contemporary arts

==National Artists of the Philippines for Literature==

• Amado V. Hernandez - manunulat ng manggagawa

Mga Ibong Mandaragit, Isang Dipang Langit, Luha ng Buwaya

• Jose Garcia Villa - comma poet

  - doveglion - dove, eagle, lion

  • Footnote To Youth
  • Many Voices
  • Have Come
  • Am Here
  • The Anchored Angel

• Nick Joaquin - pen name: Quijano de Manila

  • The Summer Solstice
  • The Woman Who Had 2 Navels
  • Ballads of the Five Battles

• Carlos P. Ramulo - 1st Asian President of the UN General Assembly and the Philippine Ambassador to US

  - The only Asian to win the Putilizer Prize for Journalism (WWII)

  • I Saw the Fall of the Philippines
  • I Walked With Heroes
  • Mother America
  • I See the Philippines Rise

==National Artists of the Philippine Architecture==

• Philippine Architecture - reflect the country’s cultural heritage and the need to adapt to the environment

• Pablo S. Antonio

  • one of the leaders in modern Philippine Architecture
  • his works are simple and functional
  • most of his design used clean and smooth lines

  works:

  • FEU Administration and Science Building
  • White Cross Orphanage

• Leandro V. Locsin

  • one of the modern artists who shaped the modern Philippine architecture
  • themes of floating volume, heavy, massive

  works:

  • Cultural Center of the Philippines
  • Istana Nurul Iman - Palace of the Sultan, located in Brunei

• Juan F. Nakpil

  • Father of Philippine Architecture
  • First National Artist of Phiilippine Architecture

  works:

  • Reconstructed the Quiapo Church
  • Reconstructed the Rizal Shrine

• Ildefonso P. Santos Jr.

  • the most recognized landscape architect of the Philippines
  • landscape architect - enhances public outdoor places, landmarks, and structures by contouring the environment

  works:

  • Paco Park, Metro Manila
  • Tagaytay Highland Landscape

• Jose Maria Zaragosa

  • the country’s 82nd licensed architect
  • played a key role in the reconstuction of post war philippines

  works:

  • Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City
  • Meralco Building

• Francisco T. Manosa

  • Father of Philippine Neovernacular Architecture

  works:

  • The Coconut Palace
  • EDSA Shrine
  • Manosa Family Home

==National Artists of the Philippines for Visual Arts==

• Visual Arts - refers to art form that expresses their message, meaning and emotion through visual means

• Philippine Visual Art - a confluence of both ethnic and western tradition in the treatment of subject and the use of medium

• Church - informal museum in the past

• Napoleon Abueva

  • considered as “Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture”
  • youngest National Artist Awardee at 46

  ^^works:^^

  • The Transfiguration at the Eternal Garden Memorial Park
  • Nine Muses
  • Kiss of Judas

• Ang Kiukok

  • A Filipino painter known for his experessive, cubist like works

  ^^works^^

  • Pieta
  • Dog Fight

• Victor C. Edades

  • Father of Modern Phlippine Painting

  ^^works:^^

  • Mother and Daughter
  • The Sketch

• Vicente S. Manansala

  • was an extraordinary illustrator and cubist

  ^^works:^^

  • Bird Man
  • Madonna of the Slums

• Hernando R. Ocampo

  • A self-taught painter
  • a leading member of post ar moderns

  ^^works:^^

  • Genesis
  • Revelation

• Fernando C. Amorsolo

  • Grand Old Man of Philippine Art
  • rich rural landscape of the Philippine landscape

  ^^works:^^

  • Planting Rice
  • Sunday Morning Going to Town

• Carlos “Botong” V. Francisco

  • Most distinguished practitioner of Mural Painting also known for historical pieces

  ^^works:^^

  • First Mass at Limasawa
  • The Martyrdom of Rizal

• Arturo R. Luz

  • Abstract painter, subject matter is local color and people in the street

  ^^works:^^

  • Street Musicians
  • Magbabanig

• Abdulmari Asia Imao

  • A native of Sulu, a sculptor and painter
  • First Moro to receive recognition

  ^^works:^^

  • Sarimanok
  • Fish

• Francisco Coching

  • one of the pillars of Philippine Komiks Industry
  • King of Komiks
  • Dean of Philippine Illustrates

  ^^works:^^

  • Pedro Penduko