Provenance:
The present owner commissioned the artist to travel Europe
and the Americas to document the cities he would visit.
The trip enabled the artist to see all the art in the greatest
museums and sharpened his eye and artistic sensibilities
making him one of the country’s most respected masters.

Each work is accompanied by a certificate issued by the artist
confirming the authenticity of the piece

1.) London
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

2.) Big-Ben London
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

3.) Amsterdam
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

4.) Amsterdam
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

5.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

6.) Victoria Embankment, London
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

7.) St.James Park, London
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

8.) Bukingham Gate, London
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

9.) Queen’s Walk
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

10.) Amsterdam
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

11.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

12.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

13.) River Thames, London
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

14.) Westminster Bridge, London
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

15.) House of Parliament
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

16.) London
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

17.) Amsterdam
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

18.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

19.) Vancouver
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
pastel on paper
9 1/2” x 13 1/2” (24 cm x 32 cm)

20.) Bukingham Palace
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
15” x 21 1/2” (38 cm x 55 cm)

21.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
oil on canvas
10 1/4” x 13” (26 cm x 33 cm)

22.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 1/4” x 13” (26 cm x 33 cm)

23.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 1/4” x 13” (26 cm x 33 cm)

24.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
oil on canvas
10 1/4” x 13” (26 cm x 33 cm)

25.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 1/4” x 13” (26 cm x 33 cm)

26.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 1/4” x 13” (26 cm x 33 cm)

27.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 1/4” x 16” (26 cm x 41 cm)

28.) Pont Royal, Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
oil on canvas
10 1/4” x 16” (26 cm x 41 cm)

29.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 1/4” x 16” (26 cm x 41 cm)

30.) Paris
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 1/4” x 16” (26 cm x 41 cm)

31.) Amsterdam
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
pastel on paper
14 1/2” x 21” (37 cm x 53 cm)

32.) Trafalgar, London
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
pastel on paper
14 1/2” x 21 1/2” (37 cm x 55 cm)

33.) Vancouver, B.C
signed and dated 1978 (lower left)
pastel on paper
20” x 26” (51 cm x 66 cm)

Every artist cum traveler such as Romulo Galicano knows a Grand Tour of Europe is intoxication. The dull silver light, the heady air, the iridescence of the palaces and churches afloat between sky and water, create a welcome dizziness of the senses, a lightness of spirit that were it not so delicate and ethereal, would be unreal.

The Grand Tour is an established ritual of passage among visual artists. Capstone to the education of young artistic bloods, the grand tour also provides additional opportunity to broaden horizons, to learn languages, to hone manners and even on occasion to snoop into foreign affairs of state.