Modesto Brocos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Modesto Brocos

Brazilian painter

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1852

Place of Birth: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1936

Profession: writer, painter, drawer, science fiction writer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Modesto Brocos y Gómez (9 February 1852 – 28 November 1936) was a Spanish painter, and engraver, naturalized Brazilian citizen. His work covers a wide variety of styles and subjects, and he was the author of several books on painting.
He is also notable for his promotion of printmaking in Brazil, especially woodcuts, of which he had been one of his adopted country's first major practitioners during his time at O Mequetrefe.