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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

QUARTER 1, WEEK 3:
SHEET
EXPLAINS FILIPINO ARTIST’S ROLES
IDENTIFY THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO
CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION III-CENTRAL LUZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF GAPAN CITY
SAN ROQUE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Learning Activity Sheet

CPAR
1st Quarter, Week 3

NATIONAL ARTIST AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PARTICULAR AREAS

I. Introduction

Many exceptional Filipino artists emerge as the arts in the country progresses. These
artists aid in promoting arts in and out of the Philippines through their artworks and their
contribution to their specific fields. The government recognizes their remarkable inputs in the
development of the Philippine Art. Through the national Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA) and the Cultural Center f the Philippines (CCP), it gives awards to these notable
contemporary artists and the most prestigious recognition of them is the Order of the National
Artist Award ( Orden ng Pambansang alagad ng Sining).
Furthermore, the NCCA does not only focus on the development of the modern and
contemporary arts but also in the preservation of the traditional arts as well being the
foundation of the in the country. The government also gives recognition to the nation’s finest
traditional artist’s at present through the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or the National
Living Treasures award.

II. Learning Competency

Expalin Filipino artist’s roles and identity their contribution to contemporary arts.
Code: CAR11/12CAP-0c-e-5

III. Objectives:
At the end of this learning activity sheet, you are expected to:
1. Explain the Order of the National Artist;
2. Identify the different National artists and their specific contributions in the Philippine Art;
3. Appreciate the roles of the artist in the development, preservation, promotion of the
Philippine Arts;
4. Familiarize yourself with the different art forms, and principles employed by the different
artists;

PRETEST

Directions: Below are descriptions of National Artists. Read each description and choose the
right person described. Do not worry about your score. This test is done only to know your prior
knowledge of the topic so that you may be helped well. Choose the letter of your answer from the
from choices below and write the letter of the correct answer.

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NATIONAL ARTISTS

A. Cesar Legaspi
B. Napoleon Abueva
C. Hernando R. Ocampo
D. Fernando Amorsolo
E. Alejandro Roces
F. Juan Nakpil
G. Benedicto R. Cabrera
H. Carlos "Botong" Francisco
I. Nick Joaquin
J. Vicente S. Manansala

______1. He has integrated strength, function, and beauty in the buildings that are
the country's heritage today.
______ 2. He unified the components of the baro't saya into a single dress with
exaggerated bell sleeves, cinched at the waist, grazing the ankle, and zipped up at the
back.
______ 3. He pioneered the creative fusion of fine arts and popular imagination.
______ 4. His paintings are melancholic symbol of dislocation, despair and isolation--
the personification of human dignity threatened by life's vicissitudes, and the vast
inequities of Philippine society.
______ 5. He provided an understanding and awareness of the harsh social realities
in the country immediately after the Second World War and contributed significantly
the rise of the nationalist spirit in the post-war era.
______6. His significance in Philippine literature involves exploration of the Philippine
colonial past under Spain and his probing into the psychology of social changes as
seen by the young.
______ 7. His series was drawn from Asian aesthetic forms and concepts. He
espoused the value of kinetic energy and spontaneity in painting which became
significant artistic values in Philippine art.
______ 8. His unerring eye for composition, the lush tropical sense of colour and an
abiding faith in the folk values typified by the townspeople became the hallmark of
his art.
______ 9. He introduced the reversed consonance rime scheme, including the comma
poems that made full use of the punctuation mark in an innovative, poetic way.
______ 10. He created masterpieces that exemplify an ideal of sublime austerity in
expression and form that elevated Filipino aesthetic vision to new heights of
sophisticated simplicity.

IV. Discussion

ORDER OF THE NATIONAL ARTIST

The Republic of the Philippines, through the National Commission for Culture and the arts
(NCCA)and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), established the Order of the National
Artist Award or the Orden ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining on april 27, 1972. This award seeks
to give honor to the Filipino individuals with ounstanding share in the cultural heritage and
cultural identity of the country by means of their valuable efforts and contribution to Philippine
arts specifically in the areas of Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Architecture Design and allied Arts,
Broadcast and Film, Theater and literature.
The National Artist of the Philippines are based on a broad criteria, as set forth by the Cultural
Center of the Philippines and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts:
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Artist_of_the_Philippines)
1. Living artists who have been Filipino citizens for the last ten years prior to nomination as
well as those who have died after the establishment of the award in 1972 but were
Filipino citizens at the time of their death.
2. Artists who have helped build a Filipino sense of nationhood through the content and
form of their works.
3. Artists who have distinguished themselves by pioneering in a mode of creative expression
or style, making an impact on succeeding generations of artists.
4. Artists who have created a significant body of works and/or have consistently displayed
excellence in the practice of their art form, enriching artistic expression or style; and
5. Artists who enjoy broad acceptance through prestigious national and/or international
recognition, awards in prestigious national and/or international events, critical acclaim and/or
reviews of their works, and/or respect, and esteem from peers within an artistic discipline.

NATIONAL ARTIST IN MUSIC

ANTONINO RAMIREZ BUENAVENTURA

National Artist for Music

(4 May 1904 – 25 January 1996)

1988 He was a Filipino composer, conductor, and teacher.

He researched
on and popularized the Philippine folksong and dances
in 1935.
He wrote songs and musical arrangement based on the
folk
songs of different ethnic groups in the country.
His works are several marches and symphonic and
orchestral music
Composition.
His notable marches are:
• History of Fantasy
• Triumphal March
• Echoes of the Past
• Second Symphony in E-flat, etc.

LEVI CELERIO

(April 30, 1910 – April 2, 2002)

Effortlessly
translated/wrote anew the lyrics to
1997 traditional melodies. He made it to
the Guinness Book of World Records
as the only person able to make
music using just a leaf. Songs in an
idiom that has proven to appeal to all
social classes.
He composed an estimate of 4000 thousand musical
works.
His works are:
• Sa Ugoy ng Duyan
• Dahil sa Isang Bulaklak
• Saan ka Man Narooon
• Ang Pipit, and many more

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JOSE MACEDA

National Artist for Music (1997)

(January 31, 1917 – May 5, 2004)

A musicologist, teacher and performer,

1997 explored the musicality of the Filipino deeply. Maceda

embarked
on a life-long dedication to the understanding and
popularization of
Filipino traditional music. He wrote papers that enlightened
scholars,
both Filipino and foreign, about the nature of Philippine
traditional and
ethnic music. Maceda’s experimentation also freed Filipino
musical
expression from a strictly Eurocentric mold.Usually
performed as a
communal ritual, his compositions like Ugma-ugma(1963),
Pagsamba (1968),and Udlot-udlot (1975), are monuments
to
his unflagging commitment to Philippine music.
Other major works include Agungan, Kubing, Pagsamba,
Ugnayan, Ading, Aroding, Siasid, Suling-suling.

LUCRECIA R. KASILAG

(31 August 1918 – 16 August 2008)

Reinforces the Filipino’s appreciation to music by fusing

Western influences to Philippine ethic music. She
integrated ethnic instruments in her orchestral productions
1989 like “Tocata for Percussions and Winds, Divertissement and
Concertante”
Also Kasilag was the music director of the Bayanihan
Dance Company.

ERNANI J. CUENCO

(May 10, 1936 – June 11, 1988)

1999
He is remarkable singer, composer, film scorer, and
musician in his time. Many of his songs etched mark in the
hearts of the Filipinos due to his style of incorporating
Kundiman elements in his ballad love songs.
His popular works are:
• Bato sa buhangin
• Bulong sa Puso
• Kalesa, Gaano kita Kamahal
• Diligin mo ng hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa.
Cuenco collaborated with Levi Celerio, another National
artist for Music, in composing and adding lyrics to most of
his musical compositions used in the films.

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LUCIO SAN PEDRO

(February 11, 1913 – March 31, 2002)

1991
He is a master composer known for creatively
using folk idioms in his musical compositions.
Some of his famous songs:
- Ugoy ng duyan
- Lulay
- Sa mahal kong bayan, etc.

ANTONIO MOLINA

(4 May 1904 – 25 January 1996)

His notable contribution to he Philippine i is

1973 his use of folk music in his works. He
innovated the Philippine music in his time by
using folk instruments like the kulintang and
Gabbang,

Kulintang Gabbang

He composed more than 300 works and two-

thirds of which used traditional music.
His works involve orchestral music like:
- Ang Batingaw Choral Symphony
- Kundiman-Kundangan

FRANCISCO FELICIANO

(19 February 1941 – 19 September 2014)

2014 Was a Filipino composer and conductor. He

was a National Artist of the Philippines for
Music.
He is known for incorporating “Asianess” in
his music. His works shows the rich culture
and ethnicity of Asia especially in the
Philippines.
His major works include:
- Sihay sa Kabila ng Paalam
- La Loba Negra
- Pokpok Alimako
- Pamugan
- Yerma
- Ashen Wings
LEVI CELERIO

(April 30, 1910 – April 2, 2002)

Effortlessly
translated/wrote anew the lyrics to
1997 traditional melodies. He made it to
the Guinness Book of World Records
as the only person able to make
music using just a leaf. Songs in an
idiom that has proven to appeal to all
social classes.
He composed an estimate of 4000 thousand
musical works.
His works are:

NATIONAL ARTIST IN DANCE

FRANCISCA REYES AQUINO

(March 9, 1899 - November 21, 1983)

She is vigorously researched on the different folk

dances of the Philippines which made her the
“Folk Dance Pioneer of the country”. Her
researched entitled “Philippine Dances and Games”
1973 contains the country’s unrecorded celebrations,
folk dances, rituals, and games. Her work
distributed for the teaching of folk dances in
schools as a mean to promote our our culturak
heritage to the Filipino students.

RAMON OBUSAN

(June 16, 1938 – December 21, 2006)

He was a Filipino dancer, choreographer, stage

designer and artistic director. Obusan is credited
for his work in prom
2006 He promoted the Philippine ethnic dances and
performed them with respect and authenticity. He
researched on the different Philippine ethnic groups
throughout the country to perfectly perform their
dances.
Some of his full-length presentations are:
• Kayaw ‘68
• Kayaw ‘74
• Vamos a Belen! And many more.
ALICE REYES

(born October 14, 1942)

She is a Filipina dancer, choreographer, teacher,

director and producer. The founder of Ballet
Philippines.
Her major and significant contribution in the
Philippine dance is the development of unique
Filipino modern dance idiom. She creatively
2014 Interweaved Philippine ethnic dance, modern
dance, and ballet producing a one of a kind
contemporary dance routine. She popularized
dance through concerts, tours, outreach works and
lecture-demonstration in schools.
Major works:
• Amada
• Tales of the Manuya
• Bayanihan Remembered
• Rama Hari
LEONOR OROSA-GOQUINGCO

(July 24, 1917 – July 15, 2005)

She was a Filipino national artist in creative

dance.
Also known “Trailblazer” , “Mother of Philippine
Theater Dance” and “Dean of Filipino
1976 Performing arts Critics.
Her significant contribution in the Philippine
dance is developing distinct productions using
balletic folkloric and Asian styles.
Works:
• Philippine Life
• Legend
• Lore- a dance epic showing the Filipino
culture from pagan time to present that
elevated the Philippine native folk dance to
its highest level of development.

LUCRECIA FAUSTINO REYES-URTULA

(June 29, 1929 - August 24, 1999)

1988 Was a Filipino choreographer, theater director,

teacher, author and researcher on ethnic dance.
She was the founding director of the Bayanihan
Philippine National Folk Dance Company.
She studied the country’s folk and ethnic dances.
Major works:
• Cultural Dances: Singkil, Vinta, Tagabili,
Pagdiwata, and Salisid.
NATIONAL ARTIST IN THEATER

DAISY AVELLANA

(January 26, 1917 – May 12, 2013)

1999
She was a Filipino stage actress and theater director.
Tagged as the “Fist Lady of the Philippine Theater”
because of her magnificent performances in classic
Filipino and international theater production and plays.
Contributions:
1. Popularized the Philippine Theater
2. Founder of Barangay Theater Guild..

ROLANDO TINIO
1997
(March 5, 1937 – July 7, 1997)

He was Filipino poet, dramatist, director, actor, critic,

essayist and educator.
Rolando Tinio is a Philippine National Artist for Theater
and Literature.
Contributions:
• Established Ateneo experimental theater
• He revived the sarswela and other traditional
Filipino drama
• Introduced the contemporary western drama.
Works, film scripts for:
- Now and Forever
- Gamitin mo Ako
- Milagros
WILFRIDO MARIA GUERRERO
(January 22, 1911 – April 28, 1995)

He was a Filipino playwright, director, teacher and

theater artist.
Contributions:
1997 -Introduced and popularized theater to different parts of
the country.
-Established the UP Mobile Theater
Major works:
- Wanted: A Chaperon - In Unity
- Condemned - Three rats
- Perhaps

HONORATA “ATANG” DE LA RAMA-HERNANDEZ

(January 11, 1902 – July 11, 1991)

1987 Commonly known as Atang de la Rama, was a singer and
bodabil performer who became the first Filipina film
actress.
Hailed as the Queen of Kundiman.
Contribution:
- Performed kundiman and Filipino songs for
indigenous communities all over the country.
SALVADOR F. BERNAL

(January 7, 1945 – October 26, 2011)

HE was an artist from the Philippines.

2003 He was an exceptional theater designer who designs
hundreds of theater productions for a span of four
decades.
Contributions:
- He established the PATDAT(Philippine Association
of Theater Designers and Tecnicians.)
- Introduced Internationally the Philippine theater
through the Philippine Center of OISTAT(Organization
Internationale des SCEnographers, Technicians et
Architectes du Theatre.
SEVERINO MONTANO

(3 January 1915 – 12 December 1980)

2001 He was considered as one of the “Titans of Philippine

Theater”.
He was a playwright, director, actor and theater organizer
with an output of one novel, 150 poems and 50 plays in
his 65-year lifetime. Through the foundation of the Arena
Theater, Montano institutionalized “legitimate theater” in
the Philippines. He also have lifetime achievement award
as part of National Artist of the Philippines.

NATIONAL ARTIST IN VISUAL ARTS

FERNANDO AMORSOLO

(May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972)

He was one of the most important artists in the
1972 history of painting in the Philippines. Amorsolo was a
portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes.
He is popularly known for his craftsmanship and
mastery in the use of light.
Known as the “Grand Old Man” of the Philippine
Art.
Lighting is the most prominent element of Amorsolo’s
painting.
He used backlighting technique which make the
subjects of his painting seems to glow.
His works of art were also notable for reflecting the
artistic and cultural heritage of the Philippines.

His works are: Planting Rice The Meztiza

Dalagang Bukid Maiden in a
Stream
HERNANDO OCAMPO

(April 28, 1911 – December 28, 1978)

1991 He was a Filipino National Artist in the visual
arts. He is also fictionist, a playwright and editor.
He is one of the Moderns, who paved the way to
art modernism in the Philippines.
His work is more radical and more poetic.
Ocampo’s pieces show the kind of society there
was after Word War II
IT was his abstract painting that significantly
contributed to the Philippine modern art.
He used fierce.
Artworks: Genesis, Calvary, Slum Dwellers, Nude
with Cradle and Flower, The Resurrection, Fiesta, etc.

BENEDICTO REYES CABRERA

(born April 10, 1942)

2006 better known as "BenCab", is a Filipino painter and

was awarded National Artist of the Philippines for
Visual Arts ...
He is tagged as the Master of Philippine
Contemporary art.
Sabel is his most popular subject in painting.

CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO

(November 4, 1912 – March 31, 1969)

If there was ever an area in the Philippines known for

1973 its visual artists, it’s Angono, Rizal, and at the
forefront of that community is the name Carlos
“Botong” Francisco. A muralist who brought the art
form back into the limelight, his work graces the City
Hall of Manila and the National Art Gallery of the
Philippines. He was also one of the first Filipino
modernists, breaking away from the Romanticism of
Amorsolo to make use of geometric forms and linear
painting. Among his most famous works include
depictions of the Blood Compact, the First Mass at
Limasawa, and most notably The Progress of
Medicine in the Philippines, which has been restored
three times. A famous replica of this mural resides at
the lobby of the Philippine General Hospital.
CESAR LEGASPI

(April 2, 1917 – April 7, 1994)

Another neo-realist and peer of Manansala, Cesar

Legaspi was also a foremost figure in the refining of
Cubism in the Philippines. Also a member of the
Thirteen Moderns, his work is set apart by his daring
1990 use of colors, shapes, and themes. Critics have said
that his works transform the “unfeeling, geometric”
order of Cubism into a dynamic, rhythmic social
expressionism. His works primarily focused on the
dehumanization and struggles experienced by the
working class and mendicants in the city. His work is
among many that led to the acceptance and later
popularity of modern art in the Philippines. These
include Gadgets I, Diggers, Bayanihan, and The
Survivor.

JOSÉ JOYA
(June 3, 1931 – May 11, 1995)
A printmaker, painter, mixed media artist, and former
2003 Dean of the University of the Philippines’ College of
Fine Arts, José Joya was a pioneer of abstract
impressionism in the Philippines. His paintings make
use of palettes found in the Philippine landscape,
such as golden rice fields ready for harvest. Joya’s
work espoused kinetic energy and spontaneity, and
he was a master of gestural paintings. Among his
masterworks include Nanking, a collage rendered
with distinctly Asian forms and influences, the
Granadean Arabesque (1958), and Biennial (1964).

ANG KIUKOK
(March 1, 1931 – May 9, 2005)
Born in Davao to Chinese immigrant parents, Ang
Kiukok began his art journey at a young age. The
family later moved to Cotabato, where Kiukok
2001 made movie billboards, and then on to Manila,
where he attended the University of Santo Tomas.
One of his mentors during this period was the
great Vicente Manansala. Kiukok began rising in
the Philippine art scene in the 1960s thanks to
his distinctive style, which pulled influences from
cubism, surrealism, and expressionism. His work
was noted for depicting rage and violence, with
subjects such as rabid dogs or the crucified Christ
in agony. Included among his works are
Geometric Landscape (1969), Pieta (1962), and
Seated Figure (1979).

JEREMIAS ELIZALDE NAVARRO

(May 22, 1924 – June 10, 1999)

J. Elizalde Navarro was a native of Antique, and
studied in the University of the Philippines, Manila
before transferring to the University of Santo Tomas,
where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, major in
Painting, in 1951. His work in the visual arts spans a
variety of media and techniques, including drawing,
printmaking, graphic designing, painting, and
1999 sculpting. Navarro employed the use of mixed media
in much of his work, sometimes fusing found objects
and metal parts. A few of his major mixed media
works include I’m Sorry Jesus, I Can’t Attend
Christmas This Year (1965), Homage to Dodjie Laurel
(1969), and A Flying Contraption for Mr. Icarus
(1984).

ARTURO LUZ

(November 20, 1926 – present)

A printmaker, sculptor, designer, and art

administrator, Arturo Luz received his Order of
1997 National Artists for Visual Arts award in 1997. One of
the founding members of the neo-realists in the
Philippines, Luz’s work exemplifies simplicity and
sophistication. He is credited with elevating the
Filipino aesthetic vision, and his work is elegant and
economic, employing minimalism, geometric
abstracts, and invoking a universal reality. Luz is
known as one of the greats of Asian modernism, and
his work as an art administrator with the Luz gallery
has influenced generations of Filipino artists.
Included in his best works are Bagong Taon, Candle
Vendors, Night Glows, and Imaginary Landscapes.
His mural Black and White is displayed in the lobby
of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Bulwagang
Carlos V. Francisco.

VICENTE MANANSALA

(January 22, 1910 – August 22, 1981)

A master of the style of Cubism, Vicente Manansala is

1981 credited as one of the figures in the Philippine art
world who popularized neo-realism in the country. He
was educated at the University of the Philippines
School of Fine Arts, later training in Paris, Banff,
Montreal and at the Otis School of Drawing in Los
Angeles. Manansala developed a style called
transparent cubism, where he masterfully overlaid
colors and shapes to depict forms and figures. This
style is exemplified in his works Kalabaw, Mother and
Child, Madonna of the Slums, and Still Life with
Green Guitar. Most of Manansala’s artistic estate
currently resides in Holy Angel University’s The
Vicente Manansala Collection.
VICTORIO EDADES

(December 23, 1895 – March 7, 1985)

Victorio Edades was a key figure in the history of

Philippine art, counted as one of the revolutionary
Thirteen Moderns and later called the Father of
Modern Philippine Painting. Edades moved away from
the idyllic landscapes of his contemporary Amorsolo
and instead preferred to paint a more sobering
1976 picture of Philippine society. His works employed
dark and somber colors, and were focused on
depicting the dirt and sweat of laborers, factory
workers, and the Philippine proletariat. Edades
became Dean of the Department of Architecture in
the University of Santo Tomas, later instituting an art
degree program. He invited Carlos Francisco and Galo
B. Ocampo to become professors of the university,
and the three were later known as the Triumvirate.
Included among his works are The Sketch, Portrait of
the Professor, and Poinsettia Girl.

V. Activities

1. Directions: Enumerate the National Artists per area of specialization. Write their names on
your paper and describe their technique/style in art making.

Art Forms National Artists

Music

Dance

Theater

Visual Arts
2. Identify each artist, his/her artworks and significant contribution to the Philippine art.

3. From the artists you enumerated above, choose three artists per area of specialization
and list down one major work per artist.

Art Forms National Artists

Music

Dance

Theater

Visual Arts

4. Be Influenced!
Choose three of the Filipino artists mentioned above and explain how they influenced you as a
person.

5. Think about how you can represent an ideal artist.

Use 1/8 illustration board and color your artwork.

Search the art works of the mentioned visual artist, copy one of their pieces and give a new twist
to their work, you can use color like colored pencils, crayons, water color, ect..

Rubric as a tool for scoring in your artworks.

VI Assessment

A. Direction: What is being described in each sentence. Write your answer on your paper.

1. A master of the style of Cubism.

2. This award seeks to give honor to the Filipino individuals with ounstanding share in the
cultural heritage and cultural identity of the country.
3. He innovated the Philippine music in his time by using folk instruments like the kulintang
and Gabbang.
4. The Father of Modern Philippine Painting.
5. Known as the “Grand Old Man” of the Philippine Art.
6. His works are several marches and symphonic and orchestral music
Composition.
7-11 What are the five criteria to become a National Artist of the country?
12. He made it to the Guinness Book of World Record as the only person able to make
music using just a leaf.
13. Tagged as the “Fist Lady of the Philippine Theater.”
14. She was the founding director of the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance
Company.
15. He is tagged as the Master of Philippine Contemporary art.

VII. References
Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions,by Luzviminda D. Santiago and
Ayesha H. Sayseng pages 31-59
Pictures: Internet (Google)

Prepared by: Noted by:

MARICEL F. MAGBITANG JOSE S. SALVIEJO JR.

Subject Teacher Principal I