CONPHIL REVIEWER Geometric Landscape
National Artist for Visual Arts Seated Figure
Napoleon Abueva
YOC: 1976
 Considered the father of modern Philippine
sculpture
 He is the youngest to receive the national
artist award
 He used hardwood, to coral and adobe
Contribution
Transfiguration at the eternal garden memorial
park
 National Artists for Sculpture Dean
Napoleon V. Abueva masterfully designed
the imposing figure, which shows Christ
looking up to the heavens with His arms
outstretched.
 Its stands 33 feet in height, which is
symbolic of the number of years the Son of
Man remained on earth, and rests atop a 12-
foot pedestal, which stands for the 12
apostles that Jesus had.
 But aside from the symbolism in the
dimensions of the statue, what the
Transfiguration really represents is our faith
in God and life eternal. It also expresses
man’s highest inspiration in search of
enlightenment.
Water Bufffalo
Death Masks of Benigno Aquino Jr., and
Fernando Poe Jr.
Ang Kiukok
YOC: 2001
 A son of immigrant Chinese parents
 He began his career during the 1960’s,
 According to NCCA his works are imbued
with nationalist fervor and sociological
agenda
Contributions
Pieta
Dog fight
 When asked why he often chose subjects full
of such angry he once replied "Why not?
Open your eyes. Look around you. So much
anger, sorrow, ugliness. And also madness.“
 Reflects the bloodsport of china
Victorio C. Edades
YOC:1976
 He is the father of modernism in Philippine
Art.
 He uses dark and gloomy colors in his works
 NCCA “his works are “rough, bold impasto
strokes, and standing tall and singular in his
advocacy and practice”
Contributions
Portrait of the Professor
Japanese Girl
 He attested that "art is ever the expression of
man's emotion, and not a mere photographic
likeness of nature
 Thus to express his individual emotion, the
artist is privileged to create in that
distinctive form that best interprets his own
experience. And the distortion of plastic
elements of art such as line, mass and color
– is one of the many ways of expressing
one's rhythmic form." That was the reason
why his disproportionate figures are made
that way – for the sake of composition
Cesar Legaspi
YOC:1990
 Pioneer of neorealist movement in he
Philippines.
 His masterpieces use geometric
fragmentation technique, weaving social
comment and juxtaposing the mythical and
modern into its overlapping, interacting
forms with disturbing power and intensity.
Contributions
Tree Planting
Man and Women
Gadgets
Reclining Nudity
 Neo-realism
 Depicts realism, modernity.
Vicente S. Manansala
YOC: 1981 (Posthumous)
 He is a cubist painter
  His paintings depicted barrio and the city  He is known for his massive murals and for
together. He combines provincial folk his outstanding depiction of historical pieces
culture with busy city. Contributions
 According to NCCA “as visions of reality Blood Compact
teetering on the edge of abstraction. Bayanihan sa bukid
Contributions First mass at Limasawa
Madonna of slums  He whole term bayanihan refers to a spirit
 Poverty of the urban manila of communal unity or effort to achieve a
Jeepney particular goal
Birdman
Arturo “Art” R. Luz
Hernando R. Ocampo YOC: 1997
YOC:1991  He is a minimalist
 He is a self-taught painter.  He used geometric abstract
 He invented a new mode of perception that  He also pioneered the professionalization of
demonstrated the atmosphere and the art galleries
wildlife in the Philippines. Contributions
 He used movement and bold colors in his  Bagong Taon
artworks.  Man with Guitar
Contributions  Cities of the Past
Man and Carabao
Fiesta Jerry Elizalde Navarro
 Famously known for his triumvirate of with YOC: 1999 (Posthumous)
neo-realists Vicente S. Manansala and Cesar  Jerry elizalde Navarro
Legaspi, his works reflected the harsh  Painter and a sculptor
realities of his country after the Second  His works also include mask-making which
World War. merge the human and the animal.
 However, many of his works depicted lush Contributions
sceneries and the beautiful Philippine  I’m Sorry Jesus I can’t attend Christmas this
landscapes through his skillful use of fierce year
and bold colors.  The Seasons of four

Fernando C. Amorsolo Guillermo E. Tolentino

YOC:1972 (Posthumous)
 He is the country’s first National Artist
 “Grand Old Man of Philippine Art”
 He depicted rural landscape in The
Philippines
Contributions
Rice Planting
Defence of a Filipina’s Honor
Sunday Morning Going to Town
 He was able to depict the natural sunlight in
the Philippines realistically
Carlos “BOTONG” V. Francisco
YOC:1973 (Posthumous)
 He is a muralist form Agono, Rizal
YOC: 1973
 He was a master in classical sculpture
 A product of the revival period of Philippine
art
Contributions
Oblation
 The Oblation (Filipino: Pahinungod, Oblasy
on) is
a concrete statue by Filipino artist Guillermo
E. Tolentino which serves as
the iconic symbol of the University of the
Philippines.
 It depicts a man facing upward with arms
outstretched, symbolizing selfless offering
of oneself to his union
Bonifacio Monument Abdulmari Asia Imao
Seal of the Republic of the Phils. YOC: 2006
Designed the Ramon Magsaysay Award  Native of sulu
 Sculptor, and a painter, photographer, writer
Jose T. Joya  g.Tolentino and n.abueva mentored
YOC: 2003 (Posthumous)  His works are incorporated with native
 Former dean of college of fine arts at UP design and motifs
 He initiated abstract expressionism in the  Yung pagkakakilala kay abdulmari
Philippines Contributions
 Is the use of abstract style to convey a strong Sarimanok
emotional or expressive content Naga
Contributions Ukkil
Hills of Nikko Industry Brass Mural
 One such fine example of non-figurative
abstract expressionism is the Hills of Nikko. Francisco Coching
It is the artist’s interpretation of one of the YOC: 2014 ( Posthumuos)
existing hills in Nikko, Japan. During  Comic illustrator
wintertime, the hill’s imperfections are  Who created over 53 comic books
thoroughly covered by snow. However,  His works for two decades captured the
during summertime, those imperfections are popular imagination of filipinos
expressed by the artist in terms of bold brush Contributions
strokes and super-imposition of lines. Hagabis
The painting is actually an allegory to El Indio
human imperfections. Lapu-Lapu
 The earth colors symbolize the weaknesses
and limitations of humanity while the hues National Artist For Dance
of greens and blues represent life and hope.
The white background represents the snow Francisca R. Aquino
that starts to envelop the mound. In the YOC: 1973
process, the entire imperfection will be  A teacher, nationalist and the first Filipina to
covered thus presenting the cycle of life. be awarded of the National Artists for
Mariveles Dance.
 She published a thesis in 1926
Benedicto “Bencab” R. Cabrera entitled Philippine Folk Dances and
YOC: 2006 Games where she noted on previously
 Lyrical expressionist unrecorded forms of local celebration, ritual
 Sabel is a symbolic scavenger and sports. She served as supervisor of
 Which he described as a melancholic physical education at the Bureau of
symbol of dislocation, despair and Education in the 1940s
isolation.”  The education body distributed her work and
Contributions adapted the teaching of folk dancing in an
Madonn with object effort to promote awareness among the
Studies of Sabel Filipino youth regarding their cultural
People Waiting heritage.
The Indifference Contributions
Waiting for the Monsoon Thesis: “Philippine Folk Dances and Games”
(Republic Award of Merit awarded by Ramon
Magsaysay, UNESCO)
Leonor O. Goquingco Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula
YOC: 1976 YOC: 1988
 Known as Cristina Luna and Dean of  was a Filipino choreographer, theater
Filipino Performing Arts Critics director, teacher, author and researcher on
 Goquingco is inspired by dances of Igorots, ethnic dance. She was the founding director
the Moros, and the Christians, she produced of the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk
Filipinescas : Philippine Life, Legend and Dance Company
Lore in dance 1960.  Reyes worked to collect and document tribal
 was a Filipino national artist in creative and ethnic dances, which she believed were
dance. She played the piano, drew art, a great cultural treasure waiting to be tapped
designed scenery and costumes, sculpted, and adapted to the stage. She used her
acted, directed, danced and choreographed. knowledge of choreography and creative
Her pen name was Cristina Luna touch to transform these tribal dances into
 She is known as the mother of Philippine stage performance
theater and dance.
 She created The Elements in 1940, the first Alice Reyes
ballet choreographed by a Filipino YOC: 2014
 she organized the Philippine Ballet and  Is a Filipina dancer, choreographer, teacher,
brought the famous Filipino novel, Noli Me director and producer. The organizer
Tángere, to life. of Ballet Philippines
 She created The Elements in 1940, the first  She was chiefly responsible in popularizing
ballet choreographed by a Filipino contemporary dance as she organized Ballet
 She is famous for her one-act play, Her Son, Philippines and staged the first modern
Jose Rizal which is set during the time Rizal dance concert at the Cultural Center of the
was imprisoned and awaiting his execution. Philippines year 1970
Contributions
Contributions
Cinderella
The Clowns
Romeo and Juliet
The Firebirds
Amada
Noli Dance Suite
Itim-Asu
The Dances of the Emerald of the Isles
Mga Babae
Ramon Obusan
National Artists for Music
YOC:2006
Antonio R. Buenaventura
 was a Filipino dancer, choreographer, stage
YOC: 1988
designer and artistic director.
 BUENAVENTURA studied at UP Diliman
 . He is also an acclaimed archivist,
Conservatory of music. For 16 years he
researcher and documentary filmmaker who
became the conductor of Philippine
focused on Philippine culture. He also
Constabulary Band
founded Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group 
 Also became a music director at UST
Contributions
Conservatory of music
ROFG ( RAMON OBUSAN FOLKLORIC
Contributions
GROUP) a dance company that reflects the
Ode to Freedom
culture of Filipinos in dance and music
Echoes of the past
(performed dance productions and rituals from
History Fantasy
ethnolinguistic and indigenous groups (Aeta,
Triumphal March
Maranao and T’boli
Ernani J. Cuenco Sa Mahal Kong Bayan
YOC: 1999 (Postumous) Lahing Kayumanggi
 Cuenco played with the Filipino Youth Sa Ugoy ng Duyan
Symphony Orchestra and the Manila
Symphony Orchestra. He works in Levi Celerio
collaboration with levi celerio. YOC:1997
Contributions  Wrote upto 4000 songs
Kalesa  Recorded in Guinness Book of records as
Bato sa Buhangin the only man who can play music using a
Gaano Kita Kamahal leaf
Inang Bayan (enhanced by adding the elements  He was also a poet and a film actor.
of kundiman song)  Became a friend of asion salongga
 He played violin at the age of 11.
Jovita Fuentes Contributions
YOC: 1976 Saan Ka Man Naroroon
 In order to hone his skills further she Ikaw
pursued her studies abroad, going to Italy. Misa De Gallo
 Due to her merits and contributions in her Pasko na Naman
field, she was dubbed as The First Lady of “Leaf Player” (Guinness Book of World
Philippine Music. Records)
Contributions
As Princess Yang Gui Fe in Li Tae Pe. Felipe Padilla De Leon
Madama Butterfly (New York) YOC: 1991
First female National Artist for Music  He took various odd jobs to support his
family, such as a shoe
Jose Maceda polisher, carabao herder, carriage driver, and
YOC: 1997 vendor of various item but he had to
 Worked in a recording studio in Paris. He abandon his studies to make a living.
earned a doctorate degree in  He played the trombone in cabarets and
ethnomusicology. circuses, and later worked as an assistant
 Jose Maceda collected audio records conductor of the Nueva Ecija High School
materials of traditional music amongst Orchestra, where he started composing
various populations in Philippines, Malaysia music. Then he enrolled again at UP for
and Indonesia music teaching
Contributions Contributions
Ugma- Ugma Mariang Makiling Overture
Pagsamba Orchestertuk
Udlot-udlot Lupang Tinubuan
Ugnayan Noli Me Tangere (opera adaptation)
Aroding
Suling-suling Lucrecia R. Kasilag
YOC: 1989
Lucio D. San Pedro  She is particularly known for incorporating
YOC:1991 indigenous Filipino instruments into
 Became an organist at his late teens orchestral productions
 By then he had already composed songs  Graduated cum laude bachelor pof arts
Contribution major in English. Also studied music teacher
The Devil’s Bridge
  She founded the Bayanihan Folks Arts Contibutions
Center La Loba Negra
 She was also a former president of Ashen Wings
the Cultural Center of the Philippines, head Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam
of the Asian Composers League Yerma
 Kasilag made an international tour as a
concert pianist, died of pneumonia National Artist for Theater
Contributions
Bayanihan Folk Arts Center Daisy Avellana
Her Son YOC: 1999
Jose  “First Lady of Theater”
Sisa  Together with lamberto avellana, is the co-
The Legend of Sarimanok founder of Barangay theter guild.
Contibutions
Antonio J. Molino Othello
YOC: 1973 Macbeth in Black
 was a Filipino composer, conductor Casa de Bernarda Alba
 He was also known as the Claude Tatarin
Debussy of the Philippines
 He created over 500 compositions Honorata “Atang” De La Rama
Contributions YOC: 1978
Kung sa Iyong Gunita  Became the first Filipina film actress
Awit ni Maria Clara  At the height of her career, she sang
Larawan Nitong Pilipinas kundiman songs in parts of America,
hongkong and japan.
Andrea O. Veneracion  She also said that art is for everyone.
YOC: 1999  That is why she made an effort to bring
 She founded the Philippine Madrigal kunidman songs to aetas, igorots, and
Singers mangyans
 Graduated cum laude under Bacxhelor of Contributions
Music degrees and piano and voice Zarzuelas
 She was also a competitive athlete, she is a Mascota
swimmer Sueno de Un Vals
Contributions Kundiman
Philippine Madrigal Singers (founded) Aking Ina
Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) Puri at Buhay
Chorale
According to NCCA spearheading of the Rolando S. Tinio
development of Philippine choral music YOC: 1997 (Posthumuos)
 Tinio’s works is well remembered as
Francisco Feliciano someone “whose original insights into the
YOC: 2014 scripts he handled brought forth productions
 Obtained Doctorate in Musical Arts, notable for their visual impact and
Composition. intellectual cogency”
 at Yale University he conducted the Yale  He became the artistic director of CCP’s
Contemporary Ensemble, considered as one Tanghalang Pilipino.
of the leading performing groups in America  Replaced sarsuela with westernized plays.
  Also known for his stage designs and  Organizedized the arena theater to bring
costumes drama to the masses. He used his own
Contributions money.
Was known for translating western classics into  He was trained in other countries, when he
Tagalog. returned to the Philippines he had 16 major
Merchant of Venice (W. Shakespeare) plays.
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)  He trained Rolando s. tinio
Contributions
Salvador F. Bernal Sabina
YOC: 2003 But Not My Sons Any Longer
 Bernal’s Style is known for maximizing the Gabriela Silang
use of raw materials in theater production. The Merry Wives of Manila
 Earned national artist award for theatr and
design.
 He introduced the Philippine design to the
world
 Philippine association of theater designers
and technicians
Contributions
He used native Filipino materials such as
Bamboo, abaca fiber, and the basic gauze
(cacha)

Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero

YOC: 1997 ( Posthumuos)
 A talented writer, director, educator and
artist who wrote a number of outstanding
plays.
 At age 14 he wrote his first play entitled “No
Todo Es Risa” in Spanish.
 Concept of theater campus tour
 wrote over 100 plays, 41 of them were
published and the other were presented
 6 of his plays were produces abroad
 Several of his plays had been translated to
Chinese, Italian, visayan, Ilocano and waray.
Contributions
Condemned
In Unity
Three Rats
Our Strange Ways
The Forsaken House

Severino Montano
YOC: 2001 (Posthumous)
 Named as one of the “Titans in Philippine
Theater”