Modesto Brocos | |
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Born | Modesto Brocos y Gómez 9 February 1852 |
Died | 28 October 1936 | (aged 84)
Nationality | Spanish, Brazilian |
Known for | painting, engraving, drawing |
Movement | Realism |
Modesto Brocos y Gómez (9 February 1852 – 28 November 1936) was a Spanish-Brazilian painter and engraver.
His work covers a wide variety of styles and subjects, and he was the author of several books on painting. He is also notable for his promotion of printmaking in Brazil,[1] especially woodcuts, of which he had been one of his adopted country's first major practitioners during his time at O Mequetrefe.