tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16532892271925885712010-01-14T10:34:18.913-08:00Famous ArtistsThis blog is all about the Famous Artists of the World.Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-3162329078104726312009-08-19T15:26:00.000-07:002009-08-19T15:28:43.234-07:00Lamberto V. AvellanaFamous Filipino Artist: Lamberto Vera Avellana was born on February 12, 1915 and died April 25, 1991. Lamberto V. Avellana was a prominent Filipino film and stage director. Despite considerable budgetary limitations that hampered the post-war Filipino film industry, Lamberto V. Avellana's films such as Anak Dalita and Badjao attained international acclaim. In 1976, Lamberto V. Avellana was named Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-103531721413098402009-06-23T06:30:00.000-07:002009-06-23T06:32:18.831-07:00Romeo TanghalFamous Filipino Artist: Romeo Tanghal is a famous Filipino comic book artist who has worked primarily as an inker. He became well-known in the industry in the 1980s for his work on DC Comics' The New Teen Titans. The Teen Titans, also known as The New Teen Titans, New Titans, or The Titans, is a DC Comics superhero team. Teen Titans animated television series ran on Cartoon Network from July 2003Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-75610346800687382892009-05-26T07:09:00.000-07:002009-05-26T07:11:34.683-07:00Juan Paolo AquinoFamous Filipino Photographer: Juan Paolo "Jaypee" Aquino is a famous Filipino film director and photographer. He is considered one of the most prolific directors in Filipino media today, having directed television shows and short films for almost a decade. His trademark, visually arresting images, has re-invented the pace and the look of the different lifestyle magazine shows that he has directedInternet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-52541793325425993312009-03-16T12:21:00.000-07:002009-03-16T12:29:50.643-07:00Famous Filipino Artist Fernando ZobelFernando Zobel y Montojo who was born on August 27, 1924 and died on June 2, 1984, also known as Fernando Zobel de Ayala y Montojo, Fernando M. Zobel, and Fernando M. Zóbel de Ayala, was a famous Filipino businessman, a famous Filipino modernist painter, and patron of the arts. Fernando Zobel, the son of Enrique Zobel de Ayala (1877-1943) and Fermina Montojo y Torrontegui, he was born in Ermita, Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-52427179546674716632009-01-28T06:45:00.000-08:002009-03-16T12:29:27.263-07:00Danny SilladaFamous Filipino Artists: Danny C. Sillada (born in 1963 -, Cateel, Davao Oriental, Philippines) is a Filipino surrealist painter, poet, musician, philosopher, performance artist, and literary, art & cultural critic from Mindanao. He was a recipient of 2003 "Pasidungog Centennial Awards" for literary and visual arts, a centennial event that was attended by the president of the Philippines Gloria Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-78587054389651032622009-01-26T11:55:00.000-08:002009-01-26T11:57:38.342-08:00Jose RizalFamous Filipino Artists and National Hero: Jose Rizal's multifacetedness was described by his German friend, Dr. Adolf Meyer, as "stupendous." Documented studies show him to be a polymath with the ability to master various skills and subjects. He was an ophthalmologist, sculptor, painter, educator, farmer, historian, playwright and journalist. Besides poetry and creative writing, he dabbled, withInternet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-54177056524383295682009-01-25T03:24:00.000-08:002009-01-25T03:26:04.323-08:00Mario ParialFamous Filipino Artists: Mario Parial is a Multi Awarded Filipino Painter,PrintMaker, Sculptor and Photographer. His works have been sold at Sotheby's.Mario Parial was born on August 13,1944 in Gapan, Nueva Ecija. One of the fourteen children of Fidel Parial and Aurora Torres. He studied grade school at the Pura V Kalaw Elementary School.Graduated in 1958. In 1962 he graduated from the Roosevelt Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-91333860099671522872009-01-24T08:01:00.000-08:002009-01-24T08:02:37.423-08:00Alfonso A. OssorioFamous Filipino Artists: Alfonso A. Ossorio (1916-1990) was an abstract expressionist artist who was born in Manila in 1916 to wealthy Filipino parents from the province of Negros Occidental. His heritage was Hispanic, Filipino, and Chinese. Between the ages of eight and thirteen, he attended school in England. At age fourteen, he moved to the United States. From 1934 to 1938, he studied fine artInternet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-45105238017678835982009-01-22T15:09:00.001-08:002009-01-22T15:09:48.522-08:00Onib OlmedoFamous Filipino Painters: Onib Olmedo (July 7, 1937, Manila, Philippines - September 8, 1996) was an award-winning expressionist Filipino painter. He illustrated The Body Book (1993) by Gilda Cordero-Fernando. He created populist art and depicted the marginalized part of the society. In 1970, he decided to shift from is 12-year career in architecture to painting where he became a leading figure Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-65654381795317257882009-01-21T15:34:00.000-08:002009-01-21T15:36:41.895-08:00Hernando R. OcampoFamous Filipino Artists: Hernando R. Ocampo (April 18, 1911 – December 28, 1978) is a Filipino National Artist in the visual arts. He is also fictionist, a playwright and editor.Hernando Ruiz Ocampo was a leading radical modernist artist in the Philippines. He was a member of the Saturday Group of artists (also known as the Taza de Oro Group), and was one of the pre-war Thirteen Moderns, a group Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-32941310565067951892009-01-15T05:45:00.000-08:002009-01-15T05:46:10.421-08:00Maningning MiclatFamous Filipino Painters: Maningning Miclat was born a Filipino on April 15, 1972 in Beijing, China. She was known for her Chinese bamboo Zen paintings and poetry in three languages: Filipino, Mandarin, and English. In 1987, she published her first book of poems, Wo De Shi, in Mandarin, and held her first solo show of traditional Chinese painting, Maningning: An Exhibit of Chinese Brush Works. Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-16328919520741980012009-01-14T07:23:00.000-08:002009-01-14T07:24:24.852-08:00Jao MapaFamous Filipino Painters: Jose Vicente P. Mapa III, who is better known by his screen name Jao Mapa (born 1976), is a popular actor in the Philippines. He is also an accomplished painter known by the name Joao Mapa.Mostly known as the Pepsi-Cola guy, he started a modeling career in the late 90's and co-hosted shows like Eat Bulaga and ASAP (variety show). His first movie was Pare Ko (1995). In Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-44566233801511048082009-01-13T06:02:00.000-08:002009-01-13T06:03:44.101-08:00Jose FadulFamous Filipino Science Education Specialist: Jose Arabe Fadul is a multi-awarded Filipino science education specialist, educational psychologist, academic, teacher, historian, and author known for his works in psychology and the Rizal Course. In 1995 he was the chair of the Information Science Group of the University of the Philippines National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-79998398516390525642009-01-08T09:49:00.000-08:002009-01-08T09:51:26.087-08:00Luis Eduardo AuteFamous Filipino Artists: Luis Eduardo Aute (born Manila, September 13, 1943) is a Spanish musician, singer-songwriter, film director, painter and poet.Luis Eduardo Aute was born in Manila, capital of the Philippines, on September 13, 1943. His father, Catalan (born in Catalonia, Spain), had been working in that country since 1919, in a tobacco company and was married with a Filipina, descendent Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-25302330990924007292009-01-08T09:24:00.000-08:002009-01-08T09:26:37.091-08:00Pacita AbadFamous Filipino Painters: Pacita Abad (1946-2004) was born in Basco, Batanes, a small island in the northernmost part of the Philippines, between Luzon and Taiwan. Her more-than-thirty-year painting career began when she travelled to the United States to undertake graduate studies. She had over 40 solo exhibitions at museums and galleries in the U.S., Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America. She Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-62501142149691844922008-12-07T09:29:00.000-08:002009-01-13T09:31:17.926-08:00Juan LunaFamous Filipino Painters: Juan Luna y Novicio (October 23, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipino painter in the late 19th century.He was born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, the third child of seven children. He is a descendant of the Cala Family of the Philippines. Luna obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ateneo Municipal de Manila in 1874. He showed artistic promise early on Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-64284947292465842402008-12-06T09:32:00.000-08:002009-01-13T09:33:47.350-08:00Vicente ManansalaFamous Filipino Painters: Vicente Silva Manansala (January 22, 1910- August 22, 1981) was a Philippine cubist painter and illustrator.Manansala was born in Macabebe, Pampanga. From 1926 to 1930, he studied at the U.P. School of Fine Arts. In 1949, Manansala received a six-month grant by UNESCO to study at the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Banff and Montreal, Canada. In 1950, he received a nine-month Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-38807472724598487292008-12-05T09:31:00.000-08:002009-01-13T09:32:20.503-08:00Arturo R. LuzFamous Filipino Painters: Arturo R. Luz (born 1926) is a Philippine National Artist awardee in painting. He is also a known printmaker, sculptor, designer and art administrator. Luz produced art pieces through a discplined economy of means. His early drawings were described as "playful linear works" influenced by Paul Klee. His best masterpieces are minimalist, geometric abstracts, alluding to Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-865467370091742642008-12-04T09:28:00.000-08:002009-01-13T09:29:09.681-08:00Cesar LegaspiFamous Filipino Painters: Cesar Legaspi (1917-1994) is a Filipino National Artist awardee in painting. He was also an art director prior to going full-time in his visual art practice in the 1960s. His early (1940s-1960s) works, alongside those of peer, Hernando Ocampo are described as depictions of anguish and dehumanization of beggars and laborers in the city. These include Man and Woman (Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-51653270518793700412008-12-03T09:27:00.000-08:002009-01-13T09:27:56.524-08:00Ang KiukokFamous Filipino Painters: Ang Kiukok (Chinese: 洪救國, March 1, 1931- May 9, 2005) was a leading Filipino painter and a National Artist for Visual Arts.He was born in Davao City, Philippines to Chinese-Filipino parents who had emigrated from Fukien. He pursued Art Studies at the University of Santo Tomas, where he was taught by Filipino art masters, most notably Vicente Manansala who was to become aInternet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-42811338918857598332008-12-02T09:25:00.000-08:002009-01-13T09:26:21.655-08:00Jose T. JoyaFamous Filipino Printmakers: Joya was a printmaker, mixed media artist, and a former dean of the University of the Philippines' College of Fine Arts. He pioneered abstract expressionism in the Philippines. His canvases were characterized by "dynamic spontaneity" and "quick gestures" of action painting. He is the creator of compositions that were described as "vigorous compositions" of heavy Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-2860837541896406102008-12-01T09:23:00.000-08:002009-01-13T09:24:49.209-08:00Paco GorospeFamous Filipino Painters: Francisco "Paco" Gorospe (10 July 1939 – 22 September 2002) was a Filipino painter, called the "Picasso of the Philippines".Paco Gorospe is one of the famous painters of the Philippines. He was born in Binondo, Manila. He was inspired by the simple and colourful lifestyle of native tribes from the south of the country such as the Yakans, the Bogobos and the Tausugs.He Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-27553101822600184152008-11-29T06:01:00.000-08:002008-11-29T06:02:44.495-08:00Leona LewisLeona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985 in London, United Kingdom) is a British pop/R&B singer and songwriter. She was also the winner of the third series of the British television talent show The X Factor in 2006. Her debut single in the United Kingdom, "A Moment Like This", broke a world record after it was downloaded over 50,000 times within thirty minutes of its release.Leona Lewis second Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-63153802977122076642008-11-21T05:35:00.000-08:002008-11-21T05:36:33.104-08:00Britney SpearsBritney Spears became a pop culture icon immediately after launching her recording career. Rolling Stone magazine wrote: "One of the most controversial and successful female vocalists of the 21st century," she "spearheaded the rise of post-millennial teen pop... Spears early on cultivated a mixture of innocence and experience that broke the bank". She is listed by the Guinness World Records as Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653289227192588571.post-86812886098776195512008-10-12T15:30:00.001-07:002008-10-12T15:30:53.684-07:00Taylor SwiftTaylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country music artist who began her career as a teenager. Signed to the independent Big Machine Records label in 2006, she made her debut on the Billboard country charts with the release of her debut single "Tim McGraw". This song, which peaked at #6, was the first of five singles from her self-titled debut, which was released in late Internet Marketing Optimizernoreply@blogger.com