Eloy Palacios

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.

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.

Monument to Carabobo