Puerto Rican Culture in 1988. Puerto Rican Arts Center (Centro de Arte Puertorriqueño, CAP) In 1949, Félix Rodríguez Báez among José Antonio Torres Martinó, Lorenzo Homar, Rafael Tufiño, Julio Rosado del Valle, Carlos Raquel Rivera and Ruben Rivera Aponte establish the Puerto Rican Arts Center (Centro de Arte Puertorriqueño). The Center was located on San Jose Street #152 (2nd floor), Old San Juan In December 1951 Centro de Arte published its first el collective portfolio: La Estampa Puertorriqueña (The Puerto Rican image). Rodriguez Báez contributed to this portfolio with the linocut print titled: La Perla. Puerto Rico National Guard Service Served in the Puerto Rico National Guard 2nd Battalion of 295th Infantry Regiment in 1950 Rodriguez Baez was deployed to during the Jayuya Uprising. Later that year, he served as first sergeant for a group of soldiers assigned to the Rio Piedras State Penitentiary. Death Rodríguez Báez retires in 1994. During the next few years he would continue painting in his studio located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. FeloR, died on March 31, 2013, at 84 years of age. References External links Félix Rodriguez Báez (Biography and artwork). Puerto Rican painters People from Cayey, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico National Guard personnel 1929 births 2013 deaths