JOSE JOYA He was born on June 3, 1931 and died on May 11, 1995 A Filipino abstract artist and a National Artist of the Philippine awardee. He was a printmaker, painter, mixed media artist, and a former dean of the University of the Philippines, College of Fine Arts.
VICENTE MANANSALA Born on January 22, 1910 and died on August 22, 1981. A prominent Filipino cubist painter and illustrator. His Madonna of the Slums is a portrayal of a mother and child from the countryside who became urban shanty residents once in the city.
His Jeepneys reflects the combined the elements of provincial folk culture with the congestion issues of the city.
MAURO MALANG SANTOS Born on January 20, 1928 and died on June 10, 2017. He was known by the mononym Malang. He was a Filipino award winning cartoonist, illustrator and fine arts painter. His works are regarded as original approach to figurative painting .
HERNANDO OCAMPO Born on April 28, 1911 and died on December 28, 1978. He was a Filipino National Artist in Visual Arts. His art is described to be ‘abstract compositions of biological forms that seemed to oscillate, quiver, inflame and multiply’ like mutations.
ROBERT RODRIGUES CHABET Born on March 29, 1937 and died on April 30, 2013. He was a Filipino artist and widely acknowledged as the Father of Philippine Conceptual Art. He is a follower of cubism and Dadaism which serve as his guiding principles.
IBARRA DELA ROSA Born in 1943 and died in 1998. He was a modern and contemporary painter and a foremost exponent of meticulous impressionism in the Philippines.