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Vicente Manansala
National Artist of the Philippines
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Timeline at a Glance of Vicente Manansala's Life
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1910 Born the second of eight children Jan 22 in Macabebe, Pampanga
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1925 Worked at a Manila painting shop doing movie posters; First oil painting
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1926-30 UP School of Fine Arts
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1930 Billboard painter and laborer in the Ipo Dam Construction
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1937 Married Hermenigilda Diaz
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1934 Worked as a mess boy aboard the English ship Silver Palm
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1941 Illustrator, Cultural Office in local Hodobu, Japanese Occupational
Government
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1941 First Prize, National Art Exposition by UST for "Pounding Rice".
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1949 UNESCO grant to study in Banff and Montreal, Canada
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1950 First Prize, Art Association of the Philippines First Annual Art Competition
for Banaklaot; Key synthesizer of Neo-Realism style
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1950 French Government scholarship to study at the University of Paris
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1951 First One man show at the Manila Hotel; seven others since
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1951 First Prize, Republic Exposition
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1951-58 Professor, U.S.T. School of Fine Arts
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1957 Outstanding UP Alumnus Distinction
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1960 U.S. Dept. of State Specialist grant to study stained glass techniques
in New York
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1963 Republic Heritage Award
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1967 Otis Art Institute
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1970 German grant to study in Zurich
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1970 Araw ng Maynila Award
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1981 Died in Makati
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1981 Proclaimed NATIONAL ARTIST (posthumous)
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1992 The World of Manansala- Metropolitan Museum of Manila
Historical Murals: over a dozen major murals including the fifteen stations
of the Cross for. U.P. Diliman Chapel; Mural for the Philippine Heart Center;
fresco mural for the National Press Club
Interests: Collage, Chinese scroll painting, Japanese Shibui Style
(Duldulao 1993).
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References
* Duldulao, Manuel D. 1988 (revised edition of 1982 work). A Century
of Realism in Philippine Art. Hong Kong: Toppan Printing Company and ORO
BOOKS.
* Duldulao, Manuel D. 1993. Twentieth Century Filipino Artists. Quezon
City: Legacy Publishers.
* Hofilena, Ramon, H. 1974. Manansala. Silay City. 24 p. monograph.
500 copies printed.
* Paras-Perez, Rodolfo. 1972. From the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Guillermo
* Damian: Manansala Landscape Watercolors. 20 p. Manila. 23 cm.
* Paras-Perez, Rodolfo. 1995. Edades and the 13 moderns. (compiled
with Belen Ponferrada and Victoria T. Herrera). Manila: National Commission
for Culture and the Arts, Committee on Visual Arts. 85 p. 31 cm.
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Page Maintained by Dr. Carl Rubino
Last Modified January 6, 2000
