LESSON 4

NATIONAL ARTISTS
of the PHILIPPINES
Prepared by:
Amie V. Panganiban, LPT
 NATIONAL ARTIST

is a Filipino who has made a significant

contribution to the development of Philippine
arts in the fields of Music, Dance, Theater,
Visual Arts, Literature, Film and Architecture.
A Filipino individual who should have
been awarded the highest national recognition
for the arts namely, National Artist Award. In
Filipino context, it is also known as the Gawad
Pambansang Alagad ng Sining.
THE ORDER OF NATIONAL ARTIST

established..
Proclamation No.1001 dated April 27, 1972
the Order of the National Artist Award (Orden ng
Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining). It gives an
appropriate recognition and prestige to Filipinos
who have acclaimed themselves and made a
remarkable contribution to Philippine arts and
letters.
 THE ORDER OF NATIONAL ARTIST

The Order of the National Artists Award

(Orden ng Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining)
is the highest national recognition given to Filipino
individuals who have made significant
contributions to the development of Philippine
arts.
The order is concurrent administered by the
National Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA) and Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
and conferred by the President of the Philippines
upon recommendation by both institutions.
THE ORDER OF NATIONAL ARTIST

On May 15, 1973 under the Proclamation

No. 1144, CCP Board of Trustees was named as
the National Artist Awards Committee. The
Presidential Decree No.28 that was issued on
June 7, 1973 reiterated the mandate of CCP to
administer the National Awards as well as the
privileges and honors to National Artist.

The first award was given to:

(Fernando Amorsolo)
 THE ORDER OF NATIONAL ARTIST

aims to recognize:
1. The Filipino artists who have made significant
contributions to the cultural heritage of the
country.
2. The Filipino artistic accomplishment at its highest
level and to promote creative expression as
significant to the development of a national
cultural identity.
3. The Filipino artists who have dedicated their lives
to their works to forge new paths and directions
for future generations of Filipino artists.
SEVEN CATEGORIES under which
National Artists can be recognized:

• Literature
• Film and Broadcasting/Broadcast Art
• Architecture, Design and Allied Arts
• Music
• Dance
• Theater
• Visual Arts
 QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE
NATIONAL ARTIST AWARD
1. Living artists who are natural-born Filipino citizens.
2. The content and form of their work have procured
in building a Filipino sense of nationhood.
3. An artist who have developed a mode of creative
expression or style and living a legend on
succeeding generations of artists.
4. An artist who manifest excellence in the practice of
their art form.
5. The artwork made has attained an international
and national recognition.
 INSIGNIA OF THE ORDER OF THE
NATIONAL ARTISTS
The insignia of the Order of the National
Artists is formed from a Grand Collar featuring
circular links depicting the arts and an eight-pointed
sunburst suspended from a sampaguita wreath in
green and white enamel. The center of the badge is
divided into three equal portions, in red, white and
blue representing the Philippine Flag with three
stylized letter K’s that stands for the CCP’s motto:
“Katotohanan, Kabutihan at Kagandahan” ( The
true, the good and the beautiful ).
The Grand Collar is made from silver gilt bronze.
INSIGNIA OF THE ORDER OF THE
NATIONAL ARTISTS
 BENEFITS

• Cash award – Php 200, 000.00

• Monthly pension - a minimum monthly stipend of
Php 50, 000.00
• Medical and hospitalization – Php 750, 000.00/ per
year
• State funeral – the government pays for all
arrangements and expenses
• Burial – at the libingan ng mga Bayani
 NATIONAL ARTISTS of the
PHILIPPINES

The following are the National Artists of the

Philippines grouped according to their
categories and arranged to the chronology of
National Artist Award:
ARCHITECHTURE, DESIGN &
ALLIED ARTS
JUAN NAKPIL 1973
ARCHITECHTURE, DESIGN &
ALLIED ARTS
PABLO ANTONIO 1976
ARCHITECHTURE, DESIGN &
ALLIED ARTS
LEANDRO V. LOCSIN 1990
ARCHITECHTURE, DESIGN &
ALLIED ARTS
RAMON VALERA 2006
ARCHITECHTURE, DESIGN &
ALLIED ARTS
JOSE MARIA ZARAGOSA 2014
ARCHITECHTURE, DESIGN &
ALLIED ARTS
ILDEFONSO P. SANTOS 2006
 DANCE

1973 Francisca Reyes Aquino

1976 Leonor Orosa-Goquingco
1988 Lucrecia Reyes Urtula
2006 Ramon Obusan
 DANCE

LUCRECIA REYES URTULA

SINGKIL

Among the widely acclaimed dances she had staged were the
following: Singkil, a Bayanihan signature number based on a Maranao epic
poem; Vinta, a dance honoring Filipino sailing prowess; Tagabili, a tale of
tribal conflict; Pagdiwata, a four-day harvest festival condensed into a six-
minute breath-taking spectacle; Salidsid, a mountain wedding dance ; Idaw,
Banga and Aires de Verbena.
 DANCE

FRANCISCA REYES AQUINO

FOLK DANCE

Her books includes:

Philippine National
Dances (1946); Gymnastics for
Girls (1947); Fundamental Dance
Steps and Music (1948); Foreign
Folk Dances (1949); Dances for
all Occasion (1950); Playground
Demonstration (1951);
and Philippine Folk Dances,
Volumes I to VI.
FILM/ CINEMA

1982 Gerardo de Leon

1997 Lino Brocka
2001 Ishmael Bernal
2003 Eddie S. Romero
2009 Manuel Conde
 FILM/ CINEMA

Among his notable films are

“Pahiram ng Isang Umaga” (1989),
“Broken Marriage” (1983), “Himala”
(1982), “City After Dark” (1980), and
“Nunal sa Tubig” (1976).
He was recognized as the
Director of the Decade of the 1970s
by the Catholic Mass Media Awards;
four-time Best Director by the Urian
Awards (1989, 1985, 1983, and
1977); and given the ASEAN Cultural
Award in Communication Arts in
1993. HIMALA 1982, ISHMAEL BERNAL
 FILM/ CINEMA

Brocka’s films include the

following: “Santiago” (1970),
“Wanted: Perfect Mother” (1970),
“Tubog sa Ginto” (1971),
“Stardoom” (1971), “Tinimbang Ka
Ngunit Kulang” (1974), “Maynila:
Sa Kuko ng Liwanag” (1975),
“Insiang” (1976), “Jaguar” (1979),
“Bona” (1980), “Macho Dancer”
(1989), “Orapronobis” (1989),
“Makiusap Ka sa Diyos” (1991).

TINIMBANG KA NGUNIT KULANG

LINO BROCKA
LITERATURE
1973 Amado V. Hernadez
1973 Jose Garcia Villa
1976 Nick Joaquin
1982 Calos P. Romulo
1990 Francisco Arcellana
1997 N.V. M Gonzales
1997 Carlos Quirino
1999 Edith L. Tiempo
2001 F. Sionil Jose
2003 Virgilio S. Almario
2006 Bienvenido Lumbera
2009 Lazaro Francisco
2014 Cirilo F. Bautista
 LITERATURE

Among his voluminous

works are The Woman Who Had
Two Navels, A Portrait of the
Artist as Filipino, Manila, My
Manila: A History for the Young,
The Ballad of the Five Battles,
Rizal in Saga, Almanac for
Manileños, Cave and Shadows.
As a journalist, Nick
Joaquin uses the nom de
plume Quijano de Manila .
NICK JOAQUIN
 LITERATURE
Villa’s works have been
JOSE GARCIA VILLA collected into the following
books: Footnote to Youth, Many
Voices, Poems by
Doveglion, Poems 55, Poems in
Praise of Love: The Best Love
Poems of Jose Garcia Villa as
Chosen By Himself, Selected
Stories, The Portable Villa, The
Essential Villa, Mir-i-
nisa, Storymasters 3: Selected
Stories from Footnote to
Youth, 55 Poems: Selected and
Translated into Tagalog by Hilario S.
Francia.
MUSIC

1973 Antonio J. Molina

1976 Jovita Fuentes
1988 Antonio R. Buenaventura
1989 Lucrecia R. Kasilag
1991 Lucio D. San Pedro
1997 Felipe Padilla de Leon
1997 Jose Maceda
1997 Levi Celerio
1999 Ernani Joson Cuenco
1999 Andrea O. Veneracion
2014 Francisco Feliciano
2014 Ramon Santos
 MUSIC
Notable Works:
Rama-Hari (Two-act musical ballet, 1980)
Katy! The Musical (Two-act musical, 1988)
Smokey Mountain (Pop CD album, 1990)
One Christmas (Christmas Album, 1993)
Noli Me Tangere (Tele-sine musical, 1995)
Spoliarium (Three-act opera, 2003)

RYAN CAYABYAB
Ignacio Of Loyola (Film Score, 2016)
Larawan: The Musical (Full-length musical film, 2017)
Da Coconut Nut
Kay Ganda Ng Ating Musika
Nais Ko
Paraiso
Kahit Ika’y Panaginip Lang
Kailan
Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka
THEATER

1973 Antonio J. Molina

1976 Jovita Fuentes
1988 Antonio R. Buenaventura
1989 Lucrecia R. Kasilag
1991 Lucio D. San Pedro
1997 Felipe Padilla de Leon
1997 Jose Maceda
1997 Levi Celerio
1999 Ernani Joson Cuenco
1999 Andrea O. Veneracion
2014 Francisco Feliciano
2014 Ramon Santos
 THEATER

AMELIA LAPEÑA-BONIFACIO Known as the Grand Dame of Southeast

Asian children’s theatre. She has also been
involved in the production and design of
puppets.

Notable Works:
6 na Dulang Filipino Para Sa Mga Bata, 1976
Tat-lu-han (Three Plays), 1975
Ang Paglalakbay ni Sisa: Isang Noh Sa
Laguna, 1998
Isang Kyogen sa Pritil, 1977
Sepang Loca, 1957
Papet Pasyon, 1985
Abadeja: Ang Ating Sinderela, 1977
VISUAL ARTS
1972 Fernando C. Amorsolo
1973 Carlos " Botong" V. Francisco
1973 Guillermo E. Tolentino
1976 Victorio C. Edades
1976 Napoleon V. Abueva
1981 Vicente Manansala
1990 Cesar Legaspi
1991 Hernando R. Ocampo
1997 Arturo R. Luz
1999 J. Elizalde Navarro
2001 Ang Kiukok
2003 Jose T. Joya
2006 Abdulmari Asia Imao
2006 Bencab
2009 Federico Aguillar Alcuaz
2014 Francisco Coching
VISUAL ARTS
 VISUAL ARTS

FERNANDO AMORSOLO

• Tinikling in Barrio, 1951 • The making of Filipino Flag

 VISUAL ARTS

CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO

• Bayanihan 1962
VISUAL ARTS

ANG KIUKOK

• The fisherman, 1981

VISUAL ARTS

PHILIPPINES
NATIONAL
ARTISTS

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