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ARTIST: Benjamin P Alano (Philippines, 1920 - 1991) TITLE: Portrait of Man YEAR: 1952 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Minor paint losses. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. ART SIZE: 18 x 14 inches / 45 x 35 cm FRAME SIZE: 22 x 17 inches / 55 x 43 cm SIGNATURE: lower right LOCATION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office. NAME VARIANTS: Ben Alano CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 149610 US SHIPPING: $79 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Benjamin P. Alano or simply Ben Alano, (b.1920/d. 1991), who set up and maintained an atelier in Ermita for over 20 years, becoming a prolific producer of Philippine genre paintings. Born in Taguig, he graduated from the U.P. College of Fine Arts in 1948, and had his first exhibit a year later with the Philippine Arts Guild. Ben also held art classes for American military families in Cavite. His last work was the San Lorenzo Ruiz mural at the EDSA shrine, but he is better known today for his paintings done in the realist tradition with every conceivable Philippine themes as subjects, rendered on canvas, boards and even on velvet. The Jorge Vargas Collection at the University of the Philippines includes a few early Alano pieces and his name is cited in leading Philippine art books.