[1][2] His creative work consists of a large number of portraits, busts, statues, monuments and pictorial paintings in which he collected important moments in the country’s history that reflected the lives of social leaders, merchants, and families of the time.

One of the streets in the Gascue neighborhood bears his name and the house where he was born became a museum that preserves archives, photos, paintings, and chronicles.

[5] Urdaneta married Graciela Núñez, with whom he had 5 children: Elena, Rafael, Abelardito, José Angel, and a child who died very young.

Since 1901, his photographic studio has been somewhat of a cultural center in Santo Domingo, visited by many prominent personalities, from politicians to artists including José Martí, Eugenio de Hostos, and Delia Weber.

The image, inspired in great part by the earlier works of Alejandro Bonilla (1820-1901), is today the most recognized and admired reproduction of the founding father.

In 1903 he created his most celebrated sculpture, "One of many", of a wounded soldier, left on the ground, with torn clothes and a bare chest, for which he obtained the most recognition in the Republic and the world.

His "Invocación" poster in which Dominican Republic is represented as a female figure with arms raised and hands held by the claws of an eagle, became widely circulated throughout the country.