José Luis Álvarez (3 June 1917 Guatemala, Guatemala – 5 February 2012 Antigua Guatemala) was a Guatemalan artist who, from 1976 until his death, lived and painted in Antigua. He became known as the one of the best landscape artists from Guatemala, and was part of a generation of prolific artists who, as exponents of national art, defined the Guatemalan School. Álvarez developed a distinguished wide impasto technique, using the spatula, and a great delicacy in the use of color.