ARTIST (1)

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paintings are described as visions of reality teetering on the edge of abstraction

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Vicente Manansal

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Filipino cubist painter and illustrator.

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Vicente Manansal

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One of the first Abstractionists on the Philippine art scene

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Vicente Manansala

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also credited with bridging the gap between the city and the suburbs, between the rural and cosmopolitan ways of life

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Vicente Manansala

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whose family hails from Abra, lies in the tradition of excellence of his works, and his commitment to his profession, performing his magical seminal innovations on the Philippine terno

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Ramon Valera

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the best known couturier in the Philippines

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Ramon Valera

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He was the only male dressmaker who could design, cut, baste and sew all by himself

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Ramon Valera

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esigned more than 300 productions distinguished for their originality

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Salvador Bernal

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Sensitive to the budget limitations of local productions, he harnessed the design potential of inexpensive local materials, pioneering or maximizing the use of bamboo, raw abaca, and abaca fiber, hemp twine, rattan chain links and gauze cacha.

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Salvador Bernal

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Acknowledged as the Father of Theater Design in the Philippines

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Salvador Bernal

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the poet of Angono, single-handedly revived the forgotten art of mural and remained its most distinguished practitioner for nearly three decades

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Carlos Francisco

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better known as Botong, was responsible for revolutionising the fine arts landscape of the Philippines.

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Carlos Francisco

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who signs his paintings “Bencab,” upheld the primacy of drawing over the decorative color.

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Benedicto Cabrera

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is a Filipino painter and was awarded National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts (Painting) in 2006

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Benedicto Cabrera

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He has been noted as “arguably the best-selling painter of his generation of Filipino artists.”

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Benedicto Cabrera

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was formally honored as the Queen of Kundiman in 1979,

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Atang de la Rama

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74 years old singing the same song (“Nabasag na Banga”) that she sang as a 15-year old girl in the sarsuela Dalagang Bukid.

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Atang de la Rama

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acknowledged as the Folk Dance Pioneer. her research on folk dances and songs as a student assistant at the University of the Philippines (UP).

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Francisca Aquino

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reshaped the urban landscape with a distinctive architecture reflective of Philippine Art and Culture.

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Leandro Locsin

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He believes that the true Philippine Architecture is “the product of two great streams of culture, the oriental and the occidental… to produce a new object of profound harmony.”

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Leandro Locsin

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product of the Revival period in Philippine art. Returning from Europe (where he was enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Rome) in 1925

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Guillermo Tolentino

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he was appointed as professor at the UP School of Fine Arts where the idea also of executing a monument for national heroes struck him

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Guillermo Tolentino

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is hailed as the “Father of Philippine Arts.” He sculpted the University of the Philippines’ most recognizable emblem, the UP Oblation, as well as the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City.

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Guillermo Tolentino

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The official title “Grand Old Man of Philippine Art”,

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Fernando Amorsolo

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developed the backlighting technique that became his trademark were figures, a cluster of leaves, a spill of hair, the swell of breast, are seen aglow on canvas

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Fernando Amorsolo

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prolific lyricist and composer for decades. He effortlessly translated/wrote anew the lyrics to traditional melodies:

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Levi Celerio

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O Maliwanag Na Buwan” (Iloko), “Ako ay May Singsing” (Pampango), “Alibangbang” (Visaya)

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Levi Celerio

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He is also known for using the leaf as a musical instrument which led to being recognized as the “only man who could play music using a leaf” by the Guinness Book of Records

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Levi Celerio