Eloy Palacios

Eloy Palacios

Born	June 25, 1847(1847-06-25) Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela
Died	December 12, 1919(1919-12-12) (aged 72) Havana, Cuba

José Eloy Palacios, (June 25, 1847 - December 12, 1919), was a Venezuelan artist, sculptor and painter.

He was born in Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela. Palacios studied in Germany, where he polished the talent that would bring to him fame in Europe and Latin America.

Palacios returned to Venezuela in 1873, tried to create the Faculty of Sculpture at the Central University of Venezuela, having no success. In 1874 President Antonio Guzmán Blanco was offended by a painting that Palacios did of him. For this reason Palacios exiled in Trinidad, Costa Rica and Germany, where established a factory in 1877.

Eloy Palacios died at Havana, Cuba on December 12, 1919. The Escuela Técnica de Artes Plásticas Eloy Palacios, an Art School of Maturín founded in 1955, was named after him.

Important works

Statue of José María Vargas, Vargas Hospital, Caracas.
Monument to José Félix Ribas, La Victoria.
Statue of Simón Bolívar, Plaza Bolívar, Maracaibo.
Statue of José Antonio Páez, Plaza Páez, Caracas.
Monument to La India, sector Paraiso, Caracas.

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Name	Palacios, Eloy
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Date of birth	June 25, 1847
Place of birth	Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela
Date of death	December 12, 1919
Place of death	Havana, Cuba