Vincent Van Gogh

"The Potato Eaters" 1885

Van Gogh’s first major work, “The Potato Eaters,” was painted in dark earth tones, a stark contrast from the hues in his later landscapes. Its aim was to capture the grim realities of peasant life.

Victorio C. Edades (December 23, 1895 – March 7, 1985)
is a Filipino painter who was the leader of the revolutionary Thirteen Moderns who engaged their classical compatriots in heated debate over the nature and function of art. He was named a National Artist in 1976.

The Sketch, 1928, oil on canvas

Fabián Cueto de la Rosa 

(May 5, 1869 – December 14, 1937) was a Filipino painter. He was uncle and mentor to the Philippines' national artist in painting, Fernando Amorsolo, and to his brother Pablo.^[1] He is regarded as a "master of genre" in Philippine 

Barcazas en el (Houseboats in a River), oil on canvas,
Private Collection, USA

Marcel Antonio (born June 28, 1965)

is a Filipino painter once considered one of the most promising in Philippine contemporary art.^[1] A graduate of the University of the Philippines' College of Fine Arts, Antonio has produced a distinctive collection of narrativeand pseudo-narrative figurative paintings influenced by modernism and 1980s postmodernism.

As one of the Philippines' young painters most proficient in the expressionist genre, Antonio is currently considered a prize ofcollectors in the Manila art market, which following granted the painter mainstream gallery success. Since Antonio's career started, art dealers have indulged the painter an unending series of sold-out exhibitions.^[2]

Antonio's works involve a clear expressionism with mysterious themes, often utilizing fabular images that combine myth with reality. Seeming stories behind his paintings have also captured mainstream gallery-goers' attention.

Philippine critics also regard Antonio as one among the most important contemporary Filipino painters, bestowing on the artist a number of critical acclaim for his magnetic narratives in oil and acrylic. In Manila he has exhibited at major galleries like Galleria Duemila, The Drawing Room, Gallery BIG, Galleria Quattrocento and Glorietta Art Center, where his following include both local and international buyers. He has also exhibited in Berlin, Australia and Singapore.

Antonio's Maiden with Flowers, oil on canvas, 2000.

Pablo Cueto Amorsolo (June 26, 1898 – 1945) was a Filipino painter. He was the younger brother of the Philippine National ArtistFernando Amorsolo.

Pablo Amorsolo was born in Daet, Camarines Norte to husband and wife Pedro Amorsolo and Bonifacia Cueto. When he was still eight years old, his family moved to Manila.

During World War II, he became a follower of the Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere, and served as a colonel of the Kempetai of theJapanese Empire. When the American soldiers succeed in returning to the shores of the Philippines, Amorsolo was captured by Filipinotroops.

He was sentenced and executed by firing squad in the hands of guerillas. He died in this manner at the Antipolo, Rizal in 1945.

Fruit Vendor by Pablo Amorsolo,
University Of the Philippines collection

Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (June 6, 1932 – February 2, 2011)was an award winning 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 Visual Arts, Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media in 2009. However, four nominees for the award other than Alcuaz became embroiled in the 2009 National Artist of the Philippines Controversy, which led the Supreme Court of the Philippines to temporarily issue a status quo order on August 25, 2009, blocking the conferment of the awards on all seven nominees - despite the fact that no objections were ever raised regarding the conferment of the award to Alcuaz and two other nominees.

Abstract with red and green by national artist Federico Aguilar-Alcuaz 15'' x 20''
oil on canvas 1982

ABAD, PACITA (1946-2004)
was born in Basco, Batanes, a small island in the northernmost part of the Philippines, between Luzon andTaiwan. Her more than 30-year painting career began when she traveled to the United States to undertake graduate studies. She exhibited her work in over 200 museums, galleries and other venues, including 75 solo shows, around the world. Abad's work is now in public, corporate and private art collections in over 70 countries.
This is one of the Artwork:

Filipina: A racial identity crisis (1990).
Acrylic, handwoven cloth, dyed yarn, beads, gold thread on
stitched and paded canvass.