Modesto Brocos

Modesto Brocos
Self-portrait (1882)
Born	Modesto Brocos y Gómez (1852-02-09)9 February 1852 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Died	28 October 1936(1936-10-28) (aged 84) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Spanish, Brazilian
Known for	painting, engraving, drawing
Movement	Realism

Modesto Brocos y Gómez (9 February 1852 – 28 November 1936) was a Spanish-Brazilian painter and engraver.

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,^[1] especially woodcuts, of which he had been one of his adopted country's first major practitioners during his time at O Mequetrefe.