DID YOU KNOW: Order of

National Artist
The Order of National Artist is a rank, title and award that represent the highest national
recognition given to Filipinos who made distinct contributions in music, dance, theater,
visual arts, literature, film and broadcast arts, and architecture or allied Arts. The Order
was established under Presidential Proclamation No. 1001 signed on April 27, 1972.
The same proclamation posthumously conferred the award on painter Fernando
Amorsolo, the first National Artist. —Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research

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Order of National Artists

The Order of National Artists (Orden ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining) is the highest
national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions
to the development of Philippine arts; namely, Music, Dance, Theater, Visual
Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied Arts. The order
is jointly administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and conferred by the
President of the Philippines upon recommendation by both institutions.

ARCHITECTURE

Pablo S. Antonio Leandro V. Locsin Juan F. Nakpil

 Jose Maria V.
Ildefonso P. Santos
Zaragoza

CINEMA

Lamberto V. Avellana Lino Brocka Ishmael Bernal

Ronald Alan K.
Manuel Conde Gerardo de Leon
Poe

Eddie S. Romero

VISUAL ARTS

Hernando R. Benedicto
Fernando Amorsolo
Ocampo Cabrera
Carlos Abdulmari Asia
Cesar Legaspi
“Botong” Francisco Imao

Federico Aguilar
Guillermo E. Tolentino Arturo Luz
Alcuaz

Francisco
Napoleon V. Abueva J. Elizalde Navarro
Coching

Victorio C. Edades Ang Kiukok Jose T. Joya

Vicente Manansala

LITERATURE
 Bienvenido
Francisco Arcellana Edith L. Tiempo
Lumbera

N.V.M. Gonzalez Virgilio S. Almario Cirilo F. Bautista

Nick Joaquin Amado V. Hernandez Lazaro Francisco

F. Sionil Jose Carlos P. Romulo Jose Garcia Villa

Alejandro Roces Rolando S. Tinio Levi Celerio

FASHION DESIGN
Ramon Valera

THEATER DESIGN

Salvador F. Bernal

DANCE

Francisca Reyes
Ramon Obusan Alice Reyes
Aquino

Leonor Orosa
Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula
Goquingco

HISTORICAL LITERATURE

Carlos Quirino
MUSIC

Antonino Lucrecia R.
Jose Maceda
Buenaventura Kasilag

Ernani J. Cuenco Lucio San Pedro Antonio J. Molina

Francisco Feliciano Levi Celerio Ramon P. Santos

Andrea
Jovita Fuentes Felipe Padilla de Leon
Veneracion

Honorata “Atang”
dela Rama

THEATER
 Wilfrido Ma.
Daisy Avellana Rolando S. Tinio
Guerrero

Honorata “Atang”
Salvador F. Bernal Severino Montano
dela Rama

Lamberto V. Avellana

Order of National Artist Guidelines | Flow chart

The lives and works of the National Artists are discussed in greater detail in the
book The National Artists of the Philippines, published jointly by the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Anvil Publishing, Inc. and the Cultural
Center of the Philippines. For inquiries on the availability of the book, please contact
NCCA Publications at 527-5529 or at 5272192 local 630, or email Anvil
at anvilsalesonline@anvilpublishing.com

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