Rodolfo Galeotti Torres (4 March 1912 – 22 May 1988) was a

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

Biography

Rodolfo Galeotti Torres was born in

Quetzaltenango Quetzaltenango (, also known by its Maya name Xelajú or Xela ) is a municipality and namesake department in western Guatemala. The city is located in a mountain valley at an elevation of above sea level at its lowest part. It may reach above ...

, Guatemala. He served as director of the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla". He created sculptures for

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, including renditions of the

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. In 1970, he created a renowned

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Tecún Umán Tecun UmanAlternate transliterations include Tecún Umán, Tecúm Umán, Tecúm Umam, Tekun Umam, etc. (1500? – February 20, 1524) was one of the last rulers of the K'iche' Maya people, in the Highlands of what is now Guatemala. According to ...

, which is on display in Quetzaltenango. On May 16, 1988, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Guatemala. Galeotti Torres died in Guatemala City.

References

External links

Biografía de Rodolfo Galeotti Torres (in Spanish)
1912 births 1988 deaths People from Quetzaltenango 20th-century Guatemalan sculptors {{CentralAm-sculptor-stub