# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elmar-rojas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:36:12.995Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elmar-rojas"
name: "Elmar Rojas"
slug: "elmar-rojas"
description: "Elmar René Rojas Azurdia, was a Guatemalan painter who served as the first Minister of Culture and Sports under the government of Vinicio Cerezo. Rojas practiced as an architect before studying art in Guatemala, Spain, France, and Italy. He funded Guatemala's Ministry of Culture and was the subject of many exhibitions in cities around the world. His art is seen as expressive of \"magical realism\" or \"wonderful reality.\" His international awards include the Gran Premio Iberoamericano \"Cristobal Colón,\" presented in Madrid, Spain in 1989. Rojas, one of Latin America's most important artists, was also renowned as a great communicator of culture."
tagline: "Guatemalan painter (1937-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elmar_Ren%C3%A9_Rojas_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1936"
deathDate: "2018-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.47
  momentum:             3.636363636363636
  historical:           4.611376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "إلمار روخاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "المار روخاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmar_Rojas"
    title: "Elmar Rojas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmar_Rojas"
    title: "Elmar Rojas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmar_Rojas"
    title: "Elmar Rojas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump