Federico Aguilar Alcuaz
Painting, Visual Artist
1932 – 2011
Who was Federico Aguilar Alcuaz?
Federico Aguilar Alcuaz was an award winning Filipino painter who exhibited extensively Internationally and whose work earned him recognition both in the Philippines and abroad.
Alcuaz was conferred the title of National Artist for Visual Arts, Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media in 2009. However, four nominees for the award other than Alcuaz became embroiled in the 2009 National Artist of the Philippines Controversy, which led the Supreme Court of the Philippines to temporarily issue a status quo order on August 25, 2009, blocking the conferment of the awards on all seven nominees - despite the fact that no objections were ever raised regarding the conferment of the award to Alcuaz and two other nominees.
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- Born
- Jun 6, 1932
Santa Cruz, Manila - Nationality
- Philippines
- Education
- University of the Philippines
- Ateneo de Manila University
- San Beda College
- Died
- Feb 2, 2011
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on July 23, 2013
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