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February 18, 2026

Nonoy Marcelo’s Life and Art

Nonoy Marcelo’s Life and Art
by: Christiane L. de la Paz

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Federico Estrada: The Forgotten Great
Federico Estrada: The Forgotten Great
October 2013-- A lesser known contemporary of Vicente Manansala, Federico Estrada started his career as a sculptor in 1932. He was the first Filipino to work at the atelier of Pietro Amberti who taught him the secrets of s...
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Art for a cause: ICA's "With Grateful Hearts"
Art for a cause: ICA's "With Grateful Hearts"
Last Feburary 4, 2006, the Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA) celebrated its seventieth anniversary with the theme, "Excellence and Service Towards a Transformed Society." The ICA Alumnae Association...
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PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: The Lives and Art Collections of Thirty Filipino Art Collectors
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: The Lives and Art Collections of Thirty Filipino Art Collectors
October 2009 -- Private Collections is a book about private art collecting and collectors in the Philippines published in 2009. It tells the passions and visions of thirty Filipino collectors and follows their tastes in art - whe...
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Unique Tombs found in the Philippines
Unique Tombs found in the Philippines
 MANILA, Philippines — Archaeologists have unearthed remnants of what they believe is a 1,000-year-old village on a jungle-covered mountaintop in the Philippines with limestone coffins of a type never before found in...
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The History and the 1930s Graduates of the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts
The History and the 1930s Graduates of the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts
February-March 2014--The School of Fine Arts was established by authority of Act No. 1870, founding the University of the Philippines which was enacted by the Philippine Assembly on June 18, 1908. The School was opened to...
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MADE 2009 Sneak Peek: Celebrating future art masters
Take a look at the masterpieces of young Filipino artists. Feel their sentiments. Learn how the environment can inspire human beings, and how humanity can protect the environment through their creations. Experience Filipino creativity as the Metrobank F...
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The Mastery of Mia Herbosa
The Mastery of Mia Herbosa
July-August 2010-- Mia Ongpin Herbosa has a unique standing in the history of Philippine art. Coming from the bloodlines of Jose Rizal and Damian Domingo, she proves with her talent in painting and erudition that the appl...
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Alliance Francaise de Manille's Aguilar Alcuaz A picturesque journey in Europe
Alliance Francaise de Manille's Aguilar Alcuaz A picturesque journey in Europe
SPAIN June-August 2015--In 1955, Federico Aguilar Alcuaz received a scholarship grant to study at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. His instructor soon noticed that he was very talented. He was asked to leave the university , as...
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Jose John Santos III's Subconscious Upwellings
Jose John Santos III's Subconscious Upwellings
February 2010 -- While many of the ideas of the young artists today swirled in chaotic orbits, Jose John Santos’ paintings remain simple and fantastic and are always governed by thought. In many of his outputs, he...
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Antonio G. Dumlao: The Forgotten Great
Antonio G. Dumlao: The Forgotten Great
December 2011--In the not so distant past, Antonio Gonzales Dumlao was a big name in Philippine art. He was a contemporary of Fernando Amorsolo and Vicente Manansala who began his career during the late the 1930s pa...
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