Enrique García-Godoy

Enrique García–Godoy (1886–1947) was a Dominican painter and journalist. Godoy's work ranged from portraits, landscapes, and nudes to religious matters, costumbrist scenes, and historical themes. Godoy was also a journalist, providing analysis of international politics for various publications, including Listin Diario, one of the leading newspapers of the country.

He was born in 1886 in La Vega, Dominican Republic. In 1924, he traveled to Italy, serving as Dominican consul, later returning to La Vega in 1930, where he establishes an art school and reaches national renown as an artist. His academy of Drawing and Painting went on to influence a generation of naturalist painters, which includes María Lora de Dalmasí, Bolívar Berrido and his nephew Darío Suro, among others.

He died in La Vega on November 13, 1947.