NATIONAL ARTIST FOR VISUAL ARTS

Question 1

Grand Old Man of the Philippine Art

Portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes

First National Artist of the Philippines

Answer 1

Fernando Amorsolo - 1972

Question 2

Fernando Amorsolo - 1972 artworks

Answer 2

● “Mango Pickers” oil in canvas - 1936

● “Fruit Gatherer oil in board - 1950 - specimen of Amorsolo’s conception of an ideal Filipina
beauty.
● “Making of the Philippine Flag

● “Planting Rice”

● “Afternoon meal of the rice workers” oil on canvas - 1951 - Won first prize at the New York
World’s Fair

Question 3

The poet of Angono

Most distinguished mural painter

Answer 3

Carlos “Botong” Francisco - 1973

Question 4

Used historical events as subject matter for his artworks.

He was invariably linked with the “modernist” artists, forming with Victorio C. Edades and
Galo Ocampo what was then known in the local art circles as “The Triumvirate”

Answer 4

Carlos “Botong” Francisco - 1973

Question 5

Carlos “Botong” Francisco - 1973 artworks

Answer 5

● a depiction of Andres Bonifacio and the KKK

● The first Mass In the Philippines

● The Muslim Wedding

● Bayanihan

Question 6

A native of Sulu

is a sculptor, painter, photographer, ceramist, documentary filmmaker, cultural researcher,
writer, and articulator of Philippine Muslim art and culture

Answer 6

Abdulmari Asia Imao - 2006

Question 7

motifs have been popularized and instilled in the consciousness of the Filipino nation and
other peoples as original Filipino creations.

His U.P. art education introduced him to Filipino masters like Guillermo Tolentino and
Napoleon Abueva, who were his mentors

Answer 7

Abdulmari Asia Imao - 2006

Question 8

Abdulmari Asia Imao - 2006 artworks

Answer 8

Sarimanok