Arturo Luz

ARTURO LUZ
Arturo Rogerio Luz (born November 20, 1926) is a Philippine

National Artist awardee in visual arts. He is also a
known printmaker, sculptor, designer and art administrator. A founding
member of the modern Neo-realist school in Philippine art, he received
the National Artist Award, the country's highest accolade in the arts, in
1997.[1]
Luz has produced art pieces through a disciplined 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 the modernist "virtues" of competence,
order and elegance; and were further described as evoking universal
reality and mirrors an aspiration for an acme of true Asian modernity.
Arturo Luz, painter, sculptor, and designer for more than 40 years, created
masterpieces that exemplify an ideal of sublime austerity in expression and form. From
the Carnival series of the late 1950s to the recent Cyclist paintings, Luz produced works
that elevated Filipino aesthetic vision to new heights of sophisticated simplicity. By
establishing the Luz Gallery that professionalized the art gallery as an institution and set
a prestigious influence over generations of Filipino artists, Luz inspired and developed a
Filipino artistic community that nurtures impeccable designs.
Night Glows, 1960
Among his other

significant paintings
are Bagong
Taon, Vendador de
Flores, Skipping
Rope, Candle
Vendors, Procession
, Self-Portrait, Night
Glows,Grand
Finale, Cities of the
Past, Imaginary
Landscapes. His
mural painting Black
and White is
displayed in the lobby
of the CCPs Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco (Little Theater). His sculpture of a stainless
steel cube is located in front of the Benguet Mining Corporation Building in Pasig.
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez
(September 8, 1915 November 28, 1999)
Nstor Vicente Madali

Gonzlez (September 8, 1915
November 28, 1999) was a Filipino
novelist, short story writer, essayist and
poet. Conferred as the National Artist of
the Philippines for Literature in 1997.
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez,

better known as N.V.M. Gonzalez,
fictionist, essayist, poet, and
teacher, articulated the Filipino spirit
in rural, urban landscapes. Among
the many recognitions, he won the
First Commonwealth Literary
Contest in 1940, received the
Republic Cultural Heritage Award in
1960 and the Gawad CCP Para sa
Sining in 1990. The awards attest to
his triumph in appropriating the
English language to express, reflect
and shape Philippine culture and
Philippine sensibility. He became U.P.s International-Writer-In-Residence and a
member of the Board of Advisers of the U.P. Creative Writing Center. In 1987, U.P.
conferred on him the Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, its highest academic
recognition.
Major works of N.V.M Gonzalez include the following: The Winds of April, Seven Hills
Away, Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and Other Stories, The Bamboo
Dancers, Look Stranger, on this Island Now, Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty -One
Stories, The Bread of Salt and Other Stories, Work on the Mountain, The Novel of
Justice: Selected Essays 1968-1994, A Grammar of Dreams and Other Stories.
Awards and prizes

Regents Professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, 19981999
Philippines Centennial Award for Literature, 1998
National Artist Award for Literature, 1997
Oriental Mindoro Sangguniang Panlalawigan Resolution "extending due recognition to

Nestor V. M. Gonzlez... the commendation he well deserves..." 1996
City of Manila Diwa ng Lahi award "for his service and contribution to Philippine national
Literature," 1996
City of Los Angeles resolution declaring October 11, 1996 "N.V.M. Gonzlez Day, 1996
The Asian Catholic Publishers Award, 1993
The Filipino Community of California Proclamation "honoring N.V.M. Gonzlez for

seventy-eight years of achievements," 1993
Ninoy Aquino Movement for Social and Economic Reconstruction through Volunteer
Service award, 1991
City and County of San Francisco proclamation of March 7, 1990 "Professor N.V.M.
Gonzlez Day in San Francisco," 1990
Cultural Center of the Philippines award, Gawad Para sa Sining, 1990
Writers Union of the Philippines award, Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagts, 1989
University of the Philippines International Writer-in-Residence, 1988
Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa) from the University of the Philippines, 1987
Djerassi Foundation Artist-in-Residence, 1986
Philippine Foreign Service Certificate of Appreciation for Work in the International

Academic and Literary Community, at San Francisco, 1983
Emeritus Professor of English, California State University, 1982
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award (Short Story), First Prize for 'The Tomato Game,' 1971
City of Manila Medal of Honor, 1971.
Awarded Leverhulme Fellowship, University of Hong Kong, 1969.
Visiting Associate Professorship in English, University of California, Santa Barbara,

1968.
British Council award for Travel to England, 1965.
Intemaciones Award for Travel in the Federal German Republic, 1965.
Philippines Free Press First Prize Award winner for Serenade (short story), 1964.
Rockefeller Foundation Writing Grant and Travel in Europe, 1964

Jose Rizal Pro-Patria Award for The Bamboo Dancers, 1961
Republic Cultural Heritage Award for The Bamboo Dancers, 1960
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award (Short Story), Third Prize winner for On the Ferry, 1959
Philippine Free Press Third Prize winner for On the Ferry, 1959
Republic Award of Merit for "the advancement of Filipino culture in the field of English
Literature," 1954.
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award (Short Story), Second Prize winner for Lupo and the
River, 1953
Rockefeller Foundation Study and Travel fellowship to India and the Far East, 1952
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award (Short Story), Second Prize winner for Children of the
Ash-covered Loam, 1952
Rockefeller Foundation Writing Fellowship to Stanford University, Kenyon

College School of English, and Columbia University, 19491950
Liwayway Short Story Contest, Third Prize winner for Lunsod, Nayon at Dagat-dagatan,
1943
First Commonwealth Literary Contest honorable mention for The Winds of April, 1940

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What are some of the awards and achievements of N.V.M. Gonzalez?

ARTURO LUZ

Arturo Rogerio Luz (born November 20, 1926) is a Philippine

Night Glows, 1960

Among his other

Nstor Vicente Madali

Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez,

Awards and prizes

Philippines Centennial Award for Literature, 1998

National Artist Award for Literature, 1997

Oriental Mindoro Sangguniang Panlalawigan Resolution "extending due recognition to

The Asian Catholic Publishers Award, 1993

The Filipino Community of California Proclamation "honoring N.V.M. Gonzlez for

Cultural Center of the Philippines award, Gawad Para sa Sining, 1990

University of the Philippines International Writer-in-Residence, 1988

Djerassi Foundation Artist-in-Residence, 1986

Philippine Foreign Service Certificate of Appreciation for Work in the International

Emeritus Professor of English, California State University, 1982

City of Manila Medal of Honor, 1971.

Awarded Leverhulme Fellowship, University of Hong Kong, 1969.

Visiting Associate Professorship in English, University of California, Santa Barbara,

British Council award for Travel to England, 1965.

Intemaciones Award for Travel in the Federal German Republic, 1965.

Rockefeller Foundation Writing Grant and Travel in Europe, 1964

Republic Cultural Heritage Award for The Bamboo Dancers, 1960

Rockefeller Foundation Writing Fellowship to Stanford University, Kenyon

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