Fernando Botero
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Fernando Botero is a painter and sculptor from Colombia. His style is so distinctive that it has earned its own distinctive name, “Boterismo”, which labels his proclivity toward painting bloated, large figures using exaggerated volume. Some of his works represent political humor or criticism, and often include exaggerated animals, humans and natural features. Fernando Botero’s personal abstract style developed from his early impressions of Spanish pre-colonial art and Diego Rivera, the Mexican Artist and political muralist. Other artists who inspired him include Diego Velazquez and Francisco de Goya. His use of bright, flat colors with distinctly outlined forms are often-found elements in Latin-American traditional folk art. Botero’s paintings brought him fame in the 1960s, during his time living in New York City. In 1973, he moved to Paris and continued his now iconic style, working in bronze. Into the 1990s, his huge, exaggerated bronze sculptures were staged in outdoor exhibitions worldwide, and are now located in countries around the world. Fernando Botero may be best known for his Abu Ghraib series, which includes paintings and drawings depicted reports of abuse of prisoners of the United States held at Abu Ghraib prison. An exhibition of his works was held in Pietrasanta, Italy as a commemoration of his 80th birthday. Less

Fernando Botero is a painter and sculptor from Colombia. His style is so distinctive that it has earned its own distinctive name, “Boterismo”, which labels his proclivity toward painting bloated, large figures using exaggerated volume. Some of his works represent political humor or criticism, and often include exaggerated animals, humans and natural features. Fernando Botero’s personal abstract style developed from his early impressions of Spanish pre-colonial art and Diego Rivera, the Mex More

Colombia, 1932 | male artist | Postmodernism | Naive art | Latin American Art | Figurative art | Abstract expressionism | Activist art | Share on Facebook and Twitter