Martino Abellana (1914–1988), known as "Noy Tinong", was a renowned Cebuano painter from

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. Dubbed "The Dean of Cebuano Painters", he was born to an artistic family. His main influence was his father, who was a school principal and a sculptor. Martino, along with his four brothers, including renowned sculptor and composer Dr. Ramon Abellana, were exposed to art early, and they helped their father with his sculptures.Martino Abellana: Exhibition Hall
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Career

Martino pursued a career in the arts, finishing his formal art education at the School of Fine Arts of the

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. Among his teachers were the famous masters

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and

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. As an undergraduate, he helped his brother Ramon conceptualized the famous Carcar landmark, "Rotunda," by making sketches. Martino Abellana lived, worked and taught in

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, despite graduating with his degree in the fine arts in Manila. He facilitated the local development of art in Cebu together with his contemporary painter and friend Professor Julian Jumalon, and helped found the fine arts program at University of the Philippines College Cebu, where he left his greatest legacy by influencing an entire generation of Cebuano painters.

Works

His lifetime of works includes ortraits andscapes and till lifeglowing in oil, vibrant in pastels, vivid in charcoal, they practically pulsated with life.

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Profile of Martino Abellana
1914 births 1986 deaths University of the Philippines Manila alumni Filipino portrait painters People from Carcar Artists from Cebu Cebuano people 20th-century Filipino painters {{Philippines-painter-stub

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