Onib Olmedo

Painting, Visual Artist

1937 – 1996

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Who was Onib Olmedo?

Onib Olmedo was an award-winning expressionist Filipino painter. He illustrated The Body Book by Gilda Cordero-Fernando. He created populist art and depicted the marginalized part of the society. In 1970, he decided to shift from is 12-year career in architecture to painting where he became a leading figure in Philippine expressionism.

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Born
Jul 7, 1937
Manila
Ethnicity
  • Filipino
Education
  • MapĂșa Institute of Technology
    Architecture
Died
Sep 8, 1996

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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