▁Ren asc ença ▁portug ues a . ▁A ▁passion ate ▁and ▁char ism atic ▁artist , ▁he ▁had ▁an ▁und eni able ▁influence ▁on ▁the ▁community ▁that ▁he ▁took ▁advantage ▁of ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁important ▁social ▁work . ▁In ▁Porto ▁he ▁developed ▁a ▁close ▁friendship ▁with ▁personal ities ▁of ▁the ▁stat ure ▁of ▁the ▁sculpt or ▁Ant ón io ▁Te ix e ira ▁L op es , ▁the ▁cart oon ist ▁Le al ▁da ▁C â m ara ▁and ▁the ▁writer ▁An tero ▁de ▁Fig ue ire do . ▁Like wise , ▁he ▁maintained ▁a ▁fluid ▁correspond ence ▁with ▁personal ities ▁from ▁the ▁national ▁and ▁international ▁musical ▁and ▁art istic ▁world . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁writer , ▁Pedro ▁Blan co ▁wrote ▁many ▁articles ▁for ▁newsp apers ▁and ▁mag az ines , ▁mainly ▁in ▁Spanish ▁and ▁Portuguese ▁languages , ▁focused ▁on ▁various ▁fields : ▁music ▁criticism , ▁reg ener ation ism ▁and ▁the ▁defense ▁of ▁the ▁condition ▁of ▁mus icians , ▁and ▁dis sem ination ▁of ▁art istic ▁activities ▁of ▁the ▁close ▁two ▁nations . ▁He ▁carried ▁out ▁a ▁very ▁important , ▁and ▁until ▁now ▁forgotten , ▁work ▁of ▁cultural ▁exchange ▁between ▁Spain ▁and ▁Portugal , ▁act ively ▁contrib uting ▁to ▁a ▁contemporary ▁cultural ▁I ber ian ism . ▁ ▁Pedro ▁Blan co ▁died ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁a ▁victim ▁of ▁the ▁influen za ▁virus . ▁ ▁Selected ▁works ▁ ▁Despite ▁his ▁prem ature ▁death , ▁Blan co ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁many ▁interesting ▁musical ▁works :