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Guillermo Estrella Tolentino
BORN: July 24, 1890
BIRTHPLACE: Malolos, Bulacan
DIED: July 12, 1994 (aged 85)
AWARDS: Republic Cultural Heritage Award, Presidential Medal of Merit 1972, Diwa ng Lahi Award, National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts in Sculpture.
Guillermo Tolentino is a seasoned sculptor of the bonifacio monument and teacher of the Philippines. Mrs. H.A Bornder first taught him drawing at Malolos Intermediate School, He graduated from Manila High School. In his quest to graduate, he obtained the fine arts course at the University of the Philippines in 1915. In 1922, he entered Regge institute di belle arti, He was able to graduate through the grace of the Italian colony in Manila. In 1926 Tolentino was assigned as a teacher at the school of art of the University of the Philippines and later he became a professor, manager and secretary. Until retiring as professor emeritus he retired in 1932 and had seven children.
Bonifacio Monument (Bantayog ni Bonifacio)
BUILT: November 30, 1929
OPENED: November 30, 1933
LOCATION: Caloocan, Metro Manila, Phillipines
STYLE: Classicism
The Bonifacio National Monument is better known as this Monument, The main landmark and symbol of the city Kalokan located at the northern end of Espifanio de los Santos avenue (EDSA) and Avenida Rizal. Andres Bonifacio is the masterpiece of National artist for visual arts Guillermo Tolentino. The pylon or tower of the monument is 45 feet high, and the bronze statue is 23 feet. Some of the figures are of Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto (Brain of the Katipunan), and Gomburza (Padre Gomez, Padre Burgos, Padre Zamora), as well as some unknown Katipuneros symbolizing the Scream of Pugadlawin. (PKJ)
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Cite this article as: Monumento. (2015). In V. Almario (Ed.), Sagisag Kultura (Vol Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Retrieved from https://philippineculturaleducation.com.ph/monumento/
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