REVIEWER IN CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE
REGIONS Catholic faith
ART – defined as creating something unique and original
TWO KINDS OF ARTS
FINE or AESTHETIC ARTS (Major Arts)
PRACTICAL or UTILITARIAN ARTS (Minor Arts)
FINE or AESTHETIC ARTS /MAJOR ARTS – primarily for aesthetic enjoyment
through the senses especially visual and auditory. (Make Up, Opera, Dance)
PRACTICAL or UTILITARIAN ARTS / MINOR ARTS – arts that are intended for
practical use or utility. They must possess ornaments or artistic qualities to make them
useful and beautiful.
KINDS OF MINOR ARTS:
1. INDUSTRIAL ART – it is the changing of raw materials into some significant
product for human consumption or use (shell-craft, bamboo craft, home
appliances, pottery, metalwork, manfucaturing of automobiles)
2. APPLIED OR HOUSEHOLD ART – refers mostly to household chores or other
tasks usually done at home. (flower arrangement, interior decoration,
dressmaking, home-making, embroidery, cooking)
3. CIVIC ART – includes city or town planning, maintenance, and beautifications of
parks, plazas, roads, bridges and farms.
4. COMMERCIAL ART – involves business propaganda in the form of
advertisements in newspapers, magazines, sign painting, billboard
announcement, leaflets, poster, movie illustrations.
5. GRAPHIC ART – anything printed from raised or sunken reliefs and plane
surfaces
6. AGRICULTURAL ART – refers to agronomy (crop production), horticulture
(garden or orchard cultivation), husbandry (raising of cows, poultry and swine)
and farming.
7. BUSINESS ART – includes merchandising, accounting, bookkeeping, typewriting,
salesmanship, and business administration.
8. FISHERY ACT – includes shallow and deep sea fishing, fish refrigeration and
culture, and net weaving
9. MEDICAL or CLINICAL ART – it includes first aid treatments, medicinal
manufacturing, medical operations, rehabilitations, and others.
PHILIPPINE ART HISTORY
Pre-Colonial Arts – also known as ETHNIC ARTS; arts are for ritual purposes or for
everyday use.
Islamic Arts – characterized by geometric designs and patterns eliciting focus from
the believers.
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Spanish Era – art became a handmaiden of religion, serving to propagate the
American Era – commercial and advertising arts were integrated to fine arts
curriculum
Japanese Era – advocated the culture of East Asia, preference was given to the
indigenous arts and traditions in the Philippines.
Modern Era – writers and artists post the question of national identity as the theme
of various art forms
Contemporary Era – was an offshoot of social realism brought about by martial
law.
VARIOUS ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
1. PICTURE (Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography)
- Two-dimensional image of various subjects ranging from real-life images
to visually abstract
2. SCULPTURE - Three-dimensional artwork that may be created using stone,
marble, wood, and concrete.
3. ARCHITECTURE - Structures that meant to be used as shelter. The art of
architecture relies on the design and purpose of the structure
4. DANCE - Art of the human form. The body is used, mobilized, and
choreographed in a specific time, form, and space
5. CINEMA - This art form is a technological translation of theater. In films,
special effects are utilized to enhance the storytelling
6. THEATER - This is the art form of performance. Dramatic texts are portrayed
on stage by actors and actresses and are enhanced by props, lights, and
sounds
7. LITERATURE - This is the art form of language through the combined used of
words, creating meaning and experience
8. MUSIC - This is the art form that appeals to the sense of hearing. Music is
composed by combining notes into harmony.
*Music is the most universal, most dynamic and most abstract form of art.
ARTS PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION
1. National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
- The country’s overall policy making body, coordinating, and grants
giving agency for the preservation, development, and promotion of the
Philippine arts and culture.
- Agency responsible for the promotion of arts and culture from various
regions
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2. Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
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- Served as the premier venue in the Philippine for culture and the arts
 o This law enabled the government ‘to give appropriate recognition
3. National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and prestige to Filipinos who have distinguished themselves and
- VISION: “a Filipino society with citizens informed of their history, made outstanding contributions to Philippine arts and letters.’
who love their country and are proud of their cultural heritage.”
- MANDATE: promoting “Philippine history and cultural heritage QUALIFICATIONS
through research, dissemination, conservation, sites
management, and heraldry works.” 1. Natural-born Filipino
- Identifies, conserve, and restore historical sites around the different 2. Contributed in building a Filipino sense of nationhood through content and
regions of the country form of their art
3. Pioneered in a mode of creative expression
4. National Museum of the Philippines 4. Created substantial and significant body of works and/or consistently
- Located in the heart of Manila displayed excellence in the practice of their art form
- to solicit, document, preserve, exhibit, and promote the natural and
artificial wonders of the Philippines. NATIONAL ARTIST INSIGNIA (The National Artist Medallion)
■ A Grand Collar adorned by circular links representing the arts. The main
5. National Library of the Philippines (NLP) medallion commemorates the sound and the colors of the Philippine flag. The
- Formerly called as the AMERICAN CIRCULATING LIBRARY as a memorial highly stylized three letter K’s stand for “katotohanan, kabutihan, at
to American servicemen who died in Philippine soil. kagandahan”
- Serves as a repository of the printed and recorded cultural heritage of the
country and other intellectual literary and information sources. National Artist for MUSIC

6. National Archives of the Philippines 1. Antonino Buenaventura (1988)

- Started way back to the Treaty of Paris in 1898
- Serves as the guardian to over 400 documents from Spanish era dating
1552-1900 and various records from the American period to the Republic.
7. Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
- Created through RA 7104
- Aims to promote and develop our national language.
- vigorously pursued a musical career that spanned seven decades of
unwavering commitment to advancing the frontiers of Philippine music.
- He was also a conductor and restored the Philippine Army Band to its
former prestige as one of the finest military bands in the world making it
“the only band that can sound like a symphony orchestra”.
- WORKS: Triumphal March, Echoes from the Philippines, Second
Symphony in E-flat

*Waray-waray or Binisaya is a LANGUAGE. 2. Jose Maceda (1997)

- composer, musicologist, teacher and performer, explored the musicality
Language – a system of communication, which consists of a set of sounds and written of the Filipino deeply.
symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or - WORKS: Agungan, Kubing, Pagsamba
writing. 3. Lucresia R. Kasilag
- Pioneered in discovering the Filipino roots through ethnic music and
Dialect – a variety of language. fusing it with Western influences
- WORKS: Toccata for Percussions and Winds, Divertissement and
THE NATIONAL ARTISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES Concertante, Awit ng mga Awit Psalms, Love Songs

 FERNANDO AMORSOLO – named as the first national artist in 1972 4.
 NCCA and CCP jointly administers the nomination and selection of the chosen
exemplary artists and conferred by the President of the country
 President Proclamation 1001 s. 1972 – created and established “the Award
and Decoration of National Artist” 5.
Ernani J. Cuenco (1999)
- a seasoned musician born on May 10, 1936 in Malolos, Bulacan
- He completed a music degree in piano and cello from the University of
Santo Tomas where he also taught for decades until his death in 1988
- WORKS: Inang Bayan, Kalesa, Bato sa Buhangin
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- is a master composer, conductor, and teacher whose music evokes the

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 - His civic commitment and work with town bands have significantly
contributed to the development of a civic culture among Filipino
communities and opened a creative outlet for young Filipinos.
- WORKS: The Devil’s Bridge, Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Sa Ugoy ng
Duyan
6. Antonio J. Molina (1973)
- versatile musician, composer, music educator was the last of the musical
triumvirate, two of whom were Nicanor Abelardo and Francisco Santiago,
who elevated music beyond the realm of folk music.
- WORKS: Hatinggabi, Awit ni Maria Clara, Larawan nitong Pilipinas
7. Francisco Feliciano (2014)
- corpus of creative work attests to the exceptional talent of the Filipino as
an artist.
- He brought out the unique sounds of our indigenous music in
compositions that have high technical demands equal to the compositions
of masters in the western world.
- WORKS: Ashen Wings, La Loba Negra, Pamugun
8. Levi Celerio (1997) – Music and Literature
- is a prolific lyricist and composer for decades
- made it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the only person able
to make music using just a leaf
9. Ramon P. Santos (2014)
- composer, conductor and musicologist, is currently the country’s foremost
exponent of contemporary Filipino music.
- has contributed greatly to the quest for new directions in music, taking
as basis non-Western traditions in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
10. Jovita Fuentes (1976)
- Well-known artist in broadway before Lea Salonga’s break
- Liu Yu in Puccini’s Turandot, Mimi in Puccini’s La
Boheme, Iris in Pietro Mascagni’s Iris, the title role of Salome
11. Felipe Padilla de Leon (1997)
- composer, conductor, and scholar, Filipinized western music forms, a feat
aspired for by Filipino composers who preceded him.
- recipient of various awards and distinctions: Republic Cultural Heritage
Award, Doctor of Humanities from UP, Rizal Pro-Patria Award, Presidential
Award of Merit, Patnubay ng Kalinangan Award, among others.
- WORKS: Maria Makiling Overture, Mutya ng Lahi, Payapang Daigdig
12. Andrea Veneracion (1999)
- is highly esteemed for her achievements as choirmaster and choral
arranger.
- Founder of the Philippine Madrigal Singers and the spearheading of the
development of Philippine choral music
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13. Honorata “Atang” Dela Rama (1987)
- as formally honored as the Queen of Kundiman in 1979
- POPULARIZED: Anak ni Eba, Aking Ina; Puri at Buhay; Mutya ng Pasig
14. Ryan Cayabyab (2018)
- is the most accomplished composer, arranger, and musical director in the
Philippine music industry since this bloomed beginning 1970s. His
learned, skillful, and versatile musical style spans a wide range of genres:
from conservatory or art compositions such as concert religious music,
symphonic work, art song, opera, and concerto to mainstream popular
idioms in the music industry and in live contemporary multimedia shows
(musical theater, dance, and film).
- WORKS: Rama-Hari; Da Coconut Nut; Nais Ko; Paraiso; Kailan
National Artist for DANCE
1. Francisca Reyes Aquino (1973)
- Acknowledged as Folk Dance pioneer
- In 1954, she received the Republic Award of Merit given by the late Pres.
Ramon Magsaysay for “outstanding contribution toward the advancement
of Filipino Culture”
- WORKS: Philippine National Dances; Gymnastics for Girls; Foreign Folk
Dances
2. Ramon Obusan (2006)
- was a dancer, choreographer, stage designer, and artistic director. He
achieved phenomenal success in Philippine dance and cultural work.
- Founder of Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group
- WORKS: Noon Po sa Amin; Obra Maestra; Glimpses of ASEAN
3. Alice Reyes (2014)
- has become a significant part of Philippine dance parlance
- founder of Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company
- WORKS: Amada; Tales of Manuvu; Bayanihan Remembered
4. Leonor Orosa Goquingco
- Dubbed the “Trailblazer”, “Mother of Philippine Theater Dance” and
“Dean of Filipino Performing Arts Critics
- he was the Honorary Chair of the Association of Ballet Academies of the
Philippines (ABAP), and was a founding member of the Philippine Ballet
Theater.
- WORKS: VINTA!; The Clowns; Firebird
5. Lucrecia Reyes-Urtulla
- choreographer, dance educator and researcher, spent almost four
decades in the discovery and study of Philippine folk and ethnic dances.
- She applied her findings to project a new example of an ethnic dance
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- WORKS: Singkil; Vinta; Tagabili; Pagdiwata; Salidsid
National Artist for THEATER
1. Daisy H. Avellana (1999)
- she elevated legitimate theater and dramatic arts to a new level of
excellence by staging and performing in breakthrough productions of
classic Filipino and foreign plays and by encouraging the establishment
of performing groups and the professionalization of Filipino theater.
- Co-founded Barangay Theatre Guild in 1939 which paved the way for the
popularization of theatre and dramatic arts in the country, utilizing radio
and television.
- WORKS: Othello; Tatarin; Macbeth in Black
2. Rolando S. Tinio (1997)
- playwright, thespian, poet, teacher, critic, and translator marked his
career with prolific artistic productions.
- chief distinction is as a stage director whose original insights into the
scripts he handled brought forth productions notable for their visual
impact and intellectual cogency.
- Took on Teatro Pilipino
- WORKS: Ana Maria; Ang Kiri; Ang Larawan, the Musical
3. Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero (1997)
- is a teacher and theater artist whose 35 years of devoted professorship
has produced the most sterling luminaries in Philippine performing arts
today: Behn Cervantes, Celia Diaz-Laurel, Joy Virata, Joonee Gamboa,
etc.
- ade it possible for students and audiences, in general, to experience the
basic grammar of staging and acting in familiar and friendly ways through
his plays that humorously reflect the behavior of the Filipino.
- WORKS: Our Strange Ways, Frustrations, Wanted: A Chaperon
4. Honorata “Atang” Dela Rama (1987)
- was formally honored as the Queen of Kundiman in 1979, then already
74 years old singing the same song (“Nabasag na Banga”) that she sang
as a 15-year old girl in the sarsuela Dalagang Bukid
- became the very first actress in the very first locally produced Filipino
film when she essayed the same role in the sarsuela’s film version
- firmly believed that the sarswela and the kundiman express best the
Filipino soul, and had even performed kundiman and other Filipino songs
for the Aetas or Negritos of Zambales and the Sierra Madre, the Bagobos
of Davao and other Lumad of Mindanao.
5. Salvador F. Bernal (2003)
- designed more than 300 productions distinguished for their originality.
- To promote and professionalize theater design, he organized the
PATDAT (Philippine Association of Theatre Designers and Technicians)
in 1995 and by way of Philippine Center of OISTAT (Organization
Internationale des Scenographes, Techniciens et Architectes du Theatre),
he introduced Philippine theater design to the world
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6. Severino Montano (2001)
- playwright, director, actor, and theater organizer
- is the forerunner in institutionalizing “legitimate theater” in the
Philippines.
- AWARDS: Patnubay ng Kalinangan Award from the City of Manila,
Presidential Award for Merit in Drama and Theater, and Rockefeller
Foundation Grant to travel to 98 cities abroad
7. Lamberto V. Avellana (1976)
- “The Boy Wonder of Philippine Movies”
- first to use the motion picture camera to establish a point-of-view, a move
that revolutionized the techniques of film narration.
- In his first film Sakay, Avellana demonstrated a kind of visual rhythm
that established a new filmic language.
- WORKS: Kandelerong Pilak, Sergeant Hasan, Destination Vietnam
8. Amelia Lapena – Bonifacio (2018)
- Known as the Grand Dame of Southeast Asian children’s theatre
- is the founder and playwright-director of the Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas,
which has placed the Philippines on the artistic map of world theater.
- has achieved is an indigenous fusion of puppetry, children’s literature,
folklore, and theater.
- WORKS: Sepang Loca, Tat-lu-han, 6 Na Dulang Filipino Para Sa Mga Bata
National Artist for VISUAL ARTS
1. Fernando Amorsolo (1972)
- The official title “Grand Old Man of Philippine Art” was bestowed on
Amorsolo when the Manila Hilton inaugurated its art center on January
23, 1969, with an exhibit of a selection of his works.
- First National Artist
- WORKS: Maiden in a Stream; The Mestiza; Planting Rice
2. Hernando R. Ocampo (1991)
- A self-taught painter
- works provided an understanding and awareness of the harsh social
realities in the country immediately after the Second World War and
contributed significantly to the rise of the nationalist spirit in the post-war
era.
- WORKS: Genesis; Ina ng Balon; Slum Dwellers
3. Benedicto Cabrera (2006)
- who signs his paintings “Bencab,” upheld the primacy of drawing over the
decorative color.
- started his career in the mid-sixties as a lyrical expressionist
- Bencab’s exploration of form, finding his way out of the late neo-realism
and high abstraction of the sixties to be able to reconsider the potency of
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Martial Law years in the seventies through the contemporary era.
 - WORKS: Madonna with Objects; Studies of Sabel; People Waiting
4. Carlos “Botong” Francisco (1973)
- the poet of Angono, single-handedly revived the forgotten art of mural
and remained its most distinguished practitioner for nearly three decades.
- WORKS: Portrait of Purita; Serenade; Blood Compact
5. Cesar F. Legaspi (1990)
- “Neo-realist”
- remembered for his singular achievement of refining cubism in the
Philippine context. Legaspi belonged to the so-called “Thirteen Moderns”
and later, the “Neo-realists”
- WORKS: Ovary; Bayanihan; The Survivor
6. Abdulmari Asia Imao (2006)
- is a sculptor, painter, photographer, ceramist, documentary filmmaker,
cultural researcher, writer, and articulator of Philippine Muslim art and
culture.
- Through his works, the indigenous ukkil, sarimanok and naga motifs have
been popularized and instilled in the consciousness of the Filipino nation
and other peoples as original Filipino creations.
- WORKS: Industry Brass Mural; Industrial Mural; Sulu Warriors
7. Guillermo Tolentino (1973)
- is a product of the Revival period in Philippine art. Returning from Europe
(where he was enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Rome) in
1925, he was appointed as professor at the UP School of Fine Arts where
the idea also of executing a monument for national heroes struck him.
- WORKS: UP Oblation; The Bonifacio Monument; President Quezon at
Quezon Memorial
8. Arturo Luz (1997)
- painter, sculptor, and designer for more than 40 years, created
masterpieces that exemplify an ideal of sublime austerity in expression
and form.
- inspired and developed a Filipino artistic community that nurtures
impeccable designs.
- WORKS: Bagong Taon; Skipping Rope; Procession
9. Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (2009)
- who signed his works as Aguilar Alcuaz was an artist of voluminous
output.
- is known mainly for his gestural paintings in acrylic and oil, as well as
sketches in ink, watercolor, and pencil.
- He was also a sculptor of note and has rendered abstract and figurative
works in ceramics, tapestries and even in relief sculptures made of paper
and mixed media, which he simply calls “Alcuazaics.”
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10. Napoleon Abueva (1976)
- a native of Bohol, was the youngest National Artist awardee
- Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture
- utilized almost all kinds of materials from hardwood (molave, acacia,
langka wood, ipil, kamagong, palm wood and bamboo) to adobe, metal,
stainless steel, cement, marble, bronze, iron, alabaster, coral and brass.
- Abueva introduced in 1951 was what he referred to as “buoyant
sculpture” — sculpture meant to be appreciated from the surface of a
placid pool.
- WORKS: Kaganapan; Kiss of Judas; Nine Muses
11. J. Elizalde Navarro (1999)
- is a versatile artist, being both a proficient painter and sculptor. His
devotion to the visual arts spanned 40 years of drawing, printmaking,
graphic designing, painting and sculpting.
- His masks carved in hardwood merge the human and the animal; his
paintings consists of abstracts and figures in oil and watercolor, and his
assemblages fuse found objects and metal parts.
- WORKS: I’m Sorry Jesus, I Can’t Attend Christmas This Year; Homage to
Dodjie Laurel
12. Francisco Coching (2014)
- acknowledged as the “Dean of Filipino Illustrators” and son of noted
Tagalog novelist and comics illustrator
- was a master storyteller ― in images and in print. His illustrations and
novels were products of that happy combination of fertile imagination, a
love of storytelling, and fine draftsmanship. He synthesized images and
stories informing Philippine folk and popular imagination of culture.
- WORKS: Pusakal; Talipandas; Gigolo
13. Victorio Edades (1976)
- Painting distorted human figures in rough, bold impasto strokes, and
standing tall and singular in his advocacy and practice of what he believes
is the creative art
- “Father of Modern Philippine Painting”
- WORKS: The Sketch; The Artist and the Model; The Wrestlers
14. Ang Kiukok ( 2001)
- is one of the most vital and dynamic figures who emerged during the
60s. As one of those who came at the heels of the pioneering modernists
during that decade
- WORKS: Geometric Landscape; Pieta’ Seated Figure
15. Jose Joya ( 2003)
- is a painter and multimedia artist who distinguished himself by creating
an authentic Filipino abstract idiom that transcended foreign influences
- WORKS: Space Transfigurationn; Hills of Nikko; Abstraction
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16. Vicente Manansala (1981)
- paintings are described as visions of reality teetering on the edge of
abstraction
- Botong was a master of the human figure. Among the masters,
Manansala professes a preference for Cezanne and Picasso whom he says
have achieved a balance of skill and artistry.
- WORKS: a cluster of nipa hut; san Francisco Del Monte;
17. Lauro “Larry” Alcala (2018)
- His comic strips spiced up the slices of Filipino lives with witty illustrations
executed throughout his 56 years of cartooning.
- He created over 500 characters and 20 comic strips in widely circulated
publications.
- WORKS: Isaw Paliaw; Asiong Aksaya – Daily Express and Tagalog Klasiks
National Artist for LITERATURE
1. Virgilio S. Almario (2003)
- also known as Rio Alma, is a poet, literary historian and critic, who has
revived and reinvented traditional Filipino poetic forms, even as he
championed modernist poetics
- he founded –the Galian sa Arte at Tula (GAT) and the Linangan sa
Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA). He has also long been involved with
children’s literature through the Aklat Adarna series, published by his
Children’s Communication Center
- WORKS: Makinasyon; Peregrinasyon; Doktrinang Anakpawis
2. Cirilo F. Bautista (2014)
- is a poet, fictionist and essayist with exceptional achievements and
significant contributions to the development of the country’s literary arts
- acknowledged by peers and critics, and the nation at large as the
foremost writer of his generation
- ontributed to the development of Philippine literature: as a writer,
through his significant body of works; as a teacher, through his discovery
and encouragement of young writers in workshops and lectures; and as
a critic, through his essays that provided insights into the craft of writing
and correctives to misconceptions about art
- WORKS: Summer Suns; Words and Battlefields; Galaw ng Asoge
3. Nick Joaquin (1976)
- is regarded by many as the most distinguished Filipino writer in English
writing so variedly and so well about so many aspects of the Filipino
- enriched the English language with critics coining “Joaquinesque” to
describe his baroque Spanish-flavored English or his reinventions of
English based on Filipinisms
- WORKS: The Woman Who Had Two Navels; The Ballad of the Five
Battles; Cave and Shadows
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4. Amado V. Hernandez
- poet, playwright, and novelist, is among the Filipino writers who practiced
“committed art.”
- in his view, the function of the writer is to act as the conscience of society
and to affirm the greatness of the human spirit in the face of inequity and
oppression
- contribution to the development of Tagalog prose is considerable — he
stripped Tagalog of its ornate character and wrote in prose closer to the
colloquial than the “official” style permitted
- WORKS: Mga Ibong Mandaragit; Bayang Malaya; Isang Dipang Langit
5. Lazaro Francisco (2009)
- developed the social realist tradition in Philippine fiction. His eleven
novels, now acknowledged classics of Philippine literature, embodies the
author’s commitment to nationalism
- gained prominence as a writer not only for his social conscience but also
for his “masterful handling of the Tagalog language” and “supple prose
style”
- reputation as the “Master of Tagalog Novel”
- WORKS: Ama; Bayang Nagpatiwakal; Maganda Pa Ang Daigdig; Daluyong
6. F. Sionil Jose (2001)
- writings since the late 60s, when taken collectively can best be described
as epic
- is also a publisher, lecturer on cultural issues, and the founder of the
Philippine chapter of the international organization PEN
- was bestowed the CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts in 1999; the
Outstanding Fulbrighters Award for Literature in 1988; and the Ramon
Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative
Communication Arts in 1980
- WORKS: The Pretenders; Tree; My Brother; My Executioner
7. Carlos P. Romulo (1982)
- multifaceted career spanned 50 years of public service as an educator,
soldier, university president, journalist, and diplomat
- first Asian President of the UN General Assembly
- was the only Asian to win America’s coveted Pulitzer Prize in Journalism
for a series of articles predicting the outbreak of World War II
- WORKS: The United; I Walked With Heroes; I See The Philippines Rise
8. Jose Garcia Villa (1973)
- is considered as one of the finest contemporary poets regardless of race
or language
- introduced the reversed consonance rime scheme, including the comma
poems that made full use of the punctuation mark in an innovative, poetic
way
- WORKS: Footnote to Youth; Many Voices; Poems by Doveglion
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 9. Alejandro Roces (2003)
- is a short story writer and essayist and considered as the country’s best
writer of comic short stories
- is known for his widely anthologized “My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken.”
10. Rolando S. Tinio (1997)
- playwright, thespian, poet, teacher, critic, and translator marked his
career with prolific artistic productions
- chief distinction is as a stage director whose original insights into the
scripts he handled brought forth productions notable for their visual
impact and intellectual cogency
- WORKS: Ang Mestisa; Ang Larawan, the Musical; Orosman at Zafira
Gamitin Mo Ako
11. Levi Celerio (1997)
- is a prolific lyricist and composer for decades
- He effortlessly translated/wrote anew the lyrics to traditional melodies:
“O Maliwanag Na Buwan” (Iloko), “Ako ay May Singsing” (Pampango),
“Alibangbang” (Visaya) among others
12. Resil B. Mojares (2018)
- A teacher and scholar, essayist and fictionist, and cultural and literary
historian
- is acknowledged as a leading figure in the promotion of regional literature
and history
- Founder of Cebuano Studies Center - an important research institution
which placed Cebu in the research and documentation map— he
pioneered Cebuano and national identity formation
- WORKS: The Man Who Would Be President: Serging Osmeña and
Philippine Politics; House of Memory: Essays; Isabelo’s Archive
13. Ramon L. Muzones (2018)
- was a Hiligaynon poet, essayist, short story writer, critic, grammarian,
editor, lexicographer, and novelist who authored an unprecedented 61
completed novels
- he not only extended with remarkable versatility and inventiveness the
scope and style of the Hiligaynon novel, but he also enriched Hiligaynon
literature’s dramatis personae
- WORKS: Ang Bag-ong Maria Clara; Maambong Nga Sapat; Si Tamblot
14. Francisco Arcellana (1990)
- writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist, and teacher, is one of the most
important progenitors of the modern Filipino short story in English
- pioneered the development of the short story as a lyrical prose-poetic
form
- he pride of fiction is “that it is able to render truth, that is able to present
reality”
- WORKS: Selected Stories; The Francisco Arcellana Sampler
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15. Edith L. Tiempo (1999)
- A poet, fictionist, teacher and literary critic
- one of the finest Filipino writers in English. Her works are characterized
by a remarkable fusion of style and substance, of craftsmanship and
insight
- her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences
as revealed, in two of her much anthologized pieces, “The Little
Marmoset” and “Bonsai”
- Her language has been marked as “descriptive but unburdened by
scrupulous detailing.”
- She founded and directed Silliman National Writers Workshop in
Dumaguete City
- WORKS: A Blade of Fern; The Native Coast; The Alien Corn
16. Bienvenido Lumbera (2006)
- is a poet, librettist, and scholar
- he introduced to Tagalog literature what is now known as Bagay poetry,
a landmark aesthetic tendency that has helped to change the vernacular
poetic tradition
- WORKS: Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa, Sa Sariling Bayan; Pakikiramay 2004
17. NVM Gonzalez (1997)
- Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez
- fictionist, essayist, poet, and teacher, articulated the Filipino spirit in rural,
urban landscapes
- he won the First Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940, received the
Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1960 and the Gawad CCP Para sa
Sining in 1990. The awards attest to his triumph in appropriating the
English language to express, reflect and shape Philippine culture and
Philippine sensibility
- WORKS: The Bamboo Dancers; Seven Hills Away
18. Carlos Quirino (1997)
- National Artist for Historical Literature
- a biographer, has the distinction of having written one of the earliest
biographies of Jose Rizal titled The Great Malayan
- span the whole gamut of Philippine history and culture–from Bonifacio’s
trial to Aguinaldo’s biography, from Philippine cartography to culinary
arts, from cash crops to tycoons and president’s lives, among so many
subjects
- WORKS: Maps and View of Old Manila; Quezon, Man of Destiny;
Philippine Cartography
National Artist for FILM AND BROADCAST
1. Lamberto V. Avellana (1976)
- “The Boy Wonder of Philippine Movies”
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- Catalino “Lino” Ortiz Brocka
- director for film and broadcast arts, espoused the term “freedom of
expression” in the Philippine Constitution
- ook his social activist spirit to the screen leaving behind 66 films which
breathed life and hope for the marginalized sectors of society — slum-
dwellers, prostitutes, construction workers, etc
- he garnered awards and recognition from institutions like the CCP,
FAMAS, TOYM, and Cannes Film Festival
- WORKS: Jaguar; Bona; Macho Dancer; Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang;
Maynila: Sa Kuko ng Liwanag
3. Ishmael Bernal (2001)
- was a filmmaker of the first order and one of the very few who can be
truly called a maestro
- hailed him as “the genius of Philippine cinema.”
- WORKS: Pahiram ng Isang Umaga; Himala; Nunal Sa Tubig
4. Manuel Conde (2009)
- Manuel Pabustan Urbano
- invested local cinema with a distinct cultural history of its own through
movies that translated onto the silver screen the age-old stories that
Filipinos had told and retold from generation to generation for at least
the past one hundred years
- WORKS: Ibong Adarna; Si Juan Tamad; Genghis Khan
5. Gerardo “Gerry” De Leon (1982)
- film director, belongs to the Ilagan clan and as such grew up in an
atmosphere rich in theater
- The silent movies served as De Leon’s “very good” training ground
because the pictures told the story
- WORKS: Daigdig ng mga Api; Noli Me Tangere; El Filibusterismo; Sisa
6. Fernando Poe Jr. (2006)
- Ronald Allan K. Poe
- was a cultural icon of tremendous audience impact and cinema artist and
craftsman–as actor, director, writer and producer
- WORKS: Apollo Robles; Batang Maynila; Ang Probinsyano; Totoy Bato
7. Eddie Romero (2003)
- A screenwriter, film director and producer, Eddie Romero is the
quintessential Filipino filmmaker whose life is devoted to the art and
commerce of cinema spanning three generations of filmmakers
- His works are delivered in an utterly simple style – minimalist, but never
empty, always calculated, precise and functional, but never predictable
- WORKS: Banta ng Kahapon; Aguila; Ganito Kami Noon…Paano Kayo
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8. Kidlat Tahimik (2018)
- continually invented himself through his cinema, and so his cinema is as
singular as the man
- His debut film, Mababangong Bangungot (1977), was praised by
critics and filmmakers from Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa and
is still considered by many as a pioneering postcolonial essay film
- Kidlat’s “imperfect” film is an exemplar of what is worldwide known as
“Third Cinema,” a cinema that is critical of neocolonial exploitation and
state oppression
- WORKS: Turumba; Why is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow;
Mababangong Bangungot
National Artist for ARCHITECTURE; DESIGN; and ALLIED ARTS
1. Pablo S. Antonio
- pioneered modern Philippine architecture
- His basic design is grounded on simplicity, no clutter. The lines are clean
and smooth, and where there are curves, these are made integral to the
structure
- other thing that characterizes an Antonio structure is the maximum use
of natural light and cross ventilation
- WORKS: Manila Polo Club; Galaxy Theater; Ramon Roces Publications
Building.
2. Leandro V. Locsin (1990)
- reshaped the urban landscape with a distinctive architecture reflective of
Philippine Art and Culture
- works: Cultural Center of the Philippines; Folks Art Theater; The Westin
Hotel
3. Juan F. Nakpil (1973)
- architect, teacher, and civic leader is a pioneer and innovator in Philippine
architecture
- greatest contribution is his belief that there is such a thing as Philippine
Architecture, espousing architecture reflective of Philippine traditions and
culture
- WORKS: Rizal Theater; Rizal House; Captain Pepe Building
4. Idelfonso P. Santos Jr (2006)
- distinguished himself by pioneering the practice of landscape
architecture–an allied field of architecture–in the Philippines and then
producing four decades of exemplary and engaging work that has
included hundreds of parks, plazas, gardens, and a wide range of outdoor
settings that have enhanced contemporary Filipino life
- WORKS: Tagaytay Highland Resort; Orchard Golf and Country Club
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- Philippine architecture history is defined by a significant body of modern
edifices that address spiritual and secular requirements
- is a pillar of modern architecture in the Philippines buttressed by a half-
century career that produced ecclesiastical edifices and structures of
modernity in the service of God and humanity
- WORKS: Meralco Building; Sto. Dominggo Church

6. Francisco T. Manoza
WORKS: San Migule Building Las Pinas; Amanpulo Resort;

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