk dance and ballet, making the latter more viable
• Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula


  • Choreographed creative dances based on her impressive research on cultural dances
  • Some of her most recognized dances are Singkil, Vinta, Tagabili, Pagdiwata, and Salidsid
• Ramon Obusan


  • Established the Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group (ROFG), a dance company that reflects the culture of Filipinos in dance and music