Rafael Rodríguez Padilla (January 23, 1890 – January 24, 1929) was a

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

n painter,

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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" The Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla" (National School of Plastic Arts) (ENAP), based in Guatemala City, is a public institution of higher education, research, and professional education in academic and applied fine ...

. 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

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. He committed suicide in 1929.''Rafael Rodríguez Padilla''
(Spanish), Literatura Guatemalteca.

Selected works

* self-portrait, 1915 *

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monument in the ''Avenida La Reforma'', 1923 * Francisco Vela monument *

José Milla y Vidaurre José Milla y Vidaurre (August 4, 1822 in Guatemala City, First Mexican Empire — Guatemala City, Guatemala September 30, 1882) was a notable Guatemalan writer of the 19th century. He was also known by the name Pepe Milla and the pseudonym Salomé ...

monument *

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monument *

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of the ''Castillo'' family, (together with

Cristóbal Azori Cristóbal or Cristobal, the Spanish version of Christopher, is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name * Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972), Spanish fashion designer *Cristóbal Cobo (born 1976), Chilean academic *Cr ...

), Guatemala City General Cemetery * art nude * portrait of Jaime Sabartés, 1923 * portrait of Santiago González

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez Padilla, Rafael Guatemalan artists 1890 births 1929 suicides Artists who committed suicide Suicides in Guatemala 1929 deaths Guatemalan expatriates in Spain