Fernando Botero Angulo (born 19 April 1932) is a Colombian

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ist and sculptor, born in

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. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor, depending on the piece. He is considered the most recognized and quoted living artist from Latin America, and his art can be found in highly visible places around the world, such as

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in New York City and the

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in Paris. Self-titled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists" early on, Botero came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the

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in 1958. He began creating sculptures after moving to Paris in 1973, achieving international recognition with exhibitions around the world by the 1990s. His art is collected by many major international museums, corporations, and private collectors. In 2012, he received the

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's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.

Biography

Early life

Fernando Botero was born as the second of three sons of David Botero (1895–1936) and Flora Angulo (1898–1972) in 1932. His father David Botero, a salesman who traveled by horseback, died of a heart attack when Fernando was four. His mother worked as a seamstress. An uncle took a major role in his life. Although isolated from art as presented in museums and other cultural institutes, Botero was influenced by the

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style of the colonial churches and the city life of

while growing up. He received his primary education in Antioquia Ateneo and, thanks to a scholarship, he continued his secondary education at the Jesuit School of Bolívar. In 1944, Botero's uncle sent him to a school for

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for two years. In 1948, Botero at the age of 16 had his first illustrations published in the Sunday supplement of ''

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'', one of the most important newspapers in Medellín. He used the money he was paid to attend high school at the Liceo de Marinilla de Antioquia.

Career

Botero's work was first exhibited in 1948, in a group show along with other artists from the region."Fernando Botero"
ArtFact From 1949 to 1950, Botero worked as a set designer, before moving to

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in 1951. His first one-man show was held at the Galería Leo Matiz in Bogotá, a few months after his arrival. In 1952, Botero travelled with a group of artists to

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, where he stayed briefly before moving on to

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. In Madrid, Botero studied at the Academia de San Fernando. In 1952, he traveled to Bogotá, where he had a solo exhibition at the Leo Matiz gallery. In 1953, Botero moved to Paris, where he spent most of his time in the

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, studying the works there. He lived in

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, Italy from 1953 to 1954, studying the works of Renaissance masters. In recent decades, he has lived most of the time in Paris, but spends one month a year in his native city of Medellín. He has had more than 50 exhibitions in major cities worldwide, and his work commands selling prices in the millions of dollars. In 1958, he won the ninth edition of the

."El poder en Colombia: Los cien personajes mas influyentes de Colombia"
, InfoArt, ''Dinero'', 1 May 1995

Style

While his work includes

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s and

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, Botero has concentrated on situational portraiture. His paintings and sculptures are united by their proportionally exaggerated, or "fat" figures, as he once referred to them."Fernando Botero: at Thomas Gibson Fine Art"
LondonNet, 20 September 2010 Botero explains his use of these "large people", as they are often called by critics, in the following way:

"An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it."

Though he spends only one month a year in Colombia, he considers himself the "most Colombian artist living", due to his isolation from the international trends of the art world. In 2004, Botero exhibited a series of 27 drawings and 23 paintings dealing with the violence in Colombia from 1999 through 2004. He donated the works to the

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, where they were first exhibited."Fernando Botero: Donation and Controversy"
, Great Masters of Art. Retrieved 20 September 2010 In 2005, Botero gained considerable attention for his ''Abu Ghraib'' series, which was exhibited first in Europe. He based the works on reports of United States forces' abuses of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison during the

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. Beginning with an idea he had on a plane journey, Botero produced more than 85 paintings and 100 drawings in exploring this concept and "painting out the poison". The series was exhibited at two United States locations in 2007, including Washington, DC. Botero said he would not sell any of the works, but would donate them to museums. In 2009, the

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acquired (as a gift from the artist) 56 paintings and drawings from the Abu Ghraib series, which can be seen online. Selections from the series have been regularly included in the museum's annual Art for Human Rights exhibitions. In 2006, after having focused exclusively on the Abu Ghraib series for over 14 months, Botero returned to the themes of his early life such as the family and maternity. In his ''Une Famille''"Family"
, oil on canvas 2006 Botero represented the Colombian family, a subject often painted in the seventies and eighties. In his ''Maternity'',"Maternity"
, drawing 2006 Botero repeated a composition he already painted in 2003,"Maternity"
, oil on canvas, 2003 being able to evoke a sensuous velvety texture that lends it a special appeal and testifies for a personal involvement of the artist. The child in the 2006 drawing has a wound in his right chest, as though the artist wished to identify him with Jesus Christ, thus giving it a religious meaning that was absent in the 2003 artwork. In 2008, he exhibited the works of his ''The Circus'' collection, featuring 20 works in oil and watercolor. In a 2010 interview, Botero said that he was ready for other subjects: "After all this, I always return to the simplest things: still lifes."

Sculpture

Between 1963 and 1964, Fernando Botero attempted to create sculptures. Due to financial constraints preventing him from working with bronze, he made his sculptures with acrylic resin and sawdust. A notable example during this time was ''Small Head (Bishop)'' in 1964, a sculpture painted with great realism. However, the material was too porous, and Botero decided to abandon this method.

Donations

Botero has donated several artworks to museums in Bogotá and his hometown, Medellín. In 2000, Botero donated to the

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in Bogotá 123 pieces of his work and 85 pieces from his personal collection, including works by

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, and the French impressionists. He donated 119 pieces to the Museum of Antioquia. His donation of 23 bronze sculptures for the front of the museum became known as the

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. Four more sculptures can be found in Medellín's Berrio Park and San Antonio Plaza nearby. In response to the

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, Botero sculptured and donated '' La paloma de la paz'' (2016) to the

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to commemorate the signing and ratification of the agreement.

Personal life

Botero married Gloria Zea, who became the director of the Colombian Institute of Culture (Colcultura). Together they had three children:

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, Lina, and Juan Carlos. The Boteros divorced in 1960 and each remarried. Starting in 1960, Botero lived for 14 years in New York, but more recently has settled in Paris. Lina also lives outside of Colombia, and in 2000 Juan Carlos moved to southern Florida. In 1964, Botero began living with Cecilia Zambrano. They had a son, Pedro, born in 1974, who was killed in 1979 in a car accident in which Botero was also injured. Botero and Zambrano separated in 1975.Godfrey Barker, "Pure Colombian; Fernando Botero is the scourge of critics and the collectors' darling"
''The Evening Standard'' (London, England), 3 April 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2010 Lastly, Botero married the Greek artist Sophia Vari. They reside in Paris and have a house in

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, Italy. Botero's 80th birthday was commemorated with an exhibition of his works at Pietrasanta.

Popular culture

Botero's 1964 painting ''Pope Leo X (after Raphael)'' has found a second life as a popular internet meme. It is typically seen with the caption "y tho".

Recent exhibitions

* "Fund-Raiser" Exhibition with

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at Calvin Charles Gallery (2003),

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* "Botero at Ebisu" (2004), Tokyo * "Fernando Botero" (2006),

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* "The Baroque World of Fernando Botero" (2007),

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* "Abu Ghraib Exhibit" (2007),

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* "Botero: Abu Ghraib" (6 November – 30 December 2007),

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* "Botero Abu Ghraib" Exposition (2008), Centro de las Artes I

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, Mexico * "The Baroque World of Fernando Botero" (May 2008),

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, Wilmington * "The Baroque World of Fernando Botero" (28 June – 21 September 2008),

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* "The Baroque World of Fernando Botero" (30 May – 16 August 2009),

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* "The Baroque World of Fernando Botero" (19 October – 11 January 2009), Brooks Museum of Art,

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* "The Baroque World of Fernando Botero" (12 September 2009 – 6 December 2009), Bowers Museum,

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* "Fernando Botero" (September 2009)

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* "Fernando Botero: Works On Paper, Paintings, and Sculptures" (11 February – 28 March 2010), David Benrimon Fine Art, New York, NY * "The Baroque World of Fernando Botero" (1 May – 25 July 2010),

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* "Botero" (4 May – 18 July 2010), Pera Museum,

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* "Botero in LA" (15 September - 30 October 2010), Tasende Gallery, West Hollywood, California, USA * "The Baroque World of Fernando Botero" (21 August – 14 November 2010),

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, Calgary * "The Baroque World of Fernando Botero" (10 December 2010 – 27 February 2011),

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, Winnipeg * "Botero" (October 2011 – January 2012), Kunstforum, Vienna * "Fernando Botero" (July 2015 – October 2015),

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* "Botero in China" (November 2015 – January 2016), The National Museum of China, Beijing * "Botero in China" (January 2016 – April 2016), China Art Museum, Shanghai * "Botero: Celebrate Life!" (July 2016 – September 2016),

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Rotterdam,

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*"Botero on Lincoln Road" (November 2019 - March 2020), Nader Museum, Miami, Florida *"Permanent Collection" (Present), NAMLA

Gallery

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, Vaduz File:Broadgate Venus 2020.jpg, ''Broadgate Venus'', 1989, London File:Cat statue created by Fernando Botero.jpg, ''Cat'', Cafesjian Museum of Art, Yerevan, Armenia

References

External links

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Botero's Cats

Gallery of Botero's Artwork

Places To Go in Bogotá: Botero Museum Bogotá
– video and information

Abu Ghraib series

* A short movie on the Abu Ghraib series by Fernando Botero.

It has been announced by the Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C. that Botero's paintings will be exhibited there at the end of this year

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discusses Botero's series of canvases & drawings based on the reports of prisoner abuse in

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''Abu Ghraib: January 29 – March 25, 2007''
The first US institutional exhibition at UC Berkeley, with a webcast of a conversation between Fernando Botero and Robert Hass on the day of the opening

The first US gallery exhibition at the Marlborough in New York
''The Body in Pain''
this essay by

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about Botero's ''Abu Ghraib'' series, discusses what Danto refers to as "disturbatory art"
"Botero Sees the World's True Heavies at Abu Ghraib"
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'' about Botero's ''Abu Ghraib'' series
"Botero's Abu Ghraib Series and the American Consciousness"
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