Rafael Rodríguez Padilla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Guatemalan artist
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Place of Birth: Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala
About Rafael Rodríguez Padilla
- 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.
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