This family painting workshop was founded by Diego Rodríguez López and his partner Alfonso de Silos in 1959. They did painting jobs in and around the town of Toledo, from traditional Toledan facades to signwriting, which made them well-regarded professionals all over Toledo province.
Today, Diego… Rodríguez Díaz-Guerra, son of the former Diego, together with Mariano Rodríguez continues the family trade by doing all sorts of painting work: facade restorations, wood treatments, trompe-l’oeil, faux effects, etc.
They specialise in Toledan facades, and accordingly work mainly on heritage buildings. So they set out always from a study of existing paint layers, determining a suitable conservation and restoration approach. Their trompe-l’oeil designs follow preconceived geometries and modulations, from imitation stone with shadows or faux brickwork to mock architectural features.
Diego learnt his trade on worksites from the tender age of 13, alongside his father, the master craftsman Diego Rodríguez López, creator of many trompe-l’oeil scenes in Toledo. Since then he has followed the family tradition by restoring numerous facades, using the same artisanal techniques.
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He has been an instructor several times at trade schools run by the region of Castilla-La Mancha as well as at the Toledo Military Academy trade school, where he taught for a year. He has also given courses and workshops with other bodies, such as… the O’Belén Foundation.
In Toledo:
Facade in Plaza Barrio Rey
Facade in Calle Abdón de Paz
Restoration of a wall of the Church of San Cipriano
Facade of the Convent of San Juan de la Penitencia
Facade in Calle de Santo Tomé
Facade in Plaza de Valdecaleros
Facade in Calle Martín Gamero
Imitation brickwork on buildings… on the Fábrica de Armas Technology Campus
Trompe-l’oeil design on a building in Calle La Sal
Repair of a facade in Calle San Juan de Dios
Facade in Calle Descalzos
Paintwork on a facade in Calle la Plata
Paintwork on a facade in Calle Sillería
Facade of the Palace of the Condes de Cedillo y Palazuelos