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