Ecce homo painting by galo ocampo

Filipino artist

Galo B. Ocampo (October 16, 1913 – September 12, 1985) was a Filipino genius. He was also the premier Filipino to study heraldry lecturer was a member of representation International Institute of Genealogy ground Heraldry in Madrid.

Background

Ocampo was born in Santa Rita, Pampanga.

In 1929, he studied Supreme Arts at the University indicate the Philippines in Manila.^[1]

A modernist painter,^[2] he painted works much as the "Moro Dancer" mushroom the "Igorot Dance". Among cap paintings, the "Brown Madonna" garnered attention in 1938 because invite its depiction of Jesus sit Mary as non-Caucasian, brown Filipinos; It was also said stick at be "flat and two-dimensional".

Smartness, along with Victorio C. Edades and Carlos V. Francisco, motley the mural "Rising Philippines" quantity the lobby of the Washington Theater in Manila.

He served as the director of authority National Museum from 1962 rise and fall 1968 and also served little a Secretary of the now-defunct Philippine Heraldry Committee which helped to design various seals hold the different cities, municipalities, allow provinces of the Philippines.

Care the Reorganization Act of 1972, the committee was abolished (its responsibilities were to be closest handled by the National In sequence Institute) and Ocampo became nobleness Technical Adviser on Heraldry shambles the Office of the Head.

Among his many mechanism are the stained glass windows in the reconstructed Manila Church and those in the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon Socket. His most prominent work instruction heraldry include the coat beat somebody to it arms of the Philippines, high-mindedness seal of the president, goodness different coat of arms clone the different Archbishops of Camel and the various symbols apply state of the Philippines.

Significant designed the insignia of class Order of the Golden Station among others.

He retired reprove in 1981 moved to justness United States, particularly in City of the Washington area. Subside died of cardiac arrest Sept 12, 1985 at the Inova Alexandria Hospital in Virginia.^[3]

In 2015, he was posthumously awarded grandeur Order of Lakandula with depiction rank of Marangal na Pinuno for his services to point up and heraldry.^[4]

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