Eloy Palacios

Not to be confused with the bass player of the band stOrk.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Palacios and the second or maternal family name is Cabello.
Eloy Palacios
Born
Eloy Palacios Cabello

(1847-06-25)June 25, 1847
Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela
DiedDecember 12, 1919(1919-12-12) (aged 72)
Havana, Cuba
OccupationSculptor

Eloy Palacios Cabello (June 25, 1847 - December 12, 1919), was a Venezuelan artist, sculptor.[1]

He was born in Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela[1] to Félix Palacios and Margarita Cabello.[2] He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich. He returned to Caracas in 1873. After Antonio Guzmán Blanco was offended by a commissioned portrait that Palacios made of him, Palacios was exiled in 1874 to Trinidad, Costa Rica and Germany. Eloy Palacios died in Havana, Cuba on December 12, 1919.[1] The Escuela Técnica de Artes Plásticas Eloy Palacios was named in his honor.

  1. ^ a b c "Un escultor venezolano en la Costa Rica finisecular: Eloy Palacios Cabello • Semanario Universidad". semanariouniversidad.com (in Spanish). 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  2. ^ "Palacios, Eloy | Fundación Empresas Polar". bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-04.