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Napoleon "Billy" Veloso Abueva (January 26, 1930 – February 16, 2018) was known as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture" Through Proclamation No. 1539. He was proclaimed National Artist for Sculpture in 1976 when he was 46, making him the youngest recipient of the award to date.
Order of National Artists of the Philippines Guillermo Estrella Tolentino (July 24, 1890 – July 12, 1976) was a Filipino sculptor and professor of the University of the Philippines . He was designated as a National Artist of the Philippines for Sculpture in 1973, three years before his death.
Abdulmari Asia Imao (14 January 1936 – 16 December 2014) was a Filipino painter and sculptor. 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]
The Order of National Artists of the Philippines (Tagalog: Orden ng mga Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas) is an order bestowed by the President of the Philippines on Philippine nationals who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine art. Members of the order are known as National Artists.
Imao was born in 1968 to painter-sculptor Abdulmari Imao (who would later be conferred as National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts) and art collector Grace de Leon. He was nicknamed Toym by his father commemorating his earlier achievement as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) awardees.
He experimented with different kinds of art media such as oil, acrylic, and watercolor. He also tried making sculpture and mixed media. He uses the "incision painting" this method is applied on the stop surface by carving out the artist’s desired pattern on the stone materials and layering paint or plaster on the stone surface. [2] [3] [4]
The Oblation statue in UP Diliman Oblation Plaza The original Oblation located at the U.P. Diliman Main Library Building At UP Los Baños. The Oblation (Filipino: Pahinungod, Oblasyon) is a concrete statue by Philippine National Artist Guillermo Tolentino that serves as one of the symbols of the University of the Philippines.
Eduardo Castrillo, commonly known as 'Ed', was born in Santa Ana, City of Greater Manila (now part of Manila), Philippines, on October 31, 1942, the youngest of five children to Santiago Silva Castrillo and Magdalena De los Santos.