VISUAL ART’S

WHAT IS ARTS?
the expression or application
of human creative skill and
imagination, typically in a
visual form such as painting
or sculpture, producing
works to be appreciated
primarily for their beauty or
emotional power.
 FERNANDO AMORSOLO
National Artist for Visual Arts
(May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972)

The official title “Grand Old Man of Philippine Art”

WORKS
CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLECTION;
DALAGANG BUKID (1936) – CLUB FILIPINO
COLLECTION;
THE MESTIZA (1943) – NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE
PHILIPPINES COLLECTION;
PLANTING RICE (1946)-UCPB COLLECTION;
SUNDAY MORNING GOING TO TOWN (1958)-AYALA
MUSEUM COLLECTION.
BENEDICTO ‘BENCAB’ CABRERA
National Artist for Visual Arts
(2006)

WORKS
 Madonna with Objects, 1991
 Studies of Sabel, dyptych, 1991
 People Waiting, 1989
 The Indifference, 1988
 Waiting for the Monsoon, 1986
 CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO
National Artist for Painting (1973)
(November 4, 1912 – March 31,
1969)

• Portrait of Purita, The Invasion of

Limahong, Serenade, Muslim
Betrothal, Blood Compact, First Mass
at Limasawa, The Martyrdom of
Rizal, Bayanihan, Magpupukot,
Fiesta, Bayanihan sa Bukid,
Sandugo.
CESAR LEGASPI
National Artist for Visual Arts
(1990)
(April 2, 1917 – April 7, 1994)

 Gadgets I, Gadgets II, Diggers, Idols

of the Third Eye, Facade, Ovary,
Flora and Fauna, Triptych, Flight,
Bayanihan, Struggle,Avenging
Figure, Turning Point, Peace, The
Survivor, The Ritual.
 ABDULMARI ASIA IMAO
National Artist for Visual Arts (2006)
(January 14, 1936 – December 16,
2014)

 Industry Brass Mural, Philippine

National Bank, San Fernando, La
Union
 Mural Relief on Filmmaking, Manila
City Hall
 Industrial Mural, Central Bank of the
Philippines, San Fernando, La Union
 Sulu Warriors (statues of Panglima
Unaid and Captain Abdurahim
Imao), 6 ft., Sulu Provincial Capitol
ARTURO LUZ
National Artist for Visual Arts (1997)
 Among his other significant paintings are Bagong
Taon, Vendador de Flores, Skipping Rope, Candle
Vendors, Procession, Self-Portrait, Night Glows,Grand
Finale, Cities of the Past, Imaginary Landscapes. His
mural painting Black and White is displayed in the
lobby of the CCP’s Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco
(Little Theater). His sculpture of a stainless steel cube is
located in front of the Benguet Mining Corporation
Building in Pasig.
 NAPOLEON ABUEVA
National Artist for Sculpture (1976)
(January 26, 1930 – February 16,
2018)

 Some of his major works include

Kaganapan (1953), Kiss of Judas
(1955),Thirty Pieces of Silver, The
Transfiguration (1979), Eternal
Garden Memorial Park, UP Gateway
(1967), Nine Muses (1994), UP Faculty
Center, Sunburst (1994)-Peninsula
Manila Hotel, the bronze figure of
Teodoro M. Kalaw in front of
National Library, and murals in
marble at the National Heroes
Shrine, Mt. Samat, Bataan.
 J. ELIZALDE NAVARRO
National Artist for Visual Arts (1999)
(May 22, 1924 – June 10, 1999)

 A Navarro sampler includes his ’50s and

’60s fiction illustrations for This Week of the
Manila Chronicle, and the rotund, India-
ink figurative drawings for Lydia Arguilla’s
storybook, Juan Tamad. Three of his
major mixed media works are I’m Sorry
Jesus, I Can’t Attend Christmas This Year
(1965), and his Homage to Dodjie Laurel
(1969: Ateneo Art Gallery collection),
and A Flying Contraption for Mr. Icarus
(1984: Lopez Museum).
FRANCISCO COCHING
National Artist for Visual Arts (2014)
(January 29, 1919 – September 1, 1998)

 In his characters and storylines, Coching brings to

popular consciousness the issues concerning race and
identity. He also discussed in his works the concept of
the hero, which resonate through the characters on
his comics like in Dimasalang and El Vibora.

 He also left a lasting influence on the succeeding

generations of younger cartoonists such as Larry
Alcala, Ben Infante, and Nestor Redondo. The comics
as popular art also helped forge the practice and
consciousness as a national language.
VICTORIO EDADES
National Artist for Painting (1976)
(December 23, 1895 – March 7,
1985)

 It was also the time that Edades

invited Carlos “Botong” Francisco
and Galo B. Ocampo to become
professor artists for the university. The
three, who would later be known as
the formidable “Triumvirate”, led the
growth of mural painting in the
country. Finally retiring from
teaching at age 70, the university
conferred on Edades the degree of
Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa,
for being an outstanding “visionary,
teacher and artist.”
ANG KIUKOK
National Artist for Visual Arts
(2001)
(March 1, 1931 – May 9, 2005)

 Some of his works include

Geometric Landscape (1969); Pieta,
which won for him the bronze medal
in the 1st International Art Exhibition
held in Saigon (1962); and the
Seated Figure (1979), auctioned at
Sotheby’s in Singapore.
JOSE JOYA
National Artist for Visual Arts (2003)
(June 3, 1931 – May 11, 1995)
 His legacy is undeniably a large body of work of
consistent excellence which has won the admiration
of artists both in the local and international scene.
Among them are his compositions Beethoven
Listening to the Blues, and Space Transfiguration, and
other works like Hills of Nikko, Abstraction, Dimension of
Fear, Naiad, Torogan, Cityscape.
 VICENTE MANANSALA
National Artist for Painting (1981)
(January 22, 1910 – August 22,
1981)

Among the masters,

Manansala professes a WORKS

preference for Cezanne *A Cluster of Nipa Hut,

and Picasso whom he *San Francisco Del Monte,
says have achieved a *Banaklaot,
balance of skill and * I Believe in God,
artistry.
*Market Venders,
* Madonna of the Slums,
*Still Life with Green Guitar,
*Via Crucis,
* Whirr,
* Nude.
 Lauro “LARRy” ALCALA
National Artist for Visual Arts
(2018)
(18 August 1926-24 June 2002)

 Slice of Life Weekend 1980-1986

 Asiong Aksaya, Daily Express, Tagalog Klasiks,
1976-1984
 Smolbatteribols, Darna Komiks 1972-1984
 Siopawman, Daily Express, 1972-1983, 2002
 Kalabogesyons, Pilipino Komiks, 1966-1972
 Congressman Kalog, Aliwan Komiks, 1966-1972
 Baryo Pogspak, Holiday Komiks, 1966-1972
 Loverboy, Redondo Komiks, 1964-1969
 Mang Ambo, Weekly Graphic, 1963-1965
 Kalabog en Bosyo, Pilipino Komiks, 1949-1983
 Islaw Palitaw, 1946-1948
HERNANDO R. OCAMPO
National Artist for Visual Arts (1991)
(April 28, 1911 – December 28, 1978)

WORKS
 Ina ng Balon,
Genesis served as
Calvary,
the basis of the 

Slum Dwellers,
curtain design of the 

Nude with Candle and Flower,

Cultural Center of 

the Philippines Main  Man and Carabao,

Theater.  Angel’s Kiss,

 Palayok at Kalan,
 Ancestors,Isda at Mangga,
 The Resurrection,
 Fifty-three “Q”,
 Backdrop, Fiesta.