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For nearly 70 years, Colombian artist Fernando Botero has been reinventing Colombian society and history with his works in plant-like forms, often humorous, sometimes denunciatory. Sometimes painter, sometimes sculptor, Botero is one of Latin America’s best known artists. His sculptures are now part of the urban landscape of major international cities and his work is exhibited in the largest art museums and in particular at the Botero Museum in Bogota, capital of Colombia. A small overview of where to admire the Colombian maestro’s work.

Fernando Botero, mini biography

Born in 1932 in Medellinin the department of Antioquia, Fernando Botero grew up without his father, who passed away all too soon. He attended high school in the city’s Bolivariano College, from which he was quickly expelled for writing an admiring article about Picasso and his non-conformism in art. When he was twelve, his uncle, a great bullfighting enthusiast, sent him to a bullfighter school in Medellin. This two-year experience would be a great source of inspiration for his fi

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Fernando Botero

1932-2013

Latest News: Fernando Botero Dies at Age 91

Famed Colombian sculptor and painter Fernando Botero died September 15 of pneumonia complications, according to the Associated Press. His daughter, Lina, first reported his passing to Colombian radio station Caracol. Known for his paintings of people and objects in colorful, inflated forms, Botero had his work displayed globally in museums and was beloved in Colombia partly because of his philanthropy. He donated 23 statues throughout the country and gave 180 paintings to Colombia’s Central Bank, which were later used to create the Botero Museum in capital Bogota. “The painter of our traditions and our defects, the painter of our virtues has died,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro wrote in a social media post.

Who Was Fernando Botero?

Fernando Botero left matador school as a child to become an artist, displaying his work for the first time in 1948 as a teenager. His subsequent art, now exhibited in major cities worldwide, concentrates on situational portraiture united by his subjects’ proportional ex

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Summary of Fernando Botero

Botero is South America's best known, and best loved, living artist. A figurative painter and sculptor, his style - known throughout the world of art as "Boterismo" - is instantly recognizable for its exuberant and sensuous volumetric form. His rounded figures and objects, that are often infused with a sense of affectionate humor and charm, has seen the artist's distractors dismiss him as little more than a "painter of fat people". In fact, his oeuvre shows off an impressive thematic range. In addition to his scenes of everyday Colombian life; his human and animal portraits; and his series of luscious still lifes, Botero has proved willing to address more overtly political topics head-on. These pieces have included series' tackling Colombia's drugs cartels, and alleged human rights abuses perpetrated by the American military in Iraq. Botero has also produced a small, but highly distinctive, reworkings of iconic works from the canon of Western art.

Accomplishments

Botero was first drawn to still lifes (and fruit especially) because, in his words, it