Victorio C. Edades

National Artist for Visual Arts (1976)

Painting distorted human figures in rough, bold impasto strokes, and standing tall and singular in his advocacy and practice of what he believes is the creative art. His colors are dark and somber with subject matter or themes depicting laborers, factory workers or the simple folk in all their dirt, sweat and grime.

He was also known as the “Father of Modern Philippine Painting”.