Above: Napoleon V. Abueva on work Napoleon V. Abueva was the youngest Filipino to become a National Artist at the age of 46, in 1976. Abueva is known to be a master in both academic representational style and in modern abstract. He is established as the Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture. His masterpieces had him implement the use of different types of materials such as hard wood (eg. molave, acacia, langka wood, ipil, kamagong, palm wood, bamboo, etc.). Furthermore, he has executed his works using ... Read More