History of Printmaking in the Philippines

San Miguel, Binondoo Francisco Blancas de San Jose and Juan de Vera produce prints

in the first workshop

18th centuryo Golden age of Philippine engravingo Estampas/ estampitas – prints of miraculous and religious

images to be distributed to devotees. Estampitas were used as markers in religious books.

19th centuryo Decline in the quality of engravings, with the exceptions of the

works produced by Ysidro Paulino, Bentura Javier, V. Atlas, T. Atlas, C. Borromeo

o Late 19th century – the subject became more secular

Early 20th centuryo Handmade printmaking as an art vanished in the early 20th

century

Re-emergence of Printmakingo After World War II, mainly due to the return of Manuel

Rodriguez Sr. and Rodolfo Paras-Perez, who conducted workshops and re-educated people about it

Manuel Rodriguez, Sr. Regarded as the Father of Philippine Printmaking Had a very important role in the organization of

the Philippine Association of Printmakers (PAP) Introduced printmaking the Philippine Women’s

University