Nina Janine Cabardo November 20, 2019

ABM B 12 Hope SocSci 1

Ms. Marivic Pepito

The Modernists in the Philippines

1. Arsenio Capili

“Tingguian woman” (1941)

2. Bonifacio Nicolas Cristobal

“Hingutuhan”(1949)

“Hingutuhan,” an oil-on-canvas, portrays a mother and her two daughters picking lice
from one another’s hair, a practice known to the Filipinos as hingutuhan. The artwork won first
prize at the 1948 National Art Competition of the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP)
 3. Demetrio Diego

“Capas” 1948

Demetrio Diego was noted for his oil painting of rural maidens and for his pencil and charcoal
sketches. His subjects dealt mostly on rural scenes and folk. Diego had to switch to watercolor in later
years due to the ill-effects of oil fumes on his eyesight while painting. Was active in his art even late in his
life. An illustrator by profession, Demetrio Diego made Capas in 1948, a heart-wrenching depiction of
Filipino and American soldiers imprisoned by the Japanese at the infamous holding site for prisoners
during World War II

4. Victorio Edades

“The Builders”

The Builders was his MA thesis in 1928, a finished product that rediscovered the complexities of the
human body and the struggle for recognition. The nude builders and blocks against a dark background
unearthed an interesting note towards progress, that in spite of having peers around, you are on your
own in your wor

5. Carlos Botong Francisco

 “Filipino Struggles Through History”

Filipino Struggles Through History, alternatively known as the History of Manila is a series paintings which
depicts select events from Philippine history. It composes of 10 canvas panels collectively measuring 2.7 meters
(8.9 ft) high and 79.4 meters (260 ft) wide

6. Cesar Legaspi

“Beggars”

His early (1940s-1960s) works are described as depictions of anguish and dehumanization of beggars
and laborers in the city. These include Man and Woman (alternatively known as Beggars) and Gadgets’.
Primarily because of this early period, critics have further cited Legaspi’s having “reconstituted” in his
paintings “cubism’s unfeeling, geometric ordering of figures into a social expressionism rendered by
interacting forms filled with rhythmic movement”.

7. Diosdado Lorenzo
 “Still Life” 1981

He explored "Still Life" using objects such as fruits and vegetables as models. he prefers
using watercolors than oil because he considers watercolor art to be more memorable. his
watercolored"still life" is considered to be one of the best in the coumtry. the modernism found
in his works formed a new basis for the reassessment of Philippine paintings.

8. Anita Magsaysay

“Three Women with Baskets”

Three Women with Baskets, Anita Magsaysay-Ho (b. 1914), 1970, Oil. According to the Yuchengco
Museum, this painting "was made when the artist and her family settled in Canada in the late 1960s. She
was partial to warm sienna tones for many of her oils. Her themes continued as before: barefoot women
clad in long skirts and white blouses, white bandanas shrouding their heads." From the Collection of the
Yuchengco Museum

9. Vicente Manansala
 “Madonna of the Slums” 1950

Manansala’s canvases were described as masterpieces that brought the cultures of the barrio and the city
together. His Madonna of the Slums is a portrayal of a mother and child from the countryside who became
urban shanty residents once in the city.

10. Galo Ocampo

“Brown Madonna” 1983

The background of the “Brown Madonna” has Philippine plants like the anahaw adding rays to the
Virgin’s halo. A nipa hut and rice fields are suggested in the background. The only foreign object in the
composition is a cactus in the foreground. “Binabati kita, Maria” (the Filipino translation of the Latin
“Ave Maria”) is inscribed on the Virgin’s waist.Furthermore, the “Brown Madonna” was (in)famous
because it was flat and two-dimensional

11. Hernando Ocampo

“Dancing Mutants”1965
In Dancing Mutants, the artist reacts to the plausible horrors of the atomic bomb. With shapely rhythms
of reds and greens, the work is reminiscent of Philippine flora and fauna which influenced his distinctive
abstract style. The flattened perspective draws attention to and complements the harmony of forms and
colours.

12. Jose Pardo

 “Evolution”
Today we feature the artist website of Jose Pardo whose oil paintings seem to reference a classic
still life vignette but with the insertion of classic toy dinosaurs and tin robots. Jose is a master at dramatic
lighting within his work and each piece seems to glow as though lit with a small antique lamp in an
otherwise completely dark room. I really like the intimate vibe that is supported by this effect. It
dramatizes the objects to create an interesting narrative that seems to be frozen in time. Ricarte
Puruganan

“Mother and Child” 1987

Renowned artist Ricarte Puruganan is one of the most recognized modern artists. His cultural and
historical renditions of Filipino subjects, be they stylized, have appeared in numerous publications and
textbooks. Puruganan’s art bears with it a unique aesthetic --- impressionistic in nature, these stylized
renditions exude a distinct vibrance thatflaunts a joyous and whimsicalair. A pioneer in nearly every sense
of the word, Puruganan is among the Thirteen Moderns of Philippine Art — the artist group that broke
away from the conservatives led by Fernando Amorsolo.