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.
Also recorded as José Eloy Palacios · Eloy Palacios Cabello
Eloy Palacios
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- Name
- Eloy Palacios
- Birth Name
- Eloy Palacios Cabello
- Born
- 25 June 1847
- Birthplace
- Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela
- Died
- 12 December 1919
- Place of death
- Havana, Cuba
- Known for
- Sculpture, public monuments
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
- Full name
- José Eloy Palacios.
- Nationality
- Venezuela.
- Occupation
- sculptor and painter.
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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 to Félix Palacios and Margarita Cabello. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich.
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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. Palacios died in Havana, Cuba on December 12, 1919. The Escuela Técnica de Artes Plásticas Eloy Palacios was named in his honor.
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• Name — Eloy Palacios • Birth Name — Eloy Palacios Cabello • Born — 25 June 1847 • Birthplace — Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela • Died — 12 December 1919 • Place of death — Havana, Cuba • Known for — Sculpture, public monuments • Education — Academy of Fine Arts, Munich • Notable Works — 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) • Native Name — Eloy Palacios Cabello • Parents — Félix Palacios and Margarita Cabello • Memorials — Escuela Técnica de Artes Plásticas Eloy Palacios
Important works
Important works
• Illustration — Monument to Carabobo • 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)
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Maturín.
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Camagüey.
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