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Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions

Quarter 2 – Week 3 - Learning Material

Lesson 3: Philippine Artists and Their Contributions to Contemporary Arts

Notable Filipino Artists in the Field of Visual Arts


Fernando Amorsolo
National Artist for Visual Arts (Painting) (1972)
(May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972)

Fernando Amorsolo declared the first National Artist in Painting


in 1972 and the so-called "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art", was
born in Paco, Manila.
Lighting is the most prominent element of Amorsolo’s painting.
His trademark was the backlighting technique which makes the
subjects of his painting seem to glow.
He was a portrait artist and known painter of rural Philippine
landscapes.
His significant works are Planting Rice, Dalagang Bukid, The
Mestiza, and Maiden in a Stream, among others.

Hernando Ruiz Ocampo


National Artist for Visual Arts (1991)
(April 28, 1911 – December 28, 1978)

Hernando Ruiz Ocampo was a Filipino artist best known for his
abstract paintings. Born on April 28, 1911, in Manila,
Philippines, and taught himself to paint.
He started his career as a member of the Saturday Group along
with Vicente Silva Manansala and Cesar Legaspi.
He is one of the Thirteen Moderns, who paved the way to art
modernism in the Philippines.
Compared to the classical paintings, his works were more
radical and more poetic.
He developed a new style of abstraction through his use of fierce and striking colors.
His works proved that abstract and non-traditional styles of painting can also result in
nationalistic art.
His major works are Genesis, Calvary, Slum Dwellers, Fiesta, and many more.

Benedicto Cabrera
National Artist for Visual Arts (Painting) (2006)
(April 10, 1942)

Benedicto Cabrera, popularly known as BenCab, is an award-


winning painter and printmaker who was tagged as a master of
Philippine contemporary art.
The most popular subject of his painting was “Sabel”, the
woman scavenger roaming the streets of his hometown when he
was young.
Sabel depicts poverty and inequalities in the Philippine society.
He has been noted as "arguably the best-selling painter of his generation of Filipino artists."
His major works were Madonna with Objects (1991), Studies of Sabel (1991), People Waiting
(1989), The Indifference (1988), and Waiting for the Monsoon (1986).
Carlos “Botong” Francisco
National Artist for Visual Arts (1973)
(November 4, 1912 – March 31, 1969)

Carlos “Botong” Francisco was a muralist from Angono, Rizal.


For nearly three decades, Francisco painted murals showing
the historical past of the Philippines.
Most of his subjects depict the life in his hometown and
highlight the lives of the farmers and the fishermen.
The significant elements in Francisco’s drawings were their
lines and shapes that seem like cutouts and their lush tropical
colors.

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Francisco is one of the so-called “The Triumvirate” along with other modernists Galo Ocampo
and Victorio Edades, who introduced modern art to the country.
His major works include Blood Compact, The Martyrdom of Rizal, Bayanihan, Sandugo,
Portrait of Purita, and First Mass at Limasawa.

Cesar Legaspi
National Artist for Visual Arts (1990)
(April 2, 1917 – April 7, 1994)

Cesar Legaspi is one of the Thirteen Moderns, who promoted


modern arts in the country.
He was a neo-realist whose important contribution to
modern art was his refinement of cubism in the Philippine
context.
He indigenized cubism and produced artworks showing
local temperament.

Some of his major art pieces are The Beggars, The Stairway, The Ritual, The Survivor, Gadget
I and II, Flight, Struggle, Peace, Bayanihan, Façade, Ovary, Idols of the Third Eye, among
others.

Abdulmaria Asia Imao


National Artist for Visual Arts (2006)
(January 14, 1936 – December 16, 2014)

Abdulmaria Asia Imao is a visual artist from Sulu, who


articulated the Muslim culture and art in the country.
He preserved and promoted Philippine indigenous art through
the use of ethnic themes like the ukkil, sarimanok, and naga
in his paintings and sculptures.
Through his works, Imao empowered cultural groups to take
part in promoting equality and building a better society.

His artworks include murals like the industry Brass Mural of the Philippine National Bank,
the Industrial Mural of the Central Bank of the Philippines, and the Mural Relief in Filmmaking
painted in the Manila City Hall.

Prepared by:

Roy Reymark T. De Guzman


Subject Teacher

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