time. Urdaneta married Graciela Núñez, with whom he had 5 children: Elena, Rafael, Abelardito, José Angel, and a child who died very young. His reputation as a handsome artistic gentleman led to extramarital love affairs that resulted in even more descendants. He became despressed following the loss of artistic works caused by hurricane San Zenón (1930). On his deathbed, next to him was only the Aragonese Esther Laclaustro Dorse, his last lover, who lived with him for 25 years (1908-1933), since almost all of his children lived abroad, as well as Graciela Núñez, the official widow who died in New York in 1939. Artistic Career Urdaneta was known as one of the preeminent photographers of the country, going on to photograph many influential socialites of the time. In 1898, his photo of Arturo Pellerano Alfau was published, considered to be the first photograph published in a Dominican magazine. Since 1901, his photographic studio came to be somewhat of a cultural center in Santo Domingo, visited by many prominent personalities, from politicians to artists including José Martí, Eugenio de Hostos, and Delia Weber. In 1890, Abelardo completed his oil portrait of Juan Pablo Duarte. The image, inspired in great part by the earlier works of Alejandro Bonilla (1820-1901), is today the most recognized and admired reproduction of the founding father. In general, Urdaneta’s portrait and pictorial paintings are of the romantic and neoclassicist style. Furthermore, Urdaneta is considered to be the father of modern Dominican sculpture. In 1903 he created his most celebrated sculpture, "One of many", of a wounded soldier, left on the ground, with torn clothes and bare chest, for which he obtained the most recognition in the Republic and the world. In 2009 this sculpture was removed due to remodeling of the Galicia Park. His other most famous sculpture is "Caonabo", of the Taino rebel that evoke the Spanish injustices against the indigenous peoples of the island. In 1908 with support from the central government of Ramón Cáceres, he opened an academy of drawing, painting and sculpture that trained many future artists. He taught there until his death. Politics Urdaneta was a vocal opponent of the First U.S. Occupation from 1916 - 1924. His "Invocación" poster in which Dominican Republic is represented as a female figure with arms raised and hands held by the claws of an eagle, became widely circulated throughout the country. Selected works El Extraviado