Rafael Rodríguez Padilla
Rafael Rodríguez Padilla | |
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| Born | January 23, 1890 |
| Died | January 24, 1929 (aged 39) |
| Nationality | Guatemalan |
| Known for | painting, printmaking, sculpture |
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Rafael Rodríguez Padilla (January 23, 1890 – January 24, 1929) was a Guatemalan painter, printmaker and sculptor. In 1920 he was cofounder and became the first director of the Guatemalan Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Academy of Fine Arts), which merged into the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla".
Rodríguez studied sculpture under the Venezuelan (1850–1909) in Guatemala. Afterwards he went to Spain, where he finished his studies under . After his return to Guatemala, he painted his famous self-portrait. He committed suicide in 1929.[1][2]
Selected works[]
- self-portrait, 1915
- Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera monument in the Avenida La Reforma, 1923
- monument
- José Milla y Vidaurre monument
- Louis Pasteur monument
- Mausoleum of the Castillo family, (together with ), Guatemala City General Cemetery
- art nude
- portrait of Jaime Sabartés, 1923
- portrait of Santiago González
References[]
- ^ Rafael Rodríguez Padilla (Spanish), Literatura Guatemalteca.
- ^ "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla 1890-1929". Genesis Megaprogramas, S.A. (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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