Ramos , Rolyn L.

• Born on January 26, 1930 in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines

• Whole name: Napoleón Isabelo Veloso-Abueva
• Nickname: Billy
• Parents: Teodoro Abueva – A Bohol congressman
Purificacion (Nena) Veloso - President of the Women’s
Auxiliary Service
• Spouse: Sergia (Cherry) Abueva – A psychiatrist
• Children: Amihan, Mulawin, Duero
• Siblings: Teodoro (Teddy) Jr. – now in New York
Purificacion (Neny) – deceased
Jose Abueva – former President of UP
Amelia Martinez (Inday) – now in Chicago
Teresita (Ching) Floro – now in Sydney
Antonio (Tony) – landscape artist. He was aboard the Princess of
the Orient that was on it’s way to Cebu during tropical storm Vicki (1998) and
it sunk less than an hour after departure. His body still has not been found.
• In 1943, during WWII,
his parents were taken
by the Japanese,
tortured, and killed in
Valencia, Bohol. He was
only 14 then and he
was tortured for more
than a week. He lost
his front teeth and his
bruises took weeks to
heal.
• As a young boy, he studied at Tagbilaran Elementary School, and
later at University of Southern Philippines, Holy Name University,
and Rafael Palma College (now known as the University of Bohol)
• Took Fine Arts in UP after getting the Pura Villanueva-Kalaw
Scholarship in 1951 and graduated 1953.
• Followed by a Fulbright-Smith Scholarship (international educational
exchange in US) in 1954-55.
• Then he got a foreign Students Scholarship at the University of
Kansas from 1955-56. At the same time, he also won a scholarship
for Instituto de Allende in Mexico City but put it down due to
conflict in schedule.
• Also in 1955, he finished his Masters in Fine Arts at the Cranbook
Academy of Arts in the United States. In 1956, he attended Harvard
University for yet another scholarship grant.

* Fun Fact: At U.P, one of his mentors was Guillermo Tolentino, also
a national artist, who created the Oblation at the university
entrance . Tolentino later relegated to him the task of replicating
the sculpture for the Campus of U.P. Los Banos.
  Uses both academic representation and modern
abstract.
 Used hard wood (molave, acacia, langka wood, ipil,
kamagong, palm wood and bamboo), adobe, metal,
stainless steel, cement, marble, bronze, iron, alabaster,
coral and brass.
 Among the early innovations Abueva introduced in 1951
was what he referred to as "buoyant sculpture" --
sculpture meant to be appreciated from the surface of a
placid pool.
 He used to teach at Industrial Design department of De
La Salle College of St. Benilde School of Arts and Design
before his stroke.
 First Prize, Sculptural Exhibition by the Art Association of the Philippines (1951)
 First Prize in the Fifth Annual Art Exhibition (1974)
 First Prize and Special Award on the Fourth Sculptural Exhibition (1952)
 Awardee, "The Unknown Political Prisoner" in the International Sculpture
Competition by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (1953)
 First Prize and Special Award, Kaganapan (Marble), in the Semi-Annual Art Exhibition
by the Art Association of the Philippines (1953)
 First Prize, "Kiss of Judas" (Wood) in the Religious Art Exhibition in Detroit, Michigan,
USA (1955)
 Purchase Prize, "Water Buffalo" (Marble), in the Annual Show, at St. Louis, Missouri,
USA (1956)
 First Prize, "Figure" (Wood) in the Annual Show of the Art Association of the
Philippines (1957)
 Most Outstanding Alumnus of the School of Fine Arts, U.P. Golden Jubilee (1958)
 Republic Award for Sculpture (1959)
 Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM) Awardee in Sculpture (1959)
 Winner, U.P. Gateway Design Competition (1962)
 Winner, Cultural Heritage Award (1966)
 ASEAN Awards for Visual Arts in Bangkok (1987)
 Fourth ASEAN Achievement Award for Visual Arts in Singapore (July 1995).
 Kiss of
Judas,
Kiss of Judas
• Kaganapan
(1953) 1955
(1955)
Kaganapan, Kaganapan is one
1953 of Napoleon Abueva's
work of art. Sculpted out
of marble in 1952 when
Abueva was still a young
student at the University
of the Philippines, this
sculpture won the grand
prize in the Arts
Association of the
Philippines' annual
competition. With a
dimension of 91.44 cms.,
Kaganapan literally
interprets the female
reproductive function as
a fulfillment to women. It
is now included in
 Kiss”—“Halik” is
Kiss of made from
Judas, adobe and is a
1955 minimalist solid
block with only a
hint of lines to
define the forms,
typical of
Brancusi’s style.
• Siyam na Diwata • The Transfiguration
ng Sining (Nine (1979) –Eternal
Garden Memorial
Muses) (1994)
Park
 The nine muses
represent the nine
arts—
architecture,
music, painting,
sculpture,
literature, dance,
painting,
cinematography
and computer arts
This sculpture shows Jesus Christ during his
transfiguration, the transfiguration is when
Jesus Christ ascended to heaven from earth.
This sculpture is much like the “UP
Oblation” of Guillermo Tolentino because it
has both horizontal and vertical
lines symmetry, because of that the sculpture
looks solid and stable. The sculpture has a
dull color for it is colored with a light gray.
The sculpture is standing upright facing the
sky, This symbolizes the ascension of Jesus
Christ to heaven. It is placed at the entrance
of Eternal Gardens Memorial Park, located
at St. Joseph, Quezon City. I believa that the
reason why the sculpture is places there is
because it is a cemetery, it is a place where
the dead are buried and their souls ascend to
heaven like Jesus Christ in his transfiguration
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Sandugo or Blood Fredesvinda 1981 at

Compact Shrine – An Diwata ng
Fort Canning ,
Tagbiliran City Dagat
Singapore
Bohol
 Sandugo or This well-
Blood Compact known
monument in
Shrine –
scenic
Tagbiliran City surrounds is a
Bohol statue
depicting a
famous blood
compact from
1565.
Fredesvinda Fredesvinda is a famous
sculpture that was displayed at
1981 at Fort Singapore's Fort Canning Park,
Singapore, during the ASEAN
Canning , Sculpture Symposium that was
Singapore held from 27 March to 26 April
1981.
The five-meter tall sculpture is a
reinforced concrete cast of an
unfinished boat. It is
the ASEAN sculpture made by
the Philippine sculptor, Napoleo
n Abueva to present a symbol
of regional cooperation.
 30 pieces of Silver
 UP Gateway (1967)
 UP Faculty Center
 the bronze figure of Teodoro M. Kalaw in front
of National Library
 and murals in marble at the National Heroes
Shrine, Mt. Samat, Bataan