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  2. Napoleon Abueva - Wikipedia

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    Born Esabelio Veloso Abueva, he was named after the younger sister of his paternal grandmother, Isabel. [3] He assumed the name Napoleon at the age of six, when as a student at the St. Joseph Academy in Tagbilaran, one of the nuns first called him Napoleon after Napoleon Bonaparte. The name stuck, and ever since, Abueva referenced the quote ...

  3. Las Piñas Church - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Padre Diego Cera by Napoleon Abueva. The local parish houses the world-renowned Bamboo Organ. A statue of its first parish priest, Diego Cera de la Virgen del Carmen, can be found a few meters in front of its belfry. The statue was a commissioned work of National Artist for Sculpture, Napoleon Abueva. It was inaugurated on July 27 ...

  4. Francisco V. Coching - Wikipedia

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    Many Filipino comic book artists who gained international recognition were also influenced by Coching; Tony DeZuniga, an artist and co-creator of Jonah Hex and Black Orchid for DC Comics, read Coching's work as a teen, [11] while Steve Gan, artist and co-creator of Star-Lord for Marvel Comics, collected Coching's comics and artwork. [12]

  5. Parish of the Holy Sacrifice - Wikipedia

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    The cross depicting both a suffering and a risen Christ and the marble altar are the handiwork of Napoleon Abueva. The floor mural, executed in terazzo and radiating from the altar, is by Arturo Luz. This floor mural is also called the "River of Life". Fernando Zobel de Ayala had studies to fill the outer wall with calligraphic interpretations ...

  6. Urdaneta Park Landmark Monument - Wikipedia

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    Sculptors Napoleon Abueva and Abdulmari Imao, landscape artist Ildefonso Santos and writer Alejandro Roces where involved in the creation of the monument. All four are already recognized as National Artists of the Philippines at the time of the monument's conception.

  7. Mount Samat National Shrine - Wikipedia

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    The outer side is covered with 19 high relief sculptures by National Artist Napoleon Abueva, and alternates depictions of the war with 18 bronze insignia of USAFFE Division units by Talleres de Maximo Vicente, Leonides Valdez, and Angel Sampra and Sons. [5] Each bronze insignia has a flagstaff for the flags of each division. [8]

  8. List of Boholanos - Wikipedia

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    Conrado D. Marapao, governor of the "free" government in World War II. Romulo Neri of Loon - executive director of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Virgilio Mendez, former director of NBI; Leonardo S. Esclamado of Duero, former Senior Superintendent of Philippine National Police, Region 10

  9. Ateneo Art Gallery - Wikipedia

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    These include Vicente Manansala, Hernando Ocampo, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Arturo Luz, Cesar Legaspi, Napoleon Abueva, Ang Kiukok and David Medalla. [ citation needed ] Through the years, other philanthropists and artists followed Zóbel's initiative to donate works of art to the Gallery, filling gaps in the collection with characteristic pieces by ...