ARTIST (1) Flashcards
paintings are described as visions of reality teetering on the edge of abstraction
Vicente Manansal
Filipino cubist painter and illustrator.
Vicente Manansal
One of the first Abstractionists on the Philippine art scene
Vicente Manansala
also credited with bridging the gap between the city and the suburbs, between the rural and cosmopolitan ways of life
Vicente Manansala
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
Ramon Valera
the best known couturier in the Philippines
Ramon Valera
He was the only male dressmaker who could design, cut, baste and sew all by himself
Ramon Valera
esigned more than 300 productions distinguished for their originality
Salvador Bernal
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.
Salvador Bernal
Acknowledged as the Father of Theater Design in the Philippines
Salvador Bernal
the poet of Angono, single-handedly revived the forgotten art of mural and remained its most distinguished practitioner for nearly three decades
Carlos Francisco
better known as Botong, was responsible for revolutionising the fine arts landscape of the Philippines.
Carlos Francisco
who signs his paintings “Bencab,” upheld the primacy of drawing over the decorative color.
Benedicto Cabrera
is a Filipino painter and was awarded National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts (Painting) in 2006
Benedicto Cabrera
He has been noted as “arguably the best-selling painter of his generation of Filipino artists.”
Benedicto Cabrera
was formally honored as the Queen of Kundiman in 1979,
Atang de la Rama
74 years old singing the same song (“Nabasag na Banga”) that she sang as a 15-year old girl in the sarsuela Dalagang Bukid.
Atang de la Rama
acknowledged as the Folk Dance Pioneer. her research on folk dances and songs as a student assistant at the University of the Philippines (UP).
Francisca Aquino
reshaped the urban landscape with a distinctive architecture reflective of Philippine Art and Culture.
Leandro Locsin
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.”
Leandro Locsin
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
Guillermo Tolentino
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
Guillermo Tolentino
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.
Guillermo Tolentino
The official title “Grand Old Man of Philippine Art”,
Fernando Amorsolo
