Eloy Palacios
Eloy Palacios | |
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Eloy Palacios Cabello | |
| Born | Eloy Palacios Cabello June 25, 1847 |
| Died | December 12, 1919 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Education | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
| Known for | Sculpture, public monuments |
| Notable work | Statue of José María Vargas (Caracas), Monument to José Félix Ribas (La Victoria), Statue of Simón Bolívar (Maracaibo and Cartagena), Monument to La India (Caracas), Monument to José Antonio Páez (Caracas), Monument to Jesús Jiménez Zamora (Cartago, Costa Rica) |
| Parent(s) | Félix Palacios and Margarita Cabello |
| Memorial(s) | Escuela Técnica de Artes Plásticas Eloy Palacios |
Eloy Palacios Cabello (June 25, 1847 - December 12, 1919), was a Venezuelan artist, sculptor.
He was born in Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela to Félix Palacios and Margarita Cabello. 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. The Escuela Técnica de Artes Plásticas Eloy Palacios was named in his honor.