2. SPANISH COLONIZATION
•The Spaniards used art as a tool to
propagate the Catholic faith through beautiful
images
•Images of the Holy family and the saint were
introduced to the Filipino through carved
santos, engravings and paintings on church
walls.
•Most art form were for the church
•Images on religious icons
•Portrait of saints and of the holy family
became a familiar sight in churches
4. Josef Luciano Dans (1805-
1870)
-one of the earliest recorded
painters in the Philippines who
painted the two artworks to be
found in paete, Laguna Church-
the Langit, Lupa at Impierno
and the Purgatorio.
5. Langit, Lupa at Impierno
(Heaven, Earth and Hell) - a three
level painting which shows
the Holy Trinity, Mary the
mother of Christ, The
Seven Blessed Sacraments
and macabre depicion of
hell.
6. Purgatorio - (Purgatory)
- shows the eight forms
of punishment the soul
passes through for
cleansing before
reaching heaven.
7. Estevan Villanueva
- 19th century painter
from Vigan, Ilocos Sur
who painted in 14 panels
the events about the Basi
Revolt.
8. Jose Loden, Tomas Nazario,
and Miguel de los Reyes-
Tagalog painters who did
the first still life painting
in the country.
9. The Conquest of the Batanes -
the earliest known historical
painting in the Philippines
painted in the year 1783. It
is a mural at the Palacio
Royale (Royal Palace) in
Intamuros
10. Damian Domingo Y Gabor (1796-July
26, 1834)
• the first great Filipino painter.
•the first Filipino to paint his face,
the first self portrait in the Philippines.
•founder of the Academia De Dibujo (1821)- the
first school of drawing in the Philippines.
•Father of Filipino Painting
Works:
1815- La Sagrada Familia
1830- La Catedral De San Pedro
1825- La Immaculada Concepcion
11. Enrique Nieto y Zamora-
- acting director of
Academia de Dibujo y
Pintura -a new school of
art opened in 1821
12. Juan Novicio Luna
• Born in Badoc Ilocos
•Norte on October
• 24, 1857
•Died in Hongkong on
December 7, 1899
•Studied at Academia de Dibujo y
Pintura
13. Works of Juan Luna
La Bella Feliz y Esclava Ciega (The
Happy Beauty and the Blind Slave)
La Muerte de Cleopatra (The Death of
Cleopatra)- won silver at Madrid Art
Exposition (1881).
Portrait of Pedro Paterno
Spolarium- won first gold medal at the
Madrid Art Exposition.Shows dead
Roman gladiators being dragged into the
basement of coliseum.
14. Works of Juan Luna
•Damas Romanas - (Roman Ladies)
•-won diploma of honor at Munich Salon
1886
•El Facto De Sangre- (Blood Compact)
•La Battala de Lepanto- (The Battle of
Lepanto)
Landscape Paintings
Taal Volcano
Marikina
Tampuhan
23. Works of Hidalgo
•Las Virgenes CristianasExpuestas al
Populacho - (The Christian Virgins
Exposed to the Populace )
-silver medal at the 1884 Madrid Art Expo.
•Laguna Estigia- (1887) received gold
medal at 1887 Madrid Art Expo
•La Barca De Aqueronte- (The Boat of
Charon) -silver medal Paris Expo, diploma
of honor at the Barcelona 1891 Arts Expo,
and gold medal at 1889 Madrid
International Arts Expo.
24. Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho - (The
Christian Virgins Exposed to the Populace )
26. La barca de Aqueronte, (The Boat of Charon or
Charon’s Boat)
27. Antonio “ Tony”
Velasquez
•Born on October 29,1910
and died in 1997 at the age of 86.
•Filipino illustrator regarded
as the Father of Tagalog
comics and as the pioneer and
founding father of the
Philippine comics industry.
He was the creator of Kenkoy,
an “iconic Philippine comic
strip character”.
28. Antonio “ Tony” Velasquez
• In 1928, Velasquez – together with script writer
Romualdo Ramos – created Kenkoy, a “Filipino
comic star” character that first appeared in the
Tagalog-language Liwayway magazine on 11
January 1929.In 1932, he also created the
female equivalent of Kenkoy, Ponyang
Halobaybay, a typical portrait of the Filipina
woman in American-era Philippines. Other
cartoon characters soon followed like Nanong
Pandak, Talakitok, Talimusak, and Tinyente
Dikyam.
29. Antonio “ Tony” Velasquez
• In 1947, Velasquez retired from Liwayway
magazine to create the publishing firm
Ace Publication, a mass producer of
Philippine comic books. Through Ace
Publication, Velasquez was able to
produce “some of the best” and “most
popular” Philippine comic books, such as
Pilipino Komiks (1947), Tagalog Klasiks
(1949), Hiwaga Komiks (1950), Espesyal
Komiks (1952), Kenkoy Komiks (1959),
and Educational Klasiks Komiks (1961).
30. Antonio “ Tony” Velasquez
• In 1962, Velasquez had to close Ace
Publication due a labor dispute.
Afterwards, Velasquez established the
Graphic Arts Service, Inc. (also known as
GASI Publications). Through GASI
Publications, Velasquez was able to
produce Philippine comic books such as
Pinoy Komiks, Pinoy Klasiks, Aliwan
Komiks, Holiday Komiks, Teens Weekly
Komiks, and Pioneer Komiks.
32. Galo B. Ocampo
•Born in Sta. Rita,
Pampanga on October 16,
1913 and died in Virginia,
USA on September
12 1983.
•He studied at the University
of the Philippines and holds the distinction of
being the only Filipino to study heraldry abroad
and to hold membership in the International
Institute of Genealogy and Heraldry in Madrid.
33. Galo B. Ocampo
Awards from Art Association of
the Philippines
Pounding Rice(1951)-2nd prize
Igorot Dance (1951) honorable
mention.
34. Galo B. Ocampo
Awards
•1951-special award, Weary Traveller.
•1955- first Rotary Golden Anniversary
Award, Bayanihan.
•1964- He received the Patnubay ng
Sining at Kalinangan Award from the
City of Manila.
35. Mauro Malang
Santos
Born in Sta. Cruz,
Manila January 20,
1928. (Age 87)
Cartoonist, illustrator
and fine arts painter
36. Mauro Malang
Awards and Recognition
1957 -included in the list of "Twelve Artists in the
Philippines-Who's Who" by Lyd Arguilla,
founder of the Philippine Art Gallery.
1958 - received the Award for Editorial Design from
the Art Directors Guild of the Philippines.
1964- Artist of the Year
1963- Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines
awardee.
1981- received the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan
from the City of Manila
37. Mauro Malang
Awards and Recognition
Malang won awards in the Art Association of
the Philippines annual art competition:
Street Fight (1951) - second prize
Traffic (1953)-third prize
The Yellow Sky, 1959) –honorable mention
Quarter Moon – second prize
Gate to Intramuros, (1963) – honorable
mention
42. Year Awardee Category
1972 FERNANDO AMORSOLO Visual Arts - Painting
1973 CARLOS V. FRANCISCO Visual Arts - Painting
1976 VICTORIO C. EDADES Visual Arts - Painting
1981 VICENTE S. MANANSALA Visual Arts - Painting
1990 CESAR LEGASPI Visual Arts - Painting
1991 HERNANDO R. OCAMPO Visual Arts - Painting
1997 ARTURO R. LUZ Visual Arts - Painting
1999 J. ELIZALDE NAVARRO Visual Arts - Painting
2001 ANG KIUKOK
Visual Arts - Painting
2003 JOSE T. JOYA
2006 BENJAMIN “BenCab” CABRERA Visual Arts - Painting
2009
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FEDERICO AGUILAR ALCUAZ
Visual Arts - Painting,
Sculpture and Mixed Media
List of National Artist in Visual Arts -Painting
43. Fernando
Amorsolo
• Born in Paco, Manila
on May 30, 1892
•Died on April 24, 1972
•Honored as The First National Artist in
Painting on April 28, 1972 by then
President Ferdinand Marcos.
44. Fernando Amorsolo
• Graduated at UP School of Fine Arts
(1914).
•The first to extensively portray
traditional Filipino customs manners,
fiestas and occupations.
•Used the technique of backlighting.
•Called as the "Grand Old Man of
Philippine Art".
45. Awards of Amorsolo
• 1929- Afternoon Meal of Rice
Workers- recieved prize in New York
World Fair
•1961- Rizal Pro-Patria Award
•1963- Diploma of Meritfrom UP
-Republic Cltural Heritage Award
-Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan
Award from city of Mla.
•1972-Gawad CCP Para sa Sining
46. Works of Amorsolo
• Leyendo El Periodico- second
place at the Bazar Escolta- a contest
organized by the Asociacion
Internacional De Artistas.
•Rice Planting- (1922)- Amorsolo's
first important painting.become one of
the most popular imagesof the
commonwealth.
51. Carlos "Botong“
Francisco
• Muralist painter
born in Angono, Rizal
on November 14,
1914 and died on March 31, 1969.
•1973- proclaimed as National Artist in
Painting
•1968- received the Patnubay ng Sining
at Kalinangan Award.
52. Works of Francisco
• Kaingin- won first place in the
1948 painting competition
•Fiesta- Mural at Malacanang
•First Mass of Limasawa- mural for
the Bulwagang Katipunan of
Manila City Hall. This is his major
masterpiece.
58. Victorio Edades
•Father of Modern
Painting
• Born on December
13,1895 and died on
May 7, 1985.
• Leader of "The Thirteeen
Moderns"
59. Victorio Edades
Awards
•1976- proclaimed as National
Artist in Painting
•1964- received the Patnubay ng
Sining at Kalinangan Award.
•1961- received the Pro Patria
Award during the Rizal
Centennial Celebration.
62. Vicente S.
Manansala
• Cubist painter born in
Macabebe, Pampanga
on January 22, 1910
and died in Manila due to lung cancer on
Agust 22, 1981.
•1926-1930- studied at UP School of Fine Arts.
•Developed the transparent cubism
•1982- proclaimed as National Artist in Painting
63. Works of Manansala
• Madonna of the Slums (1950)
-portrayal of a mother and
childreflected the poverty in postwar
Manila.
Balut Vendors-
Jeepneys- painting shows the daily
congestion in the metropolis. It is
drawn from a neo-realism style in
which Manansala uses.
67. Cesar Legazpi
•Born in Tondo,
Manila on April 2,
1917 and died in
Manila on April 7, 1994.
68. Cesar Legaspi
Awards
•1990- proclaimed as National
Artist in Painting
-receive Gawad CCP Para sa
Sining Award
•1972- received the Patnubay ng
Sining at Kalinangan Award.
•1936- received certificate of
proficiency of UP School of Fine Arts
69. Cesar Legaspi
Awards
Art Association of the Philippines
Painting Competition
• Sick Child (1948)-4th
prize
•Planters (1949)-4th
prize
•Ritual (1951)- 3rd
prize
•Stairway to Heaven (1949)- 1st
prize
•Gadgets- 1st
prize
70. Cesar Legaspi
Works
•Man and Woman ( Known as
Beggars) (1945)-
•Gadgets (1947)- reflects the
increasing importance of machines
•Sick Child (1948)
•Planters (1949)
•Ritual (1951)
•Stairway to Heaven (1949)
73. Hernando Ruiz
Ocampo
•Born in Sta. Cruz, Manila on
April 28, 1911
•Died at the age of 67 in
Caloocan on December 28,
1978.
1991-declared as a National Artist for the Visual
Arts.
74. Hernando Ruiz Ocampo
• Hernando Ruiz Ocampo was a leading
radical modernist artist in the
Philippines. He was a member of the
Saturday Group of artists (also known as
the Taza de Oro Group), and was one of
the pre-war Thirteen Moderns, a group of
modernist artists founded by Victorio C.
Edades in 1938. Famously known for his
triumvirate of with neo-realists Vicente S.
Manansala and Cesar Legaspi,
75. Hernando Ruiz Ocampo
Awards received include:
•1965-Republic Cultural Award
•1969- Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan
Award
•1976- Diwa ng Lahi Award
•1979- Gawad CCP para sa Sining Award in
1979.
•1991-declared as a National Artist for the
Visual Arts.
82. Ang Kiukok
Born: March 1, 1931, Davao City
Died: May 9, 2005, Quezon City
Ang Kiukok died of prostate
cancer at the age of 74. He was
survived by his wife,Mary de
Jesus and four children.
2001 -President Gloria Macapaganal-Arroyo
named him a National Artist for visual arts.
83. Ang Kiukok
Ang Kiukok, an ethnic Chinese painter who studied
under Vincente Manansala.
Used expressionist style fused with Cubist, Surrealist
and Expressionist aspects.
He was born to immigrant Chinese parents, Vicente
Ang and Chin Lim. He was an only son with five
sisters, born to Chinese immigrants from Fukien;
Vicente Ang and Chin Lim. His father wanted to name
him Hua Shing, meaning "Chinese-born", but decided
to look for another name when he learned that his
cousin's son had been given the same name. Worried
about China's fate against the invading Manchurians
at that time, his father named him Kiukok, which
means "save the country."
84. Ang Kiukok
Kiukok's first formal recognition came in the form of a third
prize award in the Shell National Students Art Competition
for Calesa in 1953.
The urging of Vicente Manansala, Kiukok launched his first
one-man show at the Contemporary Arts Gallery in 1954.
After that he earned numerous awards from the Art
Association of the Philippines
for his works:
•Still Life (1951)-Honorable mention
•The Bird (1959)-1st prize,
•Still Life in Red (1963)-3rd prize
•Fish (1963)- 2nd prize
• Geometric Still-Life Fish (1963)-2nd prize.
85. Ang Kiukok
Awards
1976 - received the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan
Award from the City of Manila.
1978 - he as given an "Outstanding Alumnus" award by
the University of Santo Tomas.
1980- his painting "Modern Angst" was a finalist in the
Mobil Art Awards.
1990- he was featured with Onib Olmedo, and Solomon
Saprid in a show entitled Three Figurative Expressionists
held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP.)
2001 -President Gloria Macapaganal-Arroyo named him a
National Artist for visual arts.
89. Jose Tanig Joya
Born in Manila on June 3, 1931
Died on May of 1995 at the
age of 63 after complications
from a prostate operation.
He developed abstract paintings.
May 26, 2003- Proclaimed a National Artist by
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo He
pioneered abstract expressionism in the
Philippines.
90. Jose T. Joya
Awards and recognitions
1961-The Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM)
award for Painting
1961- Republic Cultural Heritage Award.
1971- the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award
from the City of Manila. 1980-finalist for An Abstraction
of Strength and Refinement in the Mobil Foundation
competition.
1952- first prize for Gossips in the 1952 Shell National
Students Art Competition.
1970- the ASEAN Cultural Award.
1991- the Gawad CCP para sa Sining
91. Jose T. Joya
His awards from the Art Association of the
Philippines include:
Cathedral (1958) –first prize
Space Transfiguration (1959)- second prize
City Entering the Edge of Sundown (1951)
– third prize
House of Life (1960)- third prize
Church Silver (1960)- purchase award
Cathedral (1962)-second prize
Yellow Harvest (1962)- honorable mention.
92. Jose T. Joya
1962-1965- President of the Art Association of
the Philippines (AAP).
1970-1978 - dean of the UP College of Fine
Arts 1961 & 1972- chairperson of two Philippine
delegations to China.
1985- He was also a holder of the Amorsolo
Professorial Chair in UP. He served as
chairperson of the National Committee on
Visual Ants, of the National Commission on
Culture and the Arts.
Member of "Saturday Group“
93. Jose T. Joya
His major works include:
• 1948 – Barter of Panay
• 1954 – Christ Stripped of His Clothes
• 1958 – Granadean Arabesque, his landmark
painting
• 1965 – Dimensions of Fear
• 1981 – Vista Beyond Vision
• 1985 – Torogan
• 1998 – Playground of the Mind
97. Benedicto
“BenCab” Cabrera
Born on August 27, 1942 in
Malabon, Rizal. (Age 72)
2006- awarded National Artist
of the Philippines for Visual
Arts (Painting). He has been noted as "arguably
the best-selling painter of his generation of
Filipino artists.
98. Benedicto “BenCab” Cabrera
• BenCab was born to Democrito Cabrera and
Isabel Reyes He was the youngest of nine
children. BenCab's first exposure and discovery
of the arts happened through his elder Brother
Salvador, who was already an established artist
during Bencab's childhood.
• He went on to study at the University of the
Philippines College of Fine Arts, where he
explored different art visual forms - photography,
draftsmanship, printmaking - while honing his
chosen craft as a painter. He received his
bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in 1963.
101. BenCab
1962 -Receives the Second Prize at the 12th
Shell National Students Art Competition for
his painting Blue Serenity, a surreal
abstraction of barung-barong (shanties).
1963- Wins First Prize for his oil painting of a
Talipapa (market) entered in the U.P. Student
Council Art Competition.
102. 1967-Garners three awards at the 20th AAP Annual
Exhibition and Competition in the Photography
category: First Prize for Yerro, Second Prize for
Manok, and Honorable Mention for Pader.
1988 -Receives the Kalinangan (Cultural) Award For
Painting from the Mayor of the City of Manila on the
occasion of its founding day.
103. 1992 -Receives the Gawad CCP Para Sa Sining
(CCP Award For The Arts) for Visual Arts, awarded
by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), “for
his paintings and prints.
1994-Receives the Most Outstanding
Kapampangan for Arts & Culture (Painting) Award
from Philippine President Ramos on Pampanga
Day, “for bringing honor to the people and province
of Pampanga”, his native province.
104. 1997- Chosen by the ASEAN Business Forum to receive
the ASEAN Achievement Award for Visual & Performing Arts
at the 5th ASEAN Achievement Awards in Jakarta – a
recognition and tribute given to outstanding ASEAN
individuals in their respective fields of endeavor.
-Receives the Outstanding Citizen of Baguio Award for Arts
from the Mayor of Baguio, his adoptive city, on its 88th
Foundation Day.
Participates in the 2nd Taegu-Asia Arts Exhibition at the
Cultural Center of Taegu, South Korea.
2006- Conferred the Order of National Artist for Visual Arts
by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Malacañang
Palace
105. ARTURO ROGERIO
LUZ
Born on November 20, 1926
also a known printmaker,
sculptor, designer and art
administrator. A founding
member of the modern Neo-
realist school in Philippine art,
he received the National Artist
Award, the country's highest
accolade in the arts, in 1997.
106. Education
He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts at the
University of Santo Tomas in Manila, the Art School
of the Brooklyn Museum in New York, and the
Académie Grande Chaumière in Paris and received
a diploma from the California College of Arts and
Crafts in Oakland in 1994.
ARTURO LUZ
107. Major Works
Lavandera (1946)
Awit (1953)
City (1959)
Anito Sculpture (1960)
Painted Steel (1979)
Bagong Taon (1997)
Man with Guitar (1997)
ARTURO LUZ
108. Achievements
from 1950's to 1960's - Three 1st Prizes Awards at the Art
Association of the Philippines Annual Competition
California Art Association award
1962 – 1st Prize, First International Art Salon in Saigon, Vietnam
1966 – Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Painting
Represented Philippines in 1971 Sao Paolo Biennial
Founding director of the Metropolitan Museum of Manila in 1976 and
remained as director until 1986
Set up Luz Gallery
1978 – Order of Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, by the French
government (title was promoted to “Officiel” in 1987)
1981 – Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award, from the City of
Manila
1989 – Gawad CCP para sa Sining, from the Cultural Center of the
Philippines
1997 - National Artist in Visual Arts
ARTURO LUZ
