Vicente Manansala Historical LandmarkVicente Manansala Historical Landmark is a National Historical Landmark, NHCP; Registered Property, Municipality of Binangonan, Rizal located at Binangonan, Rizal, Region IV-A.
Vicente Silva Manansala (January 22, 1910 - August 22, 1981) was a Filipino cubist painter and illustrator. He is famous due to his kind of art which the so called transparent cubism. He developed delicate tones, shapes, and patterns of figure and environment are masterfully superimposed. Moreover, in honor of late National Artist Vicente Manansala, his home in barangay San Carlos (formerly barangay Tayuman) in Binangonan, Rizal was declared by National Historical Institute into a National Landmark or Shrine under Presidential Decree No. 260 on August 1, 1973, with revised No. 375 on January 14, 1974 and No. 1515 on June 11, 1978. But then Resolution no. 6 series of 2009 authorizing the reversion of the Vicente Manansala Historical Landmark to Mr. Emmanuel and Rolando Manansala, heirs of the original owners of the property.
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Nestled on the hills of Binangonan, Rizal in San Carlos Heights is the house of the late National Artist Vicente S. Manansala. The bungalow is sprawled on 913 square meters of well-tended and landscaped land. Manansala fell in love with the site during one of his trips to the countryside while looking for landscape to paint. Indeed, the site is a respite from the urban jungle – the view overlooks the waters from Laguna de Bay and the roofs of the houses dotting the the slopes of the hills. From his front door, Manansala exhilarated in the subject before him, making watercolor studies of pink pastels of dawn, the blazing white of noon and the threads of oranges and blues of sunset at dusk.
The bungalow is a sturdy modern structure with its balcony where the artist conferred with friends and students who would pay him homage. The flower gardens make a pleasant rustic backdrop to the artist's home and studio, the place where he conceived some of his best works.
The house was declared a National Landmark on January 23, 1984. The landmark houses relics and memorabilia of his paintings and his artist's paraphernalia.
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Marker Text:
Ang Bahay ni Vicente S. Manansala
Sa bisa ng Kautusan ng Pangulo Bilang 260, 1 Agosto 1973, na sinusugan ng mga Kautusan Bilang 375, 14 Enero 1974, at Bilang 1515, 11 Hunyo 1978, ang bahay na ito ay ipinahayag na Pambansang Palatandaang Makasaysayan.
Year Unveiled: 1984