Romeo Tabuena 1972 acrylic painting “Apple Candy”

Romeo Villalva Tabuena (August 22, 1921 – October 15, 2015) was a Filipino painter and printmaker who was born in Iloilo City. In 1955, Tabuena arrived in the colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, to study at the Instituto Allende. He remained a resident of the town for the rest of his life, where he lived with his Norwegian wife Nina. However, he retained his Philippine citizenship. He painted the mural Filipiniana in the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C.