Year Awardee Notes 1972 Fernando C. Amorsolo Visual Arts - Painting posthumous conferment 1973 Francisca Reyes Aquino Dance Carlos "Botong '' V. Francisco Visual Arts - Painting posthumous conferment Amado V. Hernandez Literature Antonio J. Molina Music Juan Nakpíl Architecture Guillermo E. Tolentino Visual Arts - Sculpture Jose Garcia Villa Literature 1976 Napoleón V. Abueva Visual Arts - Sculpture Leonor Orosa - Goquingco Dance Lamberto V. Avellana Film and Theater Nick Joaquín Literature Jovita Fuentes Music Victorio C. Edades Visual Arts - Painting Pablo Antonio Architecture posthumous conferment 1981 Vicente S. Manansala Visual Arts - Painting 1982 Gerardo de León Film Carlos P. Rómulo Literature Honorata "Atang '' de la Rama Theater and Music 1988 Antonino R. Buenaventura Music Lucrecia Reyes Úrtula Dance Lucrecia R. Kasilag Music 1990 Francisco Arcellana Literature César Legaspi Visual Arts - Painting Leandro V. Locsin Architecture 1991 Hernándo R. Ocampo Visual Arts - Painting Lucio D. San Pedro Music 1997 Lino Brocka Film posthumous conferment Felipe P. de León Music Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater Rolando S. Tínio Theater and Literature N.V.M. González Literature Levi Celério Music & Literature Arturo R. Luz Visual Arts - Painting José Maceda Music Carlos Quirino Historical Literature 1999 J. Navarro Elizalde Visual Arts - Painting posthumous conferment Ernani Joson Cuenco Music Andrea O. Veneración Edith L. Tiempo Literature Daisy Avellana Theater 2001 Ishmael Bernál Film posthumous conferment Severino Montano Theater F. Sioníl José Literature Ang Kiukok Visual Arts - Painting 2003 José T. Joya posthumous conferment Virgilio S. Almario Literature Alejándro R. Roces Eddie S. Romero Film and Broadcast Arts Salvador F. Bernál Theater and Design 2006 BenCab Visual Arts - Painting Abdulmari Asia Imao Visual Arts - Sculpture Bienvenido Lumbera Literature Ramón Obusan Dance I.P. Santos Architecture - Landscape Fernando Poe, Jr. Film posthumous conferment Ramón Valera Architecture, Design and Allied Arts - Fashion Design 2009 * Manuel Conde Film and Broadcast Arts posthumous conferment Lázaro Francisco Literature Federico Aguilar Alcuáz Visual Arts - Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media 2014 Alice Reyes Dance Francisco Coching Visual Arts posthumous conferment Cirilo F. Bautista Literature Francisco Feliciano Music Ramón Santos Music José María Zaragoza Architecture posthumous conferment
first national artist for historical literature in the philippines
Fernando C. Amorsolo Francisca Reyes Aquino Carlos "Botong '' V. Francisco Amado V. Hernandez