An acclaimed sculptor, Anastacio Caedo worked under the tutelage of Guillermo Tolentino. He was commissioned to work on a number of national mounumets, the most notable of which is the MacArthur Landing Memorial in Tacloban, Leyte. His style is considered classical realist. Caedo also worked as a professor in the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts, instructing such students as Eduardo Castrillo and Abdulmari Imao.