Attributed to Romero Villalba Tabuena, no coa, private collection, medium: oil, measurements:22"WX30"H framed, chipping throughout and 2" crack on bottom right Biography: Romeo Villalva Tabuena was a Filipino painter and printmaker who was born in Iloilo City. 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. Tabuena is listed in Who's Who in American Art, International Who's Who in Art, and International Who's Who of Intellectuals. He also appears on History of International Art-Italy, History of Contemporary Art-Italy, and on the International Book of Honor, America's Biographic Institute. He is included in 5000 Personalities of the World, Cambridge, England. His major works include, to name a few: Art Expo in New York City; One-man show in Gallerie Bleue in Manila, Philippines one-man show at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City; participation in the VII Biennial São Paulo as the official Filipino artist and art commissioner from the Philippines, and in Galeria Tere Haas in Mexico City; Institute of Fine Arts in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; and 10-year Retrospective Show at the Philippine Art Gallery with Publishing of Illustrative Monographs appraising his work of that period.