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ABOUT THE WORK

This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by the artist confirming the authenticity of this lot Mentored by Martino Abellana, Carcar-born master realist Romulo Galicano renders idyllic rural views with heightened details that evoke dramatic impact and nostalgic mood. He was also under the tutelage of abstractionist Florencio Concepcion in the University of the East where he took up fine arts. His works are characterized by heightened effects of light, shade, and colors as well as a certain mesmerizing liveliness resulting from his attention to achieving pictorial approximations of nature. Though Galicano has painted numerous scenes depicting local and rural landscapes, his constant sojourns to foreign cities and spaces have also been subject to his masterful brushwork and unparalleled technique. This 1984 oil on canvas work depicts the quiet and sombre atmosphere of a distinctly western and european city. Despite its sparse color palette, Galicano’s intricate brushwork lends this piece’s relatively monochromatic treatment a sense of reserved dynamism—unearthing the richness of his subject-matter with only a handful of shades and tones. The overall charm is in the details, as one can see in this painting in which the folk elements are rendered in fluid brush strokes that show both Abellana’s and the French impressionists’ influence on his art style.