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Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto (May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972) was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. Nicknamed the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art," [2] he was the first-ever to be recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines. [3]
This list contains an overview of the government recognized Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Central Luzon. The list is based on the official lists provided by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the National Museum of the Philippines.
This is a list of notable Filipino painters. (A-Z) Abad, Pacita (1946–2004); Abellana, Martino (1914–1986); Arellano, Juan (1888–1960); Alcuaz, Federico Aguilar ...
The artwork consists of four oil paintings on canvas created by national artist Carlos V. Francisco in 1953 for the entrance of the Philippine General Hospital. This quadriptych depicts the history of medicine in the Philippines until the middle of the 20th century.
Bulul, also known as bu-lul or tinagtaggu, is a carved wooden figure used to guard the rice crop by the Ifugao (and their sub-tribe Kalanguya) peoples of northern Luzon. The sculptures are highly stylized representations of ancestors and are thought to gain power and wealth from the presence of the ancestral spirit. [1]
Ben Hur Villanueva, sculptor, painter, lecturer, educator and art entrepreneur. [3] Agnes Reoma, musician, bassist of Ben&Ben. '''Venazir Martinez''', street muralist, and visual anthroprenuer best credited for Hila-bana Project using site-specific street art that challenged the public's visual perception on cultural markers and design theories.
Filipino art experts, historians, and researchers have four theories on the identity of the sitter in Luna's La Bulaqueña despite the lack of any photographs. According to Emilio Aguilar Cruz, a columnist for the Philippine Daily Globe newspaper, the woman in the portrait could be a woman Luna had courted after losing his wife Paz Pardo de Tavera.
Notable 19th-century oil paintings include Basi Revolt paintings, Sacred Art of the Parish Church of Santiago Apostol (1852), Spoliarium (1884), La Bulaqueña (1895), and The Parisian Life (1892). [230] A notable modern painting s The Progress of Medicine in the Philippines (1953). [230] After World War II, paintings were influenced by the ...