The Order of National Artists (Orden ng mga Pambansang Alagad ng Sining) is the highest national recognition given
to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts;
namely, Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied Arts.
The order is jointly administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural
Center of the Philippines (CCP) and conferred by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation by both
institutions.
Architecture
Pablo S. Antonio
Leandro V. Locsin
Juan F. Nakpil
Ildefonso P. Santos
Jose Maria Zaragoza
Francisco T. Mañosa
Cinema
Lamberto V. Avellana
Lino Brocka
Ishmael Bernal
Manuel Conde
Gerardo de Leon
Fernando Poe Jr.
Eddie S. Romero
Kidlat Tahimik
Visual Arts
Fernando Amorsolo
Hernando R. Ocampo
Benedicto Cabrera
Carlos “Botong” Francisco
Cesar Legaspi
Abdulmari Asia Imao
Guillermo E. Tolentino
Napoleon V. Abueva
J. Elizalde Navarro
Francisco Coching
Victorio C. Edades
Ang Kiukok
Jose T. Joya
Vicente Manansala
Larry Alcala
Literature
Francisco Arcellana
Edith L. Tiempo
Bienvenido Lumbera
N.V.M. Gonzalez
Virgilio S. Almario
Major Works/Contribution
 Manila Polo Club
 De La Salle Chapel
 Cartimar Shopping Center
 Far Eastern University Administration and Science buildings
The CCP Complex
University of the Philippines Administration and University Library
Makati Commercial Center, Landscape in Paco Park and Tagaytay Highland Resort
 Santo Domingo Church
 the controversial restoration of the Quiapo Church, among others.
 Our Lady of Peace Shrine, EDSA
 Quezon City and Metrorail Transit System Stations for LRT 1, circa 1980s
Kandelerong Pilak, Sergeant Hasan, Destination Vietnam
“Santiago” , “Wanted: Perfect Mother”, “Tubog sa Ginto”
Pahiram ng Isang Umaga” , “Broken Marriage” , “Himala”
Ibong Adarna , Si Juan Tamad , Siete Infantes de Lara.
Daigdig ng Mga Api,” “Noli Me Tangere,” “El Filibusterismo,” and “Sisa.”
Ang Probisyano. Ang Alamat, Ang Pagbabalik ng Lawin and Panday series
Ganito Kami Noon…Paano Kayo Ngayon?, “Banta ng Kahapon,”
the father of independent film
 Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi (1996)
-the FIRST artist given the award Order of National Artist
Maiden in a Stream, El Ciego, Dalagang Bukid , The Mestiza,
Calvary, Slum Dwellers, Nude with Candle and Flower.
Madonna with Object, Studies of Sabel,, People Waiting,
Blood Compact, and First Mass at Limasawa.
Gadgets I, Gadgets II, Diggers, Idols of the Third
Industry Brass Mural, Mural Relief on Filmmaking, Industrial Mural,
UP Oblation and The Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan
Kaganapan , Kiss of Judas ,Thirty Pieces of Silver, The Transfiguration
I’m Sorry Jesus, I Can’t Attend Christmas This Year
Dimasalang and El Vibora.
The Artist and the Model, Portrait of the Professor, Japanese Girl
Pieta, and the Seated Figure
Beethoven Listening to the Blues
Madonna of the Slums
 Asiong Aksaya, Daily Express, Tagalog Klasiks, 1976-1984
 Islaw Palitaw, 1946-1948
Frankie, The Man Who Would Be Poe, Death in a Factory, Lina,
A Blade of Fern, The Native Coast , and The Alien Corn;
Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition and Influences in its Development;
The Winds of April, Seven Hills Away, Children of the Ash-Covered Loam
Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina, Balagtasismo versus Modernismo,
Cirilo F. Bautista
Nick Joaquin
Amado V. Hernandez
Lazaro Francisco
F. Sionil Jose
Carlos P. Romulo
Jose Garcia Villa
Alejandro Roces
Rolando S. Tinio
Resil B. Mojares
Ramon L. Muzones
Dance
Francisca Reyes Aquino
Ramon Obusan
Alice Reyes
Leonor Orosa Goquingco
Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula
Music
Antonino Buenaventura
Jose Maceda
Lucrecia R. Kasilag
Ernani J. Cuenco
Lucio San Pedro
Antonio J. Molina
Francisco Feliciano
Levi Celerio
Ramon P. Santos
Jovita Fuentes
Felipe Padilla de Leon
Andrea Veneracion
Honorata“Atang”delaRama
Ryan Cayabyab
Theater
Daisy Avellana
Rolando S. Tinio
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
Salvador F. Bernal
Severino Montano
Lamberto V. Avellana
Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio
Pointers to Review:
Art Forms (Visual, Performing, Audio Visual and Literary Arts
Elements of Art
Philippine Tradition (Ethnic, Spanish, American, Modern and Contemporary)
Summer Suns, Words and Battlefields , The Trilogy of Saint
The Woman Who Had Two Navels, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino
Bayang Malaya, Isang Dipang Langit, Luha ng Buwaya,
Ama, Bayang Nagpatiwakal, Maganda Pa Ang Daigdig and Daluyong
The Pretenders, Tree, My Brother, My Executioner, Mass, and Po-on
The United (novel), I Walked with Heroes (autobiography), I Saw the Fall of the
Philippines, Mother America, I See the Philippines Rise (war-time memoirs).
Poems by Doveglion, Poems 55, Poems in Praise of Love: The Best Love Poems
of Jose Garcia Villa
My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken.”
Sitsit sa Kuliglig, Dunung – Dunungan, Kristal na Uniberso, A Trick of Mirrors
 Origins and Rise of the Filipino Novel: A Generic Study of the Novel Until
1940
 Babae Batuk sa Kalibutan (Woman Against the World,1959)
Philippine National Dances; Gymnastics for Girls; Fundamental Dance Steps and
Music
“Vamos a Belen! Series” (1998-2004) Philippine Dances Tradition
Amada, At a Maranaw Gathering Tales of the Manuvu
Filipinescas: Philippine Life, Legend and Lore.
Singkil, a Bayanihan signature number based on a Maranao epic poem
SINGKIL- In this dance, there are four bamboo sticks arranged in a tic-tac-toe
pattern in which the dancers exploit every position of these clashing sticks.
“Triumphal March,” “Echoes of the Past,” “History Fantasy,”
Ugma-ugma, Pagsamba ,and Udlot-udlot
Love Songs, Legend of the Sarimanok, Ang Pamana,
Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis,” and “Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa,”
The Devil’s Bridge, Malakas at Maganda Overture,Prelude
Hatinggabi, a serenade for solo violin and piano accompaniment.
Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam (1993), La Loba Negra (1983), Yerma (1982), Pamugun
(1995), Pokpok Alimako (1981)
He made it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the only person able to
make music using just a leaf.
“O Maliwanag Na Buwan” (Iloko), “Ako ay May Singsing” (Pampango),
composer, conductor and musicologist, is currently the country’s foremost exponent
of contemporary Filipino music
Mimi in Puccini’s La Boheme, Iris in Pietro Mascagni’s Iris,
Roca Encantada, Maynila Overture, Orchesterstuk
Founder of the Philippine Madrigal Singers and the spearheading of the
development of Philippine choral music
Kung Iibig Ka and Madaling Araw
Kay Ganda Ng Ating Musika, Nais Ko, Paraiso ,Kahit Ika’y Panaginip Lang
She is best remembered for her portrayal of Candida Marasigan in the stage
and film versions of Nick Joaquin’s Portrait of the Artist as Filipino.
Film scripts for Now and Forever, Gamitin Mo Ako, Bayad Puri and Milagros;
sarswelas Ang Mestisa, Ako, Ang Kiri, Ana Maria;
Half an Hour in a Convent, Wanted: A Chaperon, Forever, Condemned, Perhaps,
He organized the PATDAT (Philippine Association of Theatre Designers and
Technicians) in 1995 and introduced Philippine theater design to the world.
Patnubay ng Kalinangan Award from the City of Manila (1968), Presidential Award
for Merit in Drama and Theater (1961),
Kandelerong Pilak shown at the Cannes International Film Festival
 Dulang Filipino Para Sa Mga Bata, 1976
 Tat-lu-han (Three Plays), 1975