Postcard Book on JOSE P. RIZAL (18 postcards)
BEN CABRERA -better known as Bencab is a master of contemporary Philippine art. Bencab studied fine arts at the University of the Philippines. A prolific painter and printmaker, he has exhibited widely in the Philippines and abroad. In a career spanning three decades, he has collected several major awards, including the 1992 Gawad CCP para sa sining (Cultural Center of the Philippines Award for the Arts) and the 1997 ASEAN Achievement Award for Visual Arts.
The Postccard book is avisual narrative of Rizal's life and death. The drawings were originally commissioned by Tahanan Books to illustrate a biography of the Philippines' national hero, written by Ma. Asuncion Lopez-Bantug, Rizal's grandniece.
Captions by Ambeth R. Ocampo
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