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(Guillermo Tolentino)
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Tolentino's works include the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1188/today-in-philippine-history-june-18-1908-the-university-of-the-philippines-was-established" class="news_link">University of the Philippines</a> (UP) Oblation and the landmark <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/952/today-in-philippine-history-february-23-1918-an-act-was-passed-to-build-a-national-monument-for-andres-bonifacio" class="news_link">Andres Bonifacio monument</a> in Caloocan City. 
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He sculpted the UP Oblation commissioned in 1935 by then University President <a href="https://kahimyang.com/articles/3007/today-in-philippine-history-october-24-1874-rafael-palma-was-born-in-tondo-manila" class="news_link">Rafael Palma</a> and originally located at the UP Manila campus in 

Ermita.  It was later moved to the Diliman campus in celebration of the state university's 40th anniversary.
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Tolentino completed his degree in fine arts in 1915 at the UP. In 1919, Tolentino went to the United States to pursue further studies on a scholarship grant from Bernard Baruch of New York University's Beaux 

School of Arts. He graduated from New York University with honors in 1921.
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He traveled to Europe to visit renowned museums and art galleries in London and Paris. He then went on to study in Regge Istituto di Belle 

Arti in 1922.
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Tolentino received national recognition for his work on the Bonifacio Monument, now a major landmark of Caloocan City.
His winning design of the monument featured an obelisk with a bird of freedom perched atop of it. Around the monument's base stand life-size 

figures of members of the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/906/about-the-katipunan" class="news_link">Katipunan</a> led by <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/786/today-in-philippine-history-november-30-1863-andres-bonifacio-was-born-in-tondo-manila" class="news_link">Bonifacio</a>.
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Tolentino also designed the medals for the Ramon Magsaysay Awards as well as the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.
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From 1953 to 1955 Tolentino served as director of the School of Arts'  of the University of the Philippines. He retired in 1955 as professor 

emeritus.
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He died on July 12, 1976 at the age of 86.
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Source:
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Philippines News Agency archives
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Photo credit:  Wikipedia Commons
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July 24, 1890: Guillermo Tolentino was born in Malolos, Bulacan