Binalatongan Community College

Brgy. Ilang San Carlos City, Pangasinan

Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED)

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT)
LEARNING MODULE

Lesson 12: Famous Filipino Painters and Composers

Famous Filipino Painters

o Felix Resurrecion Hidalgo (1855 – 1913)
 won a silver medal for his entry in large canvas, Christian
Virgins Exposed to “Populace (Las Virgenes Cristianas
Expuestas al Populacho) at the Madrid Exposition of Fine
arts.
 He painted Charon’s Boat and “Oedipus and Antigone.
 his Sunrise (1985) revealed his ingenuity in painting
landscape and seascapes.

o Juan Luna (1857 – 1899)

 He won a gold medal in the 1984 Madrid Exposition, Juan
Luna moved to Paris and stayed in an apartment close to
the Hidalgo’s.
 He wrote his two masterpieces: “The Dream of Love, a
sensuous portrait of his sleeping wife Paz, whom he
suspected of infidelity and shot to death in a jealous rage
in 1872 and “Tampuhan”, which he painted on his return
to the Philippines.
 The lady with Guitar, painted shortly after he was
granted pardon by Alfonso XIII for his involvement in the
Philippine Revolution.
 He painted Houses by a Narrow Road, one of the several
views of Marikina.

o Fernando Amorsolo (1892 – 1972)

 Was a National Artist Awardee, (1920-1945) he reaped
various honors.

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  1939, he submitted his entry Afternoon Meal of the Rice
Workers at the New York World’s Fair where he was
acclaimed the best by popular vote.
 Splendid illustration work in Graphics, Liwayway,
Sunday Tribune, Tagalog novels such as Madaling Araw
and Parusa ng Bayan, and posters and brochures.
 He painted acclaimed masterpieces: The Blind Man, The
Burning of Manila, Antipolo and Dalagang Bukid.

o Vicente Manansala (1910 – 1981)

 One of the most popular progressive artist in the country.
 A former student of Cubist Fernand Leger and was
respected by his peers because of intellectual
underpinnings of his art.
 He painted Give Me This Dairy, a glimpse of his kind of
cubism, which some sides of objects ae sharply cut into
curved or angular form to catch the lights vibrantly.
 He was given posthumous recognition as a National Artist.
1982.

o Carlos “Botong” V. Franisco (1912 -1969)

 one of the best mural artists the country has ever had.
 He featured Filipinos living in provincial towns and barrios
 Painting career was winning the first prize at the first
competition of the Art Association of the Philippines in
1948 for his entry Kaingin.
 Filipino Struggle Through History, a mural gracing the
walls of Manila City Hall, was one of his major works.

o Mauro Malang Santos (1928)

 Was an illustrator-cartoonist for the Manila Chronicle and
creator of comic strip, Kosme the Cop (Retired) and
Chain Gang Charlie.
 His illustration of Ang Kiukok formed the basis of a style
in its enumeration of images, range of warm colors, and
evocation of joyous parochialism.

o Jose Joya (1931 – 1995)

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  Recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship at the Cranbrook
Academy of art in 1953.
 Cadmium Red Square and Binhi, both created in 1971,
represented Joya’s shift to decorative painting-more
dramatic in style and the visual tensions visible.

Famous Filipino Composers

o Col. Antonio Buenaventura (1904 – 1996)
 Obtained a Teacher’s Diploma in Composition and
Conducting from the University of the Philippines and
became a faculty member of the UP Conservatory of Music.
 In 1937, he was commissioned into military service and
later became music instructor and band conductor of the
PMA in Baguio City.
 He reorganized the world famous Philippine Constabulary
Band and appointed as assistant conductor of Manila
Symphony Orchestra.
 He organized the UP Junior Orchestra and the UE Student
Symphony Orchestra and a member of the UO President’s
Committee on Folk Songs and Dances.
 He composed short piano pieces, hymns and songs, pieces
for the band, chamber music, chorus and Orchestra, music
pieces, and theater music.

o Lucrecia R. Kasilag (1917 – 2008)

 A Music Teacher’s Diploma major in Piano from St.
Scholastica’s College in 1939 and Bachelor of Music major
in piano from the Philippine Women’s University in 1949.
 She finished a Master of Music degree major in theory and
minor in composition, and she became the administrator
of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

o Felipe Padilla de Leon (1912 – 1992)

 He was a composer, conductor, and a former student of
Col. Buenaventura at the UP Conservatory of Music.
 In year 1939, after his graduation he was appointed
assistant instructor at the UP Department of Science and
Composition where e taught history and music subjects.
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  He was President of the Filipino Society of Composers,
Authors, and Publishers; President of the Pambansang
Samahan ng mga Banda sa Pilipinas and the Diwa ng
Nuweba Esiha; tustee of the Music Promotion Foundation
of the Philippines; and director of the SONGFEST
Philippines and the Felin Institute of the Philippines.

o Antonio Molina (1894 – 1980)

 Born in 1894, was a faculty member of the UP
Conservatory of Music where he taught harmony,
compositions, and music history as well as violencello.
 He was conductor in the concert stage of various schools,
church choirs, orchestras, bands, and rondallas.
 He composed the zarzuela Ate Maria and Hatinggabi.
 Aside from being soloist and composer
 He received honors as a conductor of the Monserrat
Philharmonic Band, the Yellow Taxi Orchestra, and
Yellow Taxi Rondalla and the operas Madame Butterfly,
La Giaconda, La Furza del Destino, and Cavalleria
Rusticana.

o Lucio D. San Pedro (1912 – 2002)

 Was born in 1913, he married Gertrudes Diaz with 5
children.
 During his gradiation in Grade VII, He played the Poet and
Pleasant Overture on the Banjo.
 he started composing songs in college and conducted the
UP ROTC Band.
 He was assistant conductor and later, conductor of the
Musical Philippines Philharmonic Orchestra and a musical
presented at the Metropolitan Threater, and won prizes for
his works.
 He was connected with major conservations in the country
and wrote sacred and secular vocal music, overtures,
tones, poems, symphonic poems, and quartets.

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