Visual arts
- Are art forms such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design
crafts, photography, video, filmmaking and architecture.
Artists:
1. Fernando Amorsolo
- “Grand Old man of the Philippine Art”
- Lighting is the most prominent element of Amorsolo’s painting.
- Notable for reflecting the artistic and cultural heritage of the Philippines.
Significant works:
Planting Rice
Dalagang Bukid
The Mestiza
Maiden in a Stream
2. Hernando Ocampo
- One of the thirteen Moderns, who paved way to art modernism in the Philippines.
- Works are more radical and more poetic showing the kind of society there was after
world war two.
- Developed a new style of abstraction through his use of fierce and striking colors.
Proved that abstract and non-traditional style of painting can also result to
nationalistic art.
Significant works:
Genesis
Calvary
Slum Dwellers
Nude with
The Resurrection
Fiesta
3. Benedicto Cabrera
- Popularly known as BenCab is an award winning painter and printmaker who was
tagged as a master of Philippine contemporary art.
- Was internationally known and had been exhibiting in Europe, USA, and Asia.
- Received various awards and two of these recognitions are the National Artist Award
and the Gawad CCP para sa Sining.
Significant works:
Sabel -Twins
Yellow Confetti
Ego Gesture
The Oriental Fan
4. Carlos “Botong” Francisco
- He was a muralist from Angono, Rizal.
- His works shows the historical past of the Philippines.
- Depict and highlight the lives of farmers and fisherman.
- One of the so-called “The Triumvirate” along with other modernist Galo Ocampo and
Victiorio Edades.
Significant works:
The Martyrdom of - The Invasion of
Bayanihan
Sandugo
Portrait of Purita
First Mass at
5. Cesar Legaspi
- He is one of the Thirteen Moderns who promoted modern arts in the country.
- He was a neo-realist whose important to modern art was his refinement of cubism in
the Philippine context.
- Indigenized cubism and produce artworks showing local temperaments.
Significant works:
The Beggars - Idols of the Third Eye
The Stairway -Gadgets
The Ritual
Bayanihan
6. Abdulmari Asia Imao
- A visual artist from Sulu, who articulated the Muslim culture and art in the country.
- Preserved and promoted the Philippine indigenous art through the use of ethnic
themes like the ukkil, sarimanok, and naga in his paintings and sculputures.
- Empowered cultural groups to take part in promoting equality.
Significant works:
Brass Mural of Philippine National Bank
Mural Relief in Filmmaking
Sarimanok
7. Guillermo Tolentino
- Was the master sculptor who introduces classical sculpture in the country.
- Was known for creating monument and bust figures of Philippines Heroes.
- Also the one who created the UP Oblation, which became the representation of the
academic freedom of the university.
Significant works:
Oblation
8. Arturo Luz
- He is an abstractionist known for his minimalist paintings and sculptures which
exude sophisticated simplicity.
- Started doing art at the age of 17 without prior training.
- First art lesson is under Pablo Amorsolo, brother of Fernando Amorsolo.
- Took up Fine Arts at the university of Sto. Tomas
Significant works:
Procession
Bagong Taon
Candle Vendors - Night Glows
9. Frederico Aguilar Alcuas
- The artist known for his gestural abstract expressionistic paintings using variety of
mediums like acrylic and oil.
- Was also a sculptor who produced abstract and figurative sculpture made of
materials like ceramics, paper, and mixed media.
Significant works:
Reveries of Love - Tap Room
Still Life with Landscape
Panoramic View of Manila
Tres Marias
10. Napoleon Abueva
- Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture, who made use of wide range of materials in
his works like different types of hardwood, stones, and metals.
- Also the sculptor who started the trend in mixing different materials.
Significant works:
Nine Muses
Kaganapan
Station of the Cross
Sunburst
The Transfiguration
11. Jeremias Elizalde Navarro
- Popularly known as J. Elizalde Navarro, was a painter and sculptor.
- He created both abstract and figure paintings using oil and watercolor.
- His figure paintings were inspired by Balinese art and culture.
- Popular for his masks, carved in hardwood with combined features of human and
animal.
Significant works:
I’m Sorry Jesus I can’t Attend the Mass
Grand Prix: Homage to Dodgie Laurel
A Flying Contraption for Mr. Icarus
All Because of Humpty Dumpy’s Fall
The Seasons
Passenger on to Central Station, 1957
12. Francisco Coching
- Tagged as “Dean of Filipino Illustrators” popular for his komiks drawing.
- His works illustrated gallant men and beautiful ladies and the victory of good over
evil.
Significant works:
Pedro Penduko
Hagibis
El Indio
Maldita
13. Victorio Edades
- He is the “Father of Modern Philippine Painting”
- He deviated from Amosolo’s use of happy and bright colors and used dark and sad
hues in his paintings instead.
- Depicted in his works were the hardship in the life of the laborers and the lower class
in society.
Significant works:
The Sketch
Japanese Girl
Mother and Daughter
The Wrestler
Poinsettia Girl
14. Ang Kiukok
- Was known for his highly expressionistic works containing powerful meanings.
- Angst, anguish, and anger are the glaring emotions contained in his cubistic works
as these were created in the time of Martial Law.
Significant works:
Geometric Landscape
Pieta
Seated Figure
15. Jose Joya
- He is an abstractionist known for his “gestural paintings”
- The prominent elements of his artworks include their color harmony inspired by the
country’s landscapes, their kinetic energy and their spontaneity.
- Also a multimedia artist who painted on ceramics such as vessels, plates, and tiles.
Significant works:
Approaching Storm
Space Transfiguration
Beethoven Listening to Blues
City Entering the Edge of Sundown
Dimension of Fear
16. Vicente Manansala
- A cubist painter who painted with a wide of range of subject matters from the happy
and bountiful rural to poverty-stricken urban set ups.
- Contributed in modernism of Philippine visual arts by his style of transparent cubism.
- He reorganized human forms in transparent planes instead.
Significant works:
Mother and Child
A Cluster Nipa Hut
Nude
Via Crucis
Market Vendor
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