8: National Artists for Visual Arts Flashcards
Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture
Napoleon Abueva
Napoleon Abueva year of conferment for National Artist for Sculpture
1976
Youngest recipient of the National Artist for Sculpture award at the age of 46
Napoleon Abueva
Modern sculpture by Napoleon Abueva depicting the historical blood compact in Bohol
Sandugo
Sculpture made as a tribute to various forms of art
Nine Muses of the Arts
Father of Modern Philippine Painting
Victorio C. Edades
Year Edades was awarded as a National Artist for Painting
1976
Famed for depicting dark and somber subjects or themes of laborers
Victorio C. Edades
Introduced the liberal arts program in the Philippines
Victorio C. Edades
Famous for painting distorted human figures in rough, bold impasto strokes, and standing tall and singular in his advocacy
Victorio C. Edades
He was an art director before going full-time in his visual arts practice
Cesar Legaspi
A neo-realist whose also a member of the famous Thirteen Moderns
Cesar Legaspi
Year of conferment as a national artist for visual arts of Cesar Legaspi
1990
Filipino cubist painter and illustrator, and is also a member of the Thirteen Moderns
Vicente S. Manansala
Awarded as a National Artist in Painting in 1982
Vicente S. Manansala
A group of pre-war modernists instituted in 1938 that charted the course of modern art in the Philippines
Thirteen Moderns
Known for evoking a nationalistic spirit for the Filipinos through his abstract way of painting
Hernando R. Ocampo
He’s also a profound writer in poetry, fiction, and screenplay
Hernando R. Ocampo
Played a role in sustaining the Philippine Art Gallery
Hernando R. Ocampo
Hernando Ocampo’s considered “magnum opus”.
Genesis
Year Ocampo was awarded as a national artist in visual arts
1991
Grand Old Man of Philippine Art
Fernando Amorsolo
Known for his landscapes that portray the traditional Filipino culture
Fernando Amorsolo