Jose Blanco - Artist Info

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    Jose Blanco, Angono folk muralist, dies; 76

    By Lito Zulueta
    Philippine Daily Inquirer
    Posted 08/15/2008

    MANILA, Philippines
    Jose V. Blanco, the muralist and National Artist nominee known for richly colorful and celebratory works of the Tagalog pastorale, passed away Thursday morning. The master was 76.

    Blanco, whose folk realism?helped nourish a town's artistic heritage with works spanning almost four decades, and who went on to beget a family of prolific painters, died of heart failure, according to his son Michael. The artist's remains lie at the Bahay Blanco Family Museum at 312 Ibañez St., Angono, Rizal. Interment is on Aug. 19 after a necrologic...

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