Benedicto Cabrera, Untitled (Sitting Man), 1989

Etching on paper
5.5 x 4.5 cm (visible), 15.5 x 10 cm (framed)
Condition: Very good

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Benedicto Cabrera (Filipino, b.1942), widely known as BenCab, is a Filipino painter and printmaker and one of the country’s most prominent contemporary artists. Born in Malabon, he studied Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines, graduating in 1963. His practice has explored Filipino identity, social conditions and everyday life, with recurring themes of human vulnerability, freedom and social commentary. He has worked across painting, printmaking and drawing, and is particularly recognised for his expressive draftsmanship and figurative imagery. 

BenCab spent periods of his career in London before returning to the Philippines and settling in Baguio, where he became involved in the local artistic community and helped establish the Baguio Arts Guild. He was conferred the Order of National Artist for Visual Arts in 2006, and his work has been exhibited widely in the Philippines, Asia, Europe and the United States. In 2009, he established the BenCab Museum in Baguio, which houses his collection of Cordillera art and contemporary Philippine art.

(Photographed in September 2026)

Etching on paper
5.5 x 4.5 cm (visible), 15.5 x 10 cm (framed)
Condition: Very good

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Benedicto Cabrera (Filipino, b.1942), widely known as BenCab, is a Filipino painter and printmaker and one of the country’s most prominent contemporary artists. Born in Malabon, he studied Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines, graduating in 1963. His practice has explored Filipino identity, social conditions and everyday life, with recurring themes of human vulnerability, freedom and social commentary. He has worked across painting, printmaking and drawing, and is particularly recognised for his expressive draftsmanship and figurative imagery. 

BenCab spent periods of his career in London before returning to the Philippines and settling in Baguio, where he became involved in the local artistic community and helped establish the Baguio Arts Guild. He was conferred the Order of National Artist for Visual Arts in 2006, and his work has been exhibited widely in the Philippines, Asia, Europe and the United States. In 2009, he established the BenCab Museum in Baguio, which houses his collection of Cordillera art and contemporary Philippine art.

(Photographed in September 2026)