Which Blanco family member created these?

A mural painting is often defined as a “decoration of walls or ceilings for aesthetic or didactic purposes, executed in any of several techniques. Most often used to decorate public buildings, mural paintings tend to be of large scale and to portray religious, historic, or patriotic themes significant to the public. Closely allied to architectural and decorative schemes, mural art often emphasizes or enhances interior design, or can transform it, giving the illusion of different spatial dimensions.” (from the MSN Encarta)

Mural painting techniques include encaustic painting, fresco, oil painting, and tempera painting. Oil painting as often used by the Blanco Family of artists translates to the “art of applying oil-based colors to a surface to create a picture or other design.” (from the MSN Encarta) This technique of painting developed in Europe in the late Middle Ages and quickly found wide acceptance because it is easier to work with and allows a greater variety of effects.

*After a visit to the Blanco Family Museum in Angono, Rizal, it was not this author’s intention to publish the beauty the author experienced there. Mostly the pictures were intended for a private blog, an experience that could be revisited later on. However, after hearing the tragedy that came along with the museum, the author had a sudden urge to share what he had seen and learned that day. It may have been an ordinary visit to ‘the museum” as others may put it but in a way the Blanco Family Museum had its own special mystery to share, not just with the artworks featured there but by the Blanco family themselves. As for the stolen Jose “Pitok” V. Blanco paintings themselves, wherever they may be and whomever has them, I hope they are being recognized for the work of art they truly are because the family who lost a father and a husband twice with the artist gone and his paintings stolen, they are being remembered and revered, the same goes for a nation who lost an artist as well and a heritage too.

***Captions with (”) mean that the information has been quoted from websites or blogs visited by the author as he tries to find out more about the artist and his family and their museum. The pictures are entirely that of the authors’.