Philippine National Painters - 1st Sem CPAR

Fernando Amorsolo

Recognized as the Philippines' first National Artist.

April 28 1972

Recognized as the Philippines' first National Artist on this date four days after his death.

Grand Old Man of Philippine Art

Title given to Fernando Amorsolo.

First National Artist; Celebration of Filipino Identity; Master of Light, Realism, and Romanticism

Enumerate three (3) reasons why Amorsolo deserves the title "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art":

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Chiaroscuro

The Italian word that means "backlighting."

Realism

Accurate detail.

Romanticism

Light, beauty, idealism.

Backlighting

A signature technique of Amorsolo wherein subjects appear to glow against the canvas.

Carlos Botong Francisco

A pioneer of modernism and discovered the Angono Petroglyphs. He portrays scenes of heroism, struggle, and daily life.

Modernism

A movement that breaks away from traditional and classical art forms.

Victorio C. Edades

The Father of Modern Philippine Painting. He has a modernist style and uses raw and rough bold impasto strokes. He introduced the liberal arts program.

Impasto strokes

A painting technique where the artist applies thick layers of paint on the canvas or surface so that brush or palette knife marks are clearly visible. Helps convey movement, energy, and texture in a painting.

Paste

In English, the Italian word "Impasto" means _____.

Vicente Manansala

A pioneer of cubism. His works are combined concepts from rural and urban settings.

Cubism

The overlapping of geometric shapes.

Cesar Legaspi

A leading Filipino neorealist who focused on modern art. He portrays hardships in the working class and revealed emotions, strength, and dignity in his art.

Neorealism

An art movement that shows real-life situations and struggles of ordinary people but in a modern, stylized, and symbolic way.

Hernando R. Ocampo

Focuses on abstract. Themes of his works told of destruction and harshness of life after WW2.

J. Elizalde Navarro

A visual artist whose paintings are often made of abstract figures. Known for his incision painting.

Jose Joya

Created an authentic Filipino abstract and recognized as National Artist for Painting in 2003.

Incision painting

Art method where the artist scratches, carves, or cuts lines into the surface of the painting through layers of paint to reveal textures, patterns, or underlying colors.

Benedicto R. Cabrera

Popular for his series of works that feature a solitary figure of a scavenger whom he named Sabel.

Sabel

Represents the common Filipino. The iconic subject of BenCab who symbolizes the struggles, resilience, and dignity of the Filipino people, especially the poor and marginalized.

Scavenger

A person who collects discarded materials to survive.

Sabel series

Inspired by a real woman Cabrera saw in Manila, wrapped in plastic and cloth, BenCab portrayed her not as pitiful but as a symbol of beauty, grace, strength, hope, humanity, and the Filipino spirit amidst hardship.