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    This document provides biographies of four notable Filipino sculptors: 1. Gulliermo Tolentino who was born in 1890 in Malolos, Bulacan and won several awards for his sculptures including the UNESCO Cultural Prize. He is known for sculptures like the Bonifacio Monument. 2. Napoleon Abueva, born in 1930 in Tagbilaran, Bohol, who was named a National Artist of the Philippines in 1976. He helped shape Philippine sculpture and is known for works like Kaganapan. 3. Abdulmari Asia Imao who was born in 1936 in Siasi, Sulu and drew inspiration from Islamic faith and Marana

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    This document provides biographies of four notable Filipino sculptors: 1. Gulliermo Tolentino who was born in 1890 in Malolos, Bulacan and won several awards for his sculptures including the UNESCO Cultural Prize. He is known for sculptures like the Bonifacio Monument. 2. Napoleon Abueva, born in 1930 in Tagbilaran, Bohol, who was named a National Artist of the Philippines in 1976. He helped shape Philippine sculpture and is known for works like Kaganapan. 3. Abdulmari Asia Imao who was born in 1936 in Siasi, Sulu and drew inspiration from Islamic faith and Marana

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    This document provides biographies of four notable Filipino sculptors: 1. Gulliermo Tolentino who was born in 1890 in Malolos, Bulacan and won several awards for his sculptures including the UNESCO Cultural Prize. He is known for sculptures like the Bonifacio Monument. 2. Napoleon Abueva, born in 1930 in Tagbilaran, Bohol, who was named a National Artist of the Philippines in 1976. He helped shape Philippine sculpture and is known for works like Kaganapan. 3. Abdulmari Asia Imao who was born in 1936 in Siasi, Sulu and drew inspiration from Islamic faith and Marana

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    GULLIERMO E.

    TOLENTINO
    (JULY 24, 1980-JULY 12,
    1976)
    BIOGRAPHY
    Tolentino was born on July 24, 1890 NOTABLE WORK
    in Malolos, Bulacan. He was the fourth child
    in his family and had seven siblings. Before
    being interested in sculptures, he learned
    how to play the guitar, a skill which he
    inherited from his father. The young
    Tolentino showed an early talent in
    sculpting, having been able to mold figures
    of horses and dogs out of clay.
    In the field of sculpture, he won different
    awards and citations. He was awarded the
    UNESCO Cultural Prize for Sculpture in
    1959. He won the Araw ng Maynila Award
    in Sculpture in 1963. Through his
    outstanding work in the arts, especially in Bonifacio Monument
    sculpture, he was also awarded the
    NAPOLEON V.
    ABUEVA
    (January 26, 1930 – February
    16, 2018)

    BIOGRAPHY
    NOTABLE WORKS
    On January 26, 1930, Napoleon Abueva, the
    "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture",
    was born in Tagbilaran, Bohol. In 1976, at the
    age of 46, he was named National Artist of the
    Philippines for Visual Arts by the late President
    Ferdinand Marcos. He was the youngest
    recipient of the prestigious award.
    Recognized as the “Father of Modern Philippine
    Sculpture”, Abueva helped shape the local
    Kaganapan
    sculpture scene to what it is now. He used
    almost all kinds of materials for his sculptures (1953)
    such as hard wood, adobe, metal, stainless steel,
    cement, marble, bronze, iron, alabaster, coral
    and brass. He was the first Filipino artist to
    mount a one-man exhibit at the Philippine
    Center in New York in 1980.
    Some of his major works include Kaganapan
    (1953), Kiss of Judas (1955), Thirty Pieces of
    Silver, The Transfiguration (1979), Eternal
    Garden Memorial Park, UP Gateway (1967),
    Nine Muses (1994), UP Faculty Center,
    The
    Transfiguration (1979)

    ABDULMARI ASIA
    IMAO
    (January 14, 1936 –
    December 16, 2014)

    BIOGRAPHY
    Abdulmari Imao was born on 14 January 1936 in
    Siasi, Sulu. . Abdulmari Asia Imao was a
    Filipino painter and sculptor. Aside from being a
    sculptor, Imao is also a painter, photographer,
    ceramist, cultural reset, documentary film maker,
    writer, and a patron of Philippine Muslim
    art and culture.

    and is credited for popularizing the motifs to the


    Filipino national consciousness. Imao draws
    inspiration from Tausū g and Maranao art. Imao's
    Islamic faith is also a source of inspiration in his
    art as evidenced in his sculptures composed of
    elements of Allah's name through Arabic NOTABLE WORK
    calligraphy. In 1963, Imao received the New
    York Museum of Modern Art Grant to Europe
    and Scandinavia becoming the first Asian
    recipient of the grant and on 9 June 2006, Imao
    was named with the National Artist of the
    Philippines for Sculpture. Imao was also
    SARIMANOK
    FEDERICO AGUILAR
    ALCUAL
    (JUNE 6, 1936 – FEBRUARY
    2, 2011)

    BIOGRAPHY
    NOTABLE WORK
    Federico Aguilar Alcuaz was born on June
    6, 1932 in Santa Cruz, Manila, and went on
    to study fine arts at the University of the
    Philippines and moved to Barcelona, Spain
    to start his artistic career.
    Alcuaz was a Filipino painter who exhibited
    extensively Internationally and whose work
    earned him recognition both in the
    Philippines and abroad. Alcuaz was
    conferred the title of National Artist for

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