Romeo Villalva Tabuena

Romeo Villalva Tabuena

Romeo Villalva Tabuena is a Filipino-born painter and printmaker who was born in Iloilo City on August 22, 1921. He studied architecture at the Mapúa Institute of Technology in Manila and painting at the University of the Philippines. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.

In 1955, Tabuena settled in Mexico, where he still lives with his Norwegian wife Nina. However, he has retained his Philippine citizenship. He painted the mural "Filipiniana" in the Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. In 1965, he participated in the Eighth São Paulo Art Biennial as the official Filipino artist and as the art commissioner from the Philippines. The Honolulu Academy of Arts is among the public collections holding work by Romeo Villalva Tabuena.

References

* Arguilla, Lyd., "Tabuena", Manila, Philipppine Art Gallery, 1960.
* Arguilla, Manuel Estabillo and Lyd Arguilla, "Philippine Tales and Fables", Juan Tamad stories illus. by Romeo V. Tabuena, Manila, Capitol Pub. House, 1957.


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