CPAR - Visual Arts (Painting Themes and Sculptures)

Religious Themes

Artworks with subject matter related to religion. A primary subject during the Spanish colonial era.

Jose Blanco

Known for depicting Jesus Christ in present-day settings and using Christian iconography to comment on social issues.

Angono

A region known for its religious murals and social commentaries.

Historical Themes

Artworks that depict significant events from history.

Carlos "Botong" Francisco

A National Artist from Angono, Rizal. Known for murals depicting Filipino struggles, such as the one in Manila City Hall.

Juan Luna

Known for the historical masterpiece "Spoliarium."

Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo

Known for "Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho."

Portraiture

Paintings focused on depicting a person or group of people.

Felipe de Leon Jr.

Known as "the painter of Philippine presidents"; his official portraits hang in Malacañang Palace.

Dany de Leon Descalzo

Created the official portrait of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Still Life

A work of art portraying inanimate objects, like fruits, flowers, or household items.

Vicente Manansala

A National Artist known for his cubist still life paintings of items from a typical Filipino kitchen.

Landscape

Artworks that depict the scenery of the outdoors.

Fabian de la Rosa

A prominent academic painter who guided others in landscape painting.

Mariano Abellana

Known as the "Dean of Cebuano Painters" for his landscapes and mentorship.

Giacometti M. Lorenzo

Known for a modernist take on landscape paintings.

Nude

Artworks that have the naked human form as the primary subject.

Fernando Amorsolo

A National Artist whose works included early contemporary nudes.

Ben Cabrera (Bencab)

A National Artist who has worked with the nude form.

Cesar Legaspi, Romulo Olazó, Vicente Manansala

Other notable artists who have depicted nudes.

Genre

Paintings that showcase people doing everyday activities and chores.

Mauro "Malang" Santos

Known for his colorful, fiesta-inspired genre paintings.

Mario Parial

Praised for his colorful genre paintings with a distinct figurative style.

Nonrepresentational / Abstract Art

Art that depicts subjects with little or no resemblance to real life.

Nona Garcia

Known for her "x-ray" style paintings of indigenous objects and artifacts.

Geraldine Javier

Known for conceptual oil paintings intermixed with other media.

Sculpture

A three-dimensional artwork.

Free-standing Sculpture

A sculpture that is independent and can be viewed from all angles.

Relief Sculpture

A sculpture that is raised from a background.

Bas-relief (Low relief)

Slightly protruding from the background.

High relief

Prominently raised against the background.

Classical Style

Sculpture that follows the realistic aesthetics of ancient Greek and Roman art.

Guillermo Tolentino

National Artist. Masterpieces include the "Bonifacio Monument" and the "Oblation" at UP Diliman.

Anastacio Caedo

Created the memorial at the MacArthur Landing site in Leyte.

Froilan Madriñan

A master woodcarver from Paete who mentored many artists.

Modern Style

Sculpture that is often abstracted and not strictly realistic.

Napoleon Abueva

National Artist, the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture." Known for works like "Allegorical Harpoon."

Renato Rocha

Known for his figurative abstraction style, primarily in wood.

Ross Arcilla

Works with abstraction and geometric simplification in various materials.

Julie Lluch

Known for expressive terra-cotta portraits of women.

Agnes Arellano

Known for dramatic plaster and synthetic marble sculptures called "inscapes."

Solomon Saprid

Known for his bronze "Tikbalang" series.

Conrado Mercado

Known for beaten aluminum reliefs and open-cage constructions.

Painting

A two-dimensional art form involving applying pigments mixed with a medium (oil, acrylic, water, etc.) to a flat surface like canvas or paper.