Lesson 5: National Artists Flashcards
A ___ is a Filipino citizen who has been given the rank and title or ___ Artist in recognition of his/her significant contribution to the development of Philippine Arts and letters.
National Artist
This is a reward granted to those who become National Artist.
Grand Collar
When was the order of the National Artist created?
Presidential proclamation No. 1001, s. 1972
The CCP board of Trustees was named as the National Artist Award Committee. What proclamation was this?
Proclamation No. 1144, s. 1973
The mandate of the CC was reiterated to administer the National Artist Awards as well as the privileges and honors to National Artists. What decree was this?
Presidential Decree No. 208, s. 1973
What are the four criteria to become a National Artist?
Be a Filipino Citizen, to contribute to the nationhood of Filipinos through artwork, to pioneer in a mode of creative expression or style and artists who have created a substantial and significant body of work/consistently display excellence in the practice.
One of the most important artists in the history of painting in the Philippines. A portraitist and painter of rural landscapes in Manila.
Fernando Amorsolo, National Artist for Visual Art
A folk dancer from Bocaue, Bulacan. She was also known as the “Mother of Philippine Folk Dancing”.
Francisco Reyes-Aquino, National Artist for Dance
A muralist from Angono, Rizal. Was the most distinguished practitioner of mural paintings for many decades and best known for his historical pieces.
Botong Francisco, National Artist for Painting
He was a writer and labor leader from Hogonoy, Bulacan. He was known for his criticism of social injustices in the Philippines and was later imprisoned for his involvement in the communist movement.
Amado V. Hernandez, National Artist for Literature
He was a composer, conductor and music administrator from Quiapo, Manila. He was known as the “Claude Debussy” of the Philippines due to his use of impressionism in music.
Antonio J. Molina, National Artist for Music
He was an architect teacher, and a community leader from Quiapo, Manila. In 1973, he was tapped as the Dean of Filipino Architects.
Juan F. Nakpil, National Artist for Architecture
He was a sculptor from Malolos, Bulacan. Hailed as the “Father of Philippine Arts”.
Guillermo Tolentino, National Artist for Visual Arts - Sculpture
He was a poet, literary critic, short story writer and painter from Singalong, Manila. He was awarded as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken and Known to have introduced the “reversed consonance rhyme scheme” in writing poetry.
Jose Garcia Villa, National Artist for Literature
He was a sculptor from Tagbiliran, Bohol and considered as the “Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture”.
Napoleon Abueva, National Artist for Visual Arts - Sculptor
She was a Filipino national artist in creative dance from Jolo, Sulu. Her pen name was Cristina Luna and she was known as Trailblazer, Mother of Philippine Theater Dance and Dean of Filipino performing Arts Critics.
Leona Oroso, National Artist for Dance
He was a prominent film and stage director from Bontoc, Mountain Province. Despite considerable budgetary limitation that hampered the post-war Filipino film industry, Avellana’s Films such as AnakDalita and Badjao attained international acclaimed.
Lamberto V. Avellana, National Artist for Film and Theater
He was a writer, historian, and journalist from Paco, Manila. Best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. Wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila.
Nick Joaquin, National Artist for Literature
She was an opera singer from Capiz. Long before Leo Salonga’s breakway…
Jovita Fuentes, National Artist for Music
He was a painter from Dagupan, Panggasinan. He was the leader of the revolutionary Thirteen Moderns who engaged their classical compatriot in a heated debate over the nature and function of art.
Victorio C. Edades, National Artist for Visual Arts - Painting
He was an architect from Binondo, Manila. A pioneer of modern Philippine architecture, he was recognizing in some quarters as the foremost Filipino modernist architect of his name.
Pablo Sebero Antonio, National Artist for Architecture
He was a cubist painter and illustrator from Macabebe, Pampanga. His painting is described as “visions of reality teetering on the edge of abstraction”
Vicente Silva Manansala, National Artist for Visual Arts - Painting
He was an actor-turned film director from Manila. He made his acting debut in the 1934 film Ang Dangal.
Gerardo De Leon, National Artist for Film
He was a diploma, statesman, soldier, journalist, and author from Camiling, Tarlac.
Carlos Pena Romulo, National Artist for Literature
She was commonly known as Atang de la Rama, was a singer, Boabdil performer, and first Filipina film actress from Tondo Manila.
Honorata de la Rama Hernandez, National Artist for Music and Theater
He was a musician from Baliuag, Bulacan. He was vigorously pursued a musical career that apanned seven decades of unwavering commitment to advancing the frontier of Philippine Music.
Antonio R. Buenaventura, National Artist for Music
She was a choreographer, dance educator, and researcher from Iloilo City. She spent almost four decades in the discovery and study of Philippine folk and ethnic dances.
Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula, National Artist for Dance
