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The Philippines has hosted the Philippine International Pyromusical Competition, the world's largest pyrotechnic competition (previously known as the World Pyro Olympics) since 2010. [197] Lacquerware is a less-common art form. Filipino researchers are studying the possibility of turning coconut oil into lacquer.
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]
Imao was named National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts in 2006. A Tausūg, Imao is the first Moro to receive the recognition. [1] Aside from being a sculptor, Imao is also a painter, photographer, ceramist, cultural researcher, documentary film maker, writer, and a patron of Philippine Muslim art and culture. [2] [3] [4]
Victorio Candido Edades (December 23, 1895 – March 7, 1985) was a Filipino painter.He led the revolutionary Thirteen Moderns, who engaged their classical compatriots in heated debate over the nature and function of art.
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The Spoliarium is a painting by Filipino painter Juan Luna.Luna, working on canvas, spent eight months completing the painting which depicts dying gladiators.The painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884 in Madrid, where it garnered the first gold medal (out of three). [1]
The National Museum of Fine Arts (Filipino: Pambansang Museo ng Sining [1] [2]), formerly known as the National Art Gallery, is an art museum in Manila, Philippines. It is located on Padre Burgos Avenue across from the National Museum of Anthropology in the eastern side of Rizal Park .
In 2008, The Blood Compact and other Luna works became a part of a twenty-three painting exhibition from the collection of the Bank of the Philippine Islands.The public exhibition celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the Bank of the Philippines Islands, and marked the first time that the so-called "BPI collection" was shown to the public.