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Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla"

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Established
  
1920 (1920)

Founded
  
1920

Director
  
Otto Arana

Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas

Former name
  
Academia de Bellas Artes

Type
  
Fine arts: Drawing & painting Sculpture Graphics

Affiliation
  
Government of Guatemala Ministry of Culture and Sports (es)

Location
  
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Motto
  
Patrimonio culturalde la nacion (es, Cultural heritage of the nation)

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 arts of painting, sculpture, and graphic design.

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Brief history

Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla" was founded in 1920 as Academia de Bellas Artes (Academy of Fine Arts) in 1920. Its current name bears the name of its founding director, Rafael Rodríguez Padilla (1890–1929).

Course offerings

  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Graphic art

    • Notable faculty, staff, and alumni

    Faculty and staff — current and former

  • José Luis Álvarez (1917–2012), student in the 1930s, teacher from 1958 to 1986
  • Rafael Rodríguez Padilla (1890–1929), co-founder and director from 1920 to 1928
  • Rafael Yela Günther (1888–1942), director until 1942
  • Julio Dubois (1880–1960), student, later professor and director from 1942 to 1944
  • Víctor Vásquez Kestler (1927–1994), student and lecturer

    • Alumni

  • Ana María de Maldonado, student
  • César Silva, student
  • Dagoberto Vásquez, student
  • Elmar René Rojas, student
  • Erwin Guillermo (es), student
  • Iván de León Rodríguez (es) (born 1955), student
  • Jorge Mazariegos Rodríguez, student
  • Manolo Gallardo (es) (born 1936), student
  • Moisés Barrios, student
  • Luis Rolando Ixquiac Xicara (born 1947), student
  • Jorge Corleto (born 1960), teacher
  • Javier Carcamo (born 1980), teacher

    • References

    Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla" Wikipedia
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