Artwork photographed by István Kissimon
| Artwork by: | Jose V. Blanco |
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| Dimensions: | 90.0 cm x 60.0 cm |
| Medium: | Not provided |
| Year: | 1975 |
| Location: | Budapest PE |
| Filed Under: | Sinag sa Sining |
| Description |
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“Puto Bumbong” is a painting by Jose V. Blanco, the patriarch of a prolific family of artists who developed a style called folk realism. He was best known as a muralist and National Artist nominee who produced richly colorful and celebratory works of the Tagalog pastorale. Blanco is a folk artist known in Angono by his folk name “Pitok Bunggan”. The artwork depicts a group of people preparing and consuming puto bumbong, traditional Filipino delicacy prepared in bamboo tubes served during the Christmas season. |
| Written by: Roderico C. Atienza / Sheridan B. Sabeniano |
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