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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 |
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Born | (1847-06-25)June 25, 1847
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Died | December 12, 1919(1919-12-12) (aged 72)
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Eloy Palacios Cabello, (June 25, 1847 - December 12, 1919), was a Venezuelan artist, sculptor.
He was born in
Maturín,
Monagas,
Venezuela. He studied in
Germany and returned to
Venezuela in 1873. After
Antonio Guzmán Blanco was offended by a portrait that Palacios made of him, Palacios was exiled in
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.
Important works
- Statue of
José María Vargas, Vargas Hospital,
Caracas.
- Monument to
José Félix Ribas,
La Victoria.
- Statue of
Simón Bolívar, Plaza Bolívar,
Maracaibo (copia de una realizada previamente para la ciudad de Cartagena de Indias, en Colombia)
- Statue of
José Antonio Páez, Plaza Páez,
Caracas.
- Monument to La India, sector Paraiso,
Caracas.
- Monumento to Jesús Jiménez Zamora (Cartago, Costa Rica) Guillermo Brenes Tencio
- Statue to Luisa Otoya de Amerling (San José, Cementerio General, Costa Rica)