Félix Rodríguez Báez (1929 in Cayey, Puerto Rico – 2013 in Santurce, Puerto Rico), was a Puerto Rican painter, artist, graphic designer, set designer, cartoonist and art teacher. Works His works are among the collections of El Museo del Barrio, Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Museum of History, Anthropology and Art of the University of Puerto Rico, and private collections. According to Puerto Rican art historian and painter Dr. Osiris Delgado, Félix Rodríguez Báez participated in several local and international art expos like: American Artist Professional League (1948); Edna Coll Academy (1949); Centro de Arte Puertorriqueño (1951); Ateneo Puertorriqueño (1953), University of Puerto Rico (1958) and the First Hispano-American Biennial of Painting (1958). His artwork was signed using the block FeloR. First years Born in Cayey, Puerto Rico on April 26, 1929. Son of Felix Rodriguez and Juana Baez Nazario Aponte. In 1938 his family moved to San Juan and relocated in Santurce, Parada 22 1/2. In 1945 he studied drawing and painting with Clara Scwabe. He attended Central High School in Santurce, where he graduated in 1947. During his time at the Central (Santurce Central High) School, Rodriguez Baez met Carlos Raquel Rivera (Yauco, Puerto Rico). Among FeloR's teachers were: Jose Hurtado de Mendoza, Hipólito Hidalgo Caviedes, Federico Enjuto, Sparacino Nino and Angel Botello. Career After graduating from the Central School of Santurce takes classes at the Academy of Art Edna Coll. Then in 1949, he founded his first studio called Ches les Artistes at Parada 15 in Santurce. Later, he worked as a set designer in the Tapia Theater productions and the University of Puerto Rico. In 1954 he began working as the Director of scenery WAPA-TV. In 1958 participates in the First Hispano-American Biennial of Painting in Mexico, with the work entitled: "The Cathedral " (1956). Then, in the sixties it became one of the most prominent figures in the social realism, with its portraits and landscapes in which reflected life in the inner city of San Juan. In the 1970s FeloR focused his work painting murals, and during the 1980s made political cartoons in defense of the Puerto Rican culture. In 1973 he was appointed Director of Programming Channel 6 WIPR-TV. He was professor and director of the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico. He became director of the Division of Fine Arts of the Institute of