Modesto Brocos

Modesto Brocos y Gómez was a Spanish painter and engraver, who became a 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.