Cesar

Legaspi
National Artist
for Visual Arts
(1990)
 BACKGROUND
 He is from Tondo, Manila
 His art movement includes cubism and neorealism
What is Cubism?
Cubism is a style of art
which aims to show all of the
possible viewpoints of a
person or an object all at
once.
Items represented in the
artworks look like they are
made out of cubes and other
geometrical shapes.
What is Neorealism?
A movement or school in
art or philosophy
representing a modified
form of realism
A movement to depict
directly poor people in
society: originating in
postwar Italy.
The Survivor
This convey the surging, straining movements of
human beings in aspiration, struggle, and triumph.
Gadgets (1947)
This reflects the
increasing importance
of machines in the
post-war
industrialization
period, as well as what
he perceived was the
insidious threat of
human
metamorphosing into
machine.