Napoleon V

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Napoleon V. Abueva is known as the "Father of ModernPhilippine Sculpture" and recipient of the most prestigiousaward, National Artist of the Philippinesin 197 in the fieldsof !isual Arts sculpture#$ %e is known also as master of &oth

academic representational st'le and modern a&stract$

A&ue(a was &orn in )ag&ilaran, *oholin +anuar' , 19-.$/n 1901, he won the Pura !illanue(a2alaw scholarship andfinished *achelor of Arts in Sculpture in 3ni(ersit' ofthe Philippines in 190-$ %e was mentored &' anotherNational Artist, 4uillermo )olentino, who is famous in5&lation and *onifacio Monument$ %e won se(eralcompetition in Art Association of the Philippines such as"2aganapan" in 190-$ /n 1906 he recie(ed the Full&right

Smith Mundt Scholarship and finished Master of Fine Arts in ran&rook Academ'$ %e later took graduate

units in eramics at the 3ni(ersit' of 2ansas and Art %istor' at %ar(ard 3ni(ersit'$ /n 197, he recei(ed theNational Artist award and consider as the 'oungest who recei(ed this prestigious award at age of 6$ /n1978, he was appointed ean of the ollege of Fine Arts at the 3ni(ersit' of the Philippines, a position heheld until 1989$/n 199-, he was gi(en an honorar' doctorate in humanities and was promoted to 3ni(ersit'Professor$ %e retired from the 3ni(ersit' in +une 1990, and was gi(en the status of Professor :meritus inApril ..-$

A&ue(a utili;ed almost all kinds of materials from hard wood mola(e, acacia, langka wood, ipil, kamagong,palm wood and &am&oo# to ado&e, metal, stainless steel, cement, mar&le, &ron;e, iron, ala&aster, coraland &rass$

Among the ma )he)ransfiguration at the :ternal 4arden Memorial Park 1979#> Fredes(inda in Fort anning, Singapore1981#> Nine Muses at the 3P Facult' enter 1996#> Sun&urst at the Peninsula Manila %otel 1996#> the&ron;e figure of )eodoro M$ 2alaw in front of National ?i&rar'> Murals in Mar&le at the National %eroesShrine, Mt$ Samat, *ataan> 16 Stations of the ross at the :SA Shrine> Sandugo or *lood ompactshrine in )ag&ilaran, *ohol$ %e also performed the death mask procedures to the late ardinal Sin andFernando Poe +r$

Some of his honors and awards are= Awardee, )he 3nknown Political Prisoner, in the /nternationalSculpture ompetition &' the /nstitute of ontemporar' Arts, ?ondon 190-#> First Pri;e and Special Award,2aganapan Mar&le#, in the SemiAnnual Art :@hi&ition &' the Art Association of the Philippines 190-#>First Pri;e, 2iss of +udas ood#, in the Beligious Art :@hi&ition in etroit, Michigan, 3SA 1900#> FirstPri;e, ater *uffalo Mar&le#, in the Annual Show, at St$ ?ouis , Missouri, 3SA 190#> First Pri;e, Figureood#, in the Annual Show of the Art Association of the Philippines 1907#> Most 5utstanding Alumnus ofthe School of Fine Arts, 3$P$ 4olden +u&ilee 1908#> Bepu&lic Award for Sculpture 1909#> )en 5utstandingCoung Men of the Philippines )5CM# Awardee in Sculpture 1909#> inner, ultural %eritage Award19#> AS:AN Awards for !isual Arts in *angkok 1987#> Fourth AS:AN Achie(ement Award for !isualArts in Singapore +ul' 1990#$

NapoleDn /sa&elo !elosoA&ue(a &orn +anuar' , 19-.#, more popularl' known as NapoleDn A&ue(a, isa Filipino artist$ %e is a sculptor gi(en the distinction as the Philippines National Artist for Sculpture$ %e isalso entitled as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture"$ %e is the first and onl' *oholano gi(en thedistinction as National Artist of the Philippines in the field of !isual Arts$

*iograph' and career

Napoleon A&ue(a, nicknamed *ill', was &orn on +anuar' , 19-. in )ag&ilaran, *ohol to )eodoro A&ue(a,a *ohol congressman and Purificacion Nena# !eloso, president of the omenEs Au@iliar' Ser(ice$ %isfather was a friend and contemporar' of former Philippine President Manuel Bo@as and Am&assadorNarciso Bamos$ %e was a mem&er of the Pro(incial *oard, and later &ecame the Pro(incial 4o(ernor of*ohol$ %e ended his career as a ongressman in 19-6$ *oth of A&ue(as parents died ser(ing their
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A&ue(a has si@ other &rothers and sisters= )eodoro )edd'#, +r$, now &ased in New Cork, 3SA> PurificacionNen' deceased#, married to Att'$ Bamon *inamira dec$# of )ag&ilaran it'> +ose A&ue(a Pepe#, formerpresident of the 3ni(ersit' of the Philippines> Amelia Martine; /nda'#, now li(ing in hicago> )eresita

hing#Floro, now li(ing in S'dne', Australia> and Antonio )on'#, a landscape artist who met a tragic fatea&oard Princess of the 5rient> his &od' has not &een found$

/n 196-, at the height of the Second orld ar, Napoleon A&ue(a &ecame an unwilling (ictim of theatrocities of the +apanese$ ith his father, a leader in the underground mo(ement, and his mother in thewomens Au@iliar' group, the famil' was hunted$ %is parents were captured, tortured, and killed in !alencia$*ill' was then onl' 16 'ears old, &ut this did not spare him from the &rutalit' of the in(aders$ %eaccompanied his grandmother to /la'a, uero where the' were captured &' some +apanese soldiers$ %isgrandmother was later freed, &ut he was hogtied, &rought to 4uindulman, and tortured for more than aweek$ %e lost his front teeth, and the &lue&lack marks on his wrists and ankles took weeks to heal$ G1H

As a 'oung &o', *ill' studied at the )ag&ilaran :lementar' School, and later at 3ni(ersit' of SouthernPhilippines, %ol' Name ollege now %ol' Name 3ni(ersit'#, and Bafael Palma ollege now the3ni(ersit' of *ohol# &efore making it as a sculptor$

A homegrown talent, he was gi(en a &reak in 1901 when he won the Pura !illanue(a2alaw Scholarship$%e then took up a *achelors degree in Fine Arts at the 3ni(ersit' of the Philippines where he graduated in190-$ )his was followed &' a Ful&rightSmith Mundt Scholarship in 190600, after which he got a foreignStudents Scholarship at the 3ni(ersit' of 2ansas 19000#$ At the same time, he won another scholarshipat the /nstituto de Allende in Me@ico it' which he did not a(ail due to conflict in schedule$ /t was also in1900 that he finished his Masters in Fine Arts at the ran&ook Academ' of Arts, 3$S$$ /n 190, he attended%ar(ard 3ni(ersit' for another scholarship grant$

At 3$P, one of his mentors was 4uillermo )olentino, also a national artist, who created the o&lation at theuni(ersit' entrance $

A&ue(a has helped shape the local sculpture scene in the Philippines$ *eing adept in &oth academicrepresentational st'le and modern a&stract, he has utili;ed almost all kinds of materials from hard woodmola(e, acacia, langka wood, ipil, kamagong, palm wood and &am&oo# to ado&e, metal, stainless steel,cement, mar&le, &ron;e, iron, ala&aster, coral and &rass$/n 197, he was awarded the status of National Artist of the Philippines &' then President FerdinandMarcos$ %e was the 'oungest recipient of the title at age 6$

Some of his ma


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Ramon Orlinawas &orn in Manila, Philippines$After completing his architectural degree at the3ni(ersit' of Santo )omas in Manila, he practicedarchitecture until 1976$ %e then &egan his career in

art painting, e(entuall' turning to sculpture$rawing from his e@perience as an architect, 5rlinachose to create sculptures from glass which he feltat that time had most potential in e@pressing his(isual imager'$ :@ploring forms though glasscullets or cr'stal &locks, the artist continue toe@ploit their translucent Iualit' and smooth finishproduced from months of reshaping and grinding$

%is a&stract sculptures are

composed of a series of anglesthrough creating sharp edges orsleek &ends that denotemo(ement and fluid lines$ *'pla'full' manipulating (ar'ingIualities of light entering andtrapped at different angles, hissculptures are ne(er staticmasses$ )he' are not

onl' -dimensional, sculptureintheround o&the )o'amura /nternational Sculpture *iennale,+apan in 1990 , the 9th Asian /nternational Art:@hi&ition, )aipeh, 1996> the 5saka Sculpture)riennale, +apan in 199 and 1990$ )he artist has&een commissioned for pu&lic art sculptures and


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has e@hi&ited e@tensi(el'$

%e was conferred theAS:AN Awards for !isualArts in 199- &' theAS:AN ommittee onulture and /nformation5/# in *runei and in1996, he recei(ed the -rdAS:AN Achie(ement

Awards for !isual Arts in 2uala ?umpur from theAS:AN *usiness Forum$ From 199 to the presenttime he has led the Art Association of thePhilippines as its president$

)he 'ear 1999 marked a high point in 5rlinascareer with his winning the "Mr$ F Pri;e" of theprestigious )o'amura /nternational Sculpture*ienale, 99 in %okkaido, +apan$ )his &iennialattracted 90 entries from 0 participating countriescompeting in all mediums$ )he winning piece of

5rlina was a da;;ling white optical glass sculpturecalled "Sil(er' Moon"$

/n the turn of theMillennium, Bamon 5rlinahas pondered on themultifaceted nature of his

work, and decided to

augment it with theintroduction of tu&ularstainless steel, a phasefirst

suggested in "*asket&all Mi Mundo" which won theco(eted First Pri;e in the sculpture categor' of the// /nternational *iennale of *asket&all in the FineArts held in Madrid in +anuar', ...$

/n his more than 0 'ears as a sculptor, Bamon5rlina has consistentl' shown e@cellence,originalit' and daring as a sculptor$


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Arturo R. Luz,painter, sculptor and designer, recei(ed the title of National Artist in !isual Arts in 1997$

Mem&er of the NeoBealists and the )hirteen Moderns, a group of modern artists esta&lished in 19-8

and led &' !ictorio $ :dades, he descri&ed himself as Lsemirepresentational, semia&stracted$ %e is

&est known for his linear art and his series on street musicians, (endors, c'clists and carni(al

performers, &ut also sculpted using wood, concrete and metal$ %is works are characteri;ed &'

sophisticated simplicit' and e@emplif' su&lime austerit' in their e@pression and form$

?u; was &orn in Manila on No(em&er ., 19$ %e &egan his lessons in painting under painter Pa&lo

Amorsolo, &rother of National Artist Fernando Amorsolo$ %e went to the 3ni(ersit' of Santo )omas

School of Fine Arts, then recei(ed a scholarship at the alifornia ollege of Arts and raft in 5akland

for a -'ear diploma in art program$ %e continued his education at the *rookl'n Museum Art School in

New Cork in 190., and at the Academie de la 4rande haumiere in Paris in 1901$

%e &egan with figurati(e artworks, &ut went on to de(elop a&straction$ /t was in Paris that he had his

first oneman e@hi&it of drawings at the 4alerie Ba'mond uncan in 1901$ %e held his second solo

e@hi&ition at the Manila %otel when he returned to the Philippines in the same 'ear$ /n 19., he put up

the ?u; 4aller', wherein man' contemporar' works were showcased$ %e had the following o&


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November 19, 1850, Isabelo Tampinco, one of the greatest Filipinowood sculptors who car(ed numerous religious wood sculptures inManila and elsewhere, was &orn in *inondo, Manila$

%is work included the Manila athedrals famous facade, the high reliefon Santo omingo hurchs mola(e door, the main altar of ?aoag athedral

and wood car(ings in San Agustin hurch$

)ampinco started out at a 'oung age, apprenticing in the (arious car(ing shops of *inondo and Santaru; districts$ ?ater at age 10, he enrolled at Academia de Dibujo y Pintura, Manilas prominent artacadem' where national hero +ose Bi;al was a classmate$

%is interest in and talent for sculpture was not surprising since he was a descendant of *inondo&asedhinese car(ers$ )he lineage of his mother can &e traced to Ba


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)he pu&lication of the said &ook is considered to &e an important step in achie(ing the due recognition)ampinco deser(es as one of the most important artists of all time$ /t effecti(el' calls for thepreser(ation of his works$*esides the &ook, !i&al Foundation also produced the L:stilo )ampinco$ /t was a documentar' whichchronicles the redisco(er' of the Filipino master$/t contains inter(iews with the author> +erem' *arns,

National Museum director and &ook editor> and )ampinco aficionados and collectors like the Salasfamil' and on ondrado :scudero$"amil#)ampinco was first married to !ictoria +ocson and later, to armen Angeles$ %e had a son with +ocsonnamed Angel and another son with Angeles named !idal$ Angel and !idal e(entuall' inherited /sa&elosskills, talent, and passion for art$ Angel pursued architecture and design, while !idal continued thefamil' &usiness when /sa&elo died on -. +anuar' 19--$

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escri&ed in the .s and 7.s as La(ant garde,astrillo was known as the countr'Es forerunner inallmetal &ron;e and &rass# sculpture mi@ed withnontraditional media such as ple@iglass, neonlights, i(or' and wood$ %e e@perimented andproduced works in (arious art modes he called thehammerout reliefs, mo(a&les, en(ironmental works,religious monuments and ritual functional pieces,galler' pieces, functional pieces, sculpture couture,commemorati(e medallions all done in da;;ling

ranges of metal finishes= o@idi;ed &ron;e, polished &rass, chromeplated steel, rust' iron, pol'mer coat etc$)he wide (ariet', materials, modes of techniIues, attest to the Filipino artistic genius of astrillo$%is sculptural redirection is &oth technical and a matter of (ision= at a time when local sculptures were

content with the e@ploitation of readil' a(aila&le materials, astrillo has had the courage and tenacit' toe@plore new materials such as plastics, ple@iglass, and worked with less plia&le materials such as weldedsmithed metal$)he choice of medium and the impact of his works, opened a new dimension to sculptural works in thecountr'$ /n his works, Philippine sculpture stepped into the contemporar' technolog', opening possi&ilitiesin outdoor monuments heretofore considered impossi&le in the countr'$After 4uillermo )olentino and Napoleon A&ue(a, &oth National Artists, astrillo ranks as a giant in thePhilippine sculptural scene$ No other sculptor in the succeeding generations will &e a&le to match the(ersatilit', depth and genius of this man$/: !AB/:)C 5F F5BMS AN MA):B/A?SAside from historical monuments and sociopolitical works,astrilloEs works include religious monuments, en(ironmental figurati(e and a&stract outdoor sculptures,

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France$ Four indi(idual e@hi&its since 19$ Araw ng Ma'nila Award, ultural %eritage Award in Art, )5CMAward from the Phil +a'cees> all in 1971$ Named one of the )hirteen Artists &' the P> 197.$ Becd one offour ma using processes likehammerouts, reliefs, assem&lages, and &ron;e casting, mostl' a&stract$ GP !ol /!A4HQQQ Facult'Mem&er, 3P FA 1976 to E77$ ultural (isitor and guest lecturer, /ndia 199> 4erman', 1976> Australia,1978> and +apan, 198$ Artistinresidence, F:3, 198-$G.th :N) 1st :d MH$

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