BOMA, Danielle
DE GUZMAN, Robelle
IBNOHAJIL, Yasmin
MANALO, Fleur
TEOPE, Ana

March 1, 1931

Vicente Ang and Chin Lim

Hua Shing

“Save the Country”

Ang Kiukok was a trader’s son

In 1936, at age 5 he started his schooling at Chinese
Highschool

Mansalca - highland tribe

Tan Kok King

1947 - he found a job

1952 – study Fine Arts in Manila

- He found his educational home in the
University of Santo Tomas where he studied
under the greats of Philippine Art, these
included: Victorio Edades, Diosado Lorenzo,
Jose Garcia Llamas and many others.

Vicente Manansala

December 10, 1954 - Contemporary Arts Gallery

He won the 5th Shell Students Art Competition in
1955, and held another one man show at Lyd
Arguilla’s Philippine Art Gallery where well
known works such as Pieta and Boats were
featured.
 1958
– cubism style
 Association
of the Philippine’ 12th Annual Art
Exhibit - Blind Musicians
 AAP
Semi-Annual Art Exhibition - Still Life
 2001
- awarded as National Artist by
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
 He
continued to work passionately from
home with his wife Maria and his 4 children.
 May
9, 2005
 Ang
Kiukok's success stems mainly from the
honesty of his art.
 It is one of Ang Kiukok's strengths that he
never allowed himself to be bulldozed by the
public's whims.
 Kiukok's paintings serve as reminders to a
society where integrity and moral rectitude
receive more lip service than practice.
 Ang Kiukok continues to be a respected but
enigmatic figure in the Manila art scene.
 Virgilio
Almario a.k.a. Rio Alma saw a
painting of Ang Kiukok, he felt an instant
connection to it.
 "This is my painter; this is my spirit," Almario
recalls himself
 Both attained the ultimate accolade — the
National Artist award, Almario for Literature
and Ang for Visual Arts.
 It was a dream-come-true for Almario as the
book " Sonetos Postumos" was launched at
the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
 Named
National Artist in Visual Arts in 2001
 unconventional paintings
 “figurative expressionism”
 depict harsh truths in life
 GALLERIES: National Museum, Cultural
Center of the Philippines, National Historical
Museum of Taipei, National Museum in
Singapore, Ateneo Art Gallery, and National
Historical Commission.
MOTHER
AND CHILD
THE
FISH
MALE
AND FEMALE
Catch of the Day
Artist
Ang Kiukok
Title
Catch of the day
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Size
35 x 40.2 in. / 89 x 102 cm.
Year
1981 -
Misc.
Signed
Sale Of
Sotheby's Singapore: Saturday, March 29,
1997
[Lot 72]
Important South East Asian Paintings
*
Estimat
e
Sold For
*
Still Life with Red Cloth
ANG KIU KOK
ANG KIU KOK
 1961
– Outstanding Overseas Chinese in Art
 1976 – Outstanding Citizen
 1978 – UST Outstanding Alumnus Award
 1978 – Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan
Award, from the City of Manila
 1980 – Mobil Art Award
 2002 – Jose Rizal Award for Excellence
Trivia Game Feat. Diane de Jesus 
 Ang
Kiu Kok was born in Davao City by his
parents Vicente Ang and Chin Lim on March
01,____
 A.
1931
 B. 1932
 C. 1933
 D. 1930
 Ang
Kiukok was a trader’s son. The Angs were
a very prominent family known for trading
dry goods, abaca and groceries. Because of
that, his father named him “Kiukok” because
it means
 A.
Trader’s son
 B. A painter
 C. Save the country
 D. Chinese Born
 1958
marked the birth of his signature
“cubism” style. With this new style in tow,
Ang Kiukok continued to be recognized and
was awarded at the exhibits such as the
Association of the Philippine’ 12th Annual Art
Exhibit, where his work “_______” was given
a special award.
 A. Blind Mice
 B. Love is Blind
 C. Blinded by the Light
 D. Blind Musicians
 On
May 9, 2005, Ang Kiukok gave in to the
sickness of “_________” at the age of 74.
 A.
Diabetes
 B. Prostate Cancer
 C. Lung Cancer
 D. Lukemia
 A.
Crucifixion
 B. Crucifiction
 C. Cruxifixion
 D. Cruzifixion
 A.
Madonna and Child
 B. Mother and Child
 C. Momma and Lil Kid
 D. Mommy and Baby
 Correspondence
with other artists: Virgilio
Almario is also known as;
 A.
Vir-Gin
 B. Vir-Al
 C. Gil Mario
 D. Rio Alma
 What
was the work of Virgilio Almario in
collaboration with Kiukok’s Works
 A.
Sonia Postes
 B. Sonetos Postumos
 C. Sonetos Postumis
 D. Postumos Sonetos
 Who
inspired Kiukok with his works of stark
alienation and dehumanisation he found in
the American lifestyle and distorted and
robotic figures of men?
 A.
Emile Durkheim
 B. Alfred Bacon
 C. Francis Bacon
 D. Jose Rizal
 His
greatest honors was when the
Metropolitan Museum of Manila held a
retrospective of his works in the year 2000.
This is a rare distinction, as this had only
been granted to ________ and _________
before him.
 A. Amorsolo and Manansala
 B. Manansala and Luna
 C. Rizal and Bonifacio
 D. Durkheim and Foucault
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