death_date death_place specialty birth_place nationality field birth_date article_title name bgcolour
25 jan 2000 mexico realism gómez palacio , durango , mexico american mexican oil painting 1 june 1929 rodolfo escalera
 rodolfo escalera silver
rodolfo escalera

rodolfo `` rudy '' escalera also known as `` rodolfo escalera vizcaíno '' -lrb- june 1 , 1929 -- january 25 , 2000 -rrb- was a mexican-american artist .
among other works , he created collectible plates for the 1984 summer olympics , which became `` the official gift of the 1984 olympics '' .
escalera also created a collectible plate for the 1986 world cup hosted in mexico .
escalera 's primary medium was oils on canvas .
the majority of his works are based in realism as he did not like abstract painting .
