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Benedicto Reyes Cabrera, born August 27, 1942, better known

as "BenCab", is a Filipino painter and was awarded National


Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts (Painting) in 2006. He
has been noted as "arguably the best-selling painter of his
generation of Filipino artists."
BenCab was born to Democrito Cabrera and Isabel Reyes in
Malabon, Philippines on April 10, 1942. He was the youngest of
nine children. His first exposure and discovery of the arts
happened through his elder Brother Salvador, who was already
an established artist during Bencab's childhood.
He went on to study at the University of the Philippines College
of Fine Arts, where he explored different art visual forms -
photography, draftsmanship, printmaking - ... Displaying 750
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