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