Vicente Manansala

Manansala, together with Fabian de la Rosa, are among the best-selling Philippine artists in the West. He was a member of the prominent Cruz, Manansala, Lopez family clan. He is considered one of the 13 Moderns, a group of modernists associated with Victorio Edades.

Vicente Manansala studied at Manila High School. The field of work recorded is painting. Residence is recorded at Masantol. Work by Vicente Manansala is recorded in the collections of Google Arts & Culture. Distinctions recorded are National Artist of the Philippines.

• Name — Vicente Manansala • Birth Name — Vicente Silva Manansala • Born — 22 January 1910 • Birthplace — Macabebe, Pampanga, Philippine Islands • Died — 22 August 1981 • Place of death — Manila, Philippines • Field — painter and illustrator • Resting Place — Loyola Memorial Park, Marikina • Movement — Cubism • Awards — Order of National Artists of the Philippines • Illustration — Manansala and his works on a 2010 stamp sheet of the Philippines

Manansala was born on January 22, 1910, in San Roque, Macabebe, Pampanga. From 1926 to 1930, he studied at the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts. In 1949, Manansala received a six-month grant from UNESCO to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Banff and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1950, he received a nine-month scholarship to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris by the French government. He also trained at the Otis School of Drawing. • Illustration — Marker (Macabebe, Pampanga Town hall.

Manansala's paintings are the best and were celebrated as the best of the barrio and the city together. His Madonna of the Slums is a portrayal of a mother and child from the countryside who became urban shanty residents once in the city. In his Jeepneys, Manansala combined the elements of provincial folk culture with the congestion issues of the city. Manansala developed transparent cubism, wherein the "delicate tones, shapes, and patterns of figure and environment are masterfully superimposed". A fine example of Manansala using this "transparent and translucent" technique is his composition, kalabaw (Carabao).

• Illustration — Grave of Vicente Manansala in Loyola Memorial Park, Marikina Manansala died on August 22, 1981, in Manila, Philippines, due to lung cancer.

• Madonna of the Slums oil on lawanit board.. 1950. • Machinery • Birdman. 1973. - this painting was subjected to a forgery incident in 2012 • Jeepneys • Magsasaka • Pounding Rice • Kalabaw (Carabao), oil on canvas, 1965 • Murals "Stations of the cross " in the Church of the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice • Bangkusay Seascape. 1940. Oil on canvas.. • Pila Pila sa Bigas (Left and Right), 1980. Oil on canvas.. • Planting the First Cross • Seal of the Arellano University • Slum Dwellers • Bayanihan • Balut Vendors • Jansen Rodriguez • Pamilya • Reclining Mother and Child • Dambana • The Musicians