Juan Nakpil
Juan Nakpil as Philippine National Artist
Since then, the title “National Artist of the Philippines achieved its” achieved its complexity and great honor for having a broad criteria of choosing the nominees. It has been a prestigious award which fully granted for those who greatly excel and contributed widely in the development of Philippine arts. Philippine Arts, which plays a vital role for the preservation and commercialization of our own culture, should be a product of fully Filipino style rather than an adaptation from other modern style architecture.
The fruit of love between Julio Nakpil and Gregoria de Jesus, Juan Nakpil and Gregorio D Jesus, Juan Nakpil was the first national artist of the Philippines in architecture category. He was the first Filipino architect who was able to be listed in American institute of Architects. He finished his high school in Manila high school (1917) and took the course of engineer in University of the Philippines. During his times in UP, he studied free drawing, painting, decorative arts and sculpture.
After two years, Juan Nakpil gone to United States and took his bachelor in Science of Civil Engineering in University of Kansas. After that, he went to Europe and took his course of architecture in Fountain Bleau School of Fine Arts which he got his diploma d’ architecture. In his comeback in the Philippines, he becomes assistant architect in Bureau of Public works.
Given a prestigious award of “National Artist of the Philippines ”, there are claims that Juan Nakpil doesn’t deserve to have it. The reason might be revealed by revealing the criteria of choosing nominees for the title. 1. Living artists who have been Filipino citizens for the last ten years prior to nomination as well as those who have died after the establishment of the award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death; 2. Artists who have helped build a Filipino sense of nationhood through the content and form of their works;
Since then, the title “National Artist of the Philippines achieved its” achieved its complexity and great honor for having a broad criteria of choosing the nominees. It has been a prestigious award which fully granted for those who greatly excel and contributed widely in the development of Philippine arts. Philippine Arts, which plays a vital role for the preservation and commercialization of our own culture, should be a product of fully Filipino style rather than an adaptation from other modern style architecture.
The fruit of love between Julio Nakpil and Gregoria de Jesus, Juan Nakpil and Gregorio D Jesus, Juan Nakpil was the first national artist of the Philippines in architecture category. He was the first Filipino architect who was able to be listed in American institute of Architects. He finished his high school in Manila high school (1917) and took the course of engineer in University of the Philippines. During his times in UP, he studied free drawing, painting, decorative arts and sculpture.
After two years, Juan Nakpil gone to United States and took his bachelor in Science of Civil Engineering in University of Kansas. After that, he went to Europe and took his course of architecture in Fountain Bleau School of Fine Arts which he got his diploma d’ architecture. In his comeback in the Philippines, he becomes assistant architect in Bureau of Public works.
Given a prestigious award of “National Artist of the Philippines ”, there are claims that Juan Nakpil doesn’t deserve to have it. The reason might be revealed by revealing the criteria of choosing nominees for the title. 1. Living artists who have been Filipino citizens for the last ten years prior to nomination as well as those who have died after the establishment of the award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death; 2. Artists who have helped build a Filipino sense of nationhood through the content and form of their works;