PROPERTY FROM THE LEONARDO AND ARMIDA SIGUION-REYNA COLLECTION

ABOUT THE WORK

Romeo Tabuena, Neorealist painter and printmaker experienced life, education, and culture around the world. Best known for his depictions of Philippine rural landscapes out of oil and watercolors which are painted in jewel tone and cubist shapes and later developing a colorful prismatic style featuring a combination of Filipino and Mexican cultural themes that made his masterpieces light and airy that is evidently seen in this piece entitled Niña con mariposas wherein in included the colors from the spectrum and featured a young girl enjoying the company and beauty of the butterflies that surrounded her - showing the painter’s personality as Bibsy M. Carballo described him as “a gentle soul who appreciated good food, friends, [and] the many similarities between Mexico and the Philippines”