Contemporary Arts Flashcards
National Artist, visual arts, 2003. Is a foremost Filipino abstract painter. He said “Its useless to try to make out familiar objects in my paintings”
Jose J. Toya
Hills of Nikko
Jose J. Toya
National artist. Visual arts. 1981.
Invested in each human figure with inner fortitude, making each one a stoic figure of human dignity.
Vicente Manansala
Give us this day our daily bread
Vicente Manansala
National Artist in painting. 1973.
Adjudged the foremost muralist, contributed towards developing a Filipino imagery drawing inspirations from the customs and traditions of the people.
Carlos “Botong: Francisco
Kalantiao at Lubluban
Carlos “Botong: Francisco
National Artist in sculpture. 1976.
The most outstanding Filipino sculptor today. He produced towering abstracts in metal, steel and wood.
Napoleon Abueva
Allegorical Harpoon
Napoleon Abueva
Highly original approach to figurative
painting.
Mauro Malang Santos
Landscape
Mauro Malang Santos
National artist. Visual arts, 1991
Aimed to de-emphasize a life like representation with the natural world.
He was interested in how
shapes, values, textures and lines interact with one another in space rather that capturing a realistic semblance of nature.
Hernando R. Ocampo
Pentecostal Series
Hernando R. Ocampo
A follower of Cubism and Dadaism
which serves as his guiding principle.
Roberto Rodriguez Chabet
A subject gives him a basic pattern that allows him to see the effect of different color combinations - How essentially the same scene could bring out the same mood, an ever changing feeling.
Ibarra Dela Rosa
Intramuros
Ibarra Dela Rosa