CRISANTO, Lodronio

Lodronio Crisanto was born in Bulan, Sorsogon in 1945. Initially working in advertising, he was the art director at Permaline Outdoor Signs, Media Boutique, and Hemisphere Lintas Advertising where he was part owner before deciding to paint full time in 1992 apprenticing under fellow artist Romme Bautista. Crisanto is best known for stylized figures of […]

DACLAN, Virgilio

Virgilio Daclan was born in Cebu City in 1920. In 1951, he was a scholar at the UP School of Fine Arts. He taught in a number of Cebu universities and organized the Cebu Arts Council. He wrote an epic war history of Cebu, as well as a manuscript on Cebu artists. 

DAYO, Mario

  Mario Dayo was born in Paete, Laguna in 1948. As a child, Mario learned how to do figures and measurements from acclaimed Paete sculptor, Froilan Madrinan, who was his godfather. He apprenticed under National Artist Napoleon Abueva at his Area17 studio in Diliman. Dayo later went abroad to do ice carving on an Italian […]