Antonio Abad

Antonio Martínez Abad (Antonio M. Abad) was born on 1894 and died on 1970. Antonio Abad was a famous Filipino poet, fictionist, playwright and essayist from Cebu, Philippines, who wrote in Spanish when such was the language of the Filipino society. Antonio Abad was a master of costumbrismo (local color), in a personal form of anecdote known as instantánea or ráfaga. He won the Premio Zobel in 1928 and 1929. He was a professor at Far Eastern University and the University of the Philippines, where he taught Spanish and co-founded the Department of Spanish (now European Languages). His novel La oveja de Nathan is widely discussed in the following article in Spanish, by Professor Manuel Garcia Castellon, from University of New Orleans.

Fabian de la Rosa

Fabian Cueto de la Rosa was born on May 5, 1869 and died on December 14, 1937. Fabian de la Rosa was a Famous Filipino painter. He was uncle and mentor to the Philippines' national artist in painting, Fernando Amorsolo, and to his brother Pablo. He is regarded as a “master of genre” in Philippine art.

His masterpieces are the following:

* Women Working in a Rice Field, 1902
* Transplanting Rice, 1904
* The Death of General Lawton, 1904
* Un recuerdo de la Villa Borghese (A Remembrance of the Villa Borghese), 1909
* Planting Rice, 109.2 x 190.6 cm, oil on canvas, 1921, National Museum Collection
* Los Baños, watercolor, 56.2 x 66.4 cm, 1922, UP Vargas Museum
* La pintora (Woman Painter), 1926
* La bordadora (The Embroiderer), ca. 1926
* Landscape with Dark Trees, 1927
* Pasay Beach, Manila, 1927
* Young Filipina, oil on canvas, 34.2 x 27.9 cm, 1928 , Paulino Que Collection
* El kundiman (The Kundiman), 1930
* Riverview of Sta. Ana, 48.2 x 64.5 cm, oil on canvas, 1938, UP Vargas Museum Collection
* Marikina Road, ca. 1939
* Fishermen's Huts on Balut Island, Tondo
* View of Santa Ana
* Marikina Valley, oil on canvas, 39.3 x 50 cm, undated, UP Vargas Museum Collection