The ásticasRafaelRodríEscuela 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.

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).

Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas

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

Javier Cárcamo Guzmán (born 1980), teacher

Julio Dubois (1880–1960), student, later professor and director from 1942 to 1944 Víctor Vásquez Kestler (1927–1994), student and lecturer

Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas

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

References

Faculty, staff, and alumni notes

Inline citations from tertiary sources

Inline citations from secondary sources

External links

Government of Guatemala

Guatemala Ministry of Culture and Sports (es) ENAP Guatemala on Facebook

Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas

Educational institutions established in 1920

Universities and colleges in Guatemala City

Art schools in Guatemala

1920 establishments in Guatemala