Rafael Rodríguez Padilla
Born(1890-01-23)January 23, 1890
DiedJanuary 24, 1929(1929-01-24) (aged 39)
NationalityGuatemalan
Known forpainting, printmaking, sculpture
Awards
  • national award, 1920
    * first prize for painting, central American exhibition in Guatemala, September 15, 1921

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 Santiago González (1850–1909) in Guatemala. Afterwards he went to Spain, where he finished his studies under Luis Muriel y López. After his return to Guatemala, he painted his famous self-portrait. He committed suicide in 1929.[1][2]

Selected works

References

  1. Rafael Rodríguez Padilla (Spanish), Literatura Guatemalteca.
  2. "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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