Fernando Botero

MAESTRO FERNANDO BOTERO

Born in Medellín, Colombia in 1932, Maestro Fernando Botero was one of the world's most recognized living artists of our time. With his first paintings and drawings inspired by Gustave Doré's engravings of the Divine Comedy, and posters of bullfights, Botero held his first exhibition in Bogotá, Colombia in 1951, and in 1952 he won second place in the "Salón Nacional de Artistas" in Bogotá. With his prize money, he travelled to Madrid and Florence, where he studied the exploration of volume and perspective from the Renaissance masters. With a style that is immediately. recognized and celebrated, Botero maintained throughout his career, the essence of Colombian and Latin American elements in his creation.

Renowned for his distinctive style and exploration with color and exaggerated volume, Fernando Botero's 'Boterismo' single handedly redefined beauty with using sensual and voluptuous forms and a pioneering notion of aesthetics. So much so that his work has been recognized across cultural and geographical borders, far from his hometown in Colombia.

Although his subject matters have always been local, his universal language of art is what propelled him to worldwide success. With a career spanning over 60 years and having exhibited all over the world, Fernando Botero was an iconic artist of our time and who has had the most museum exhibitions and the most books written about him. Maestro Fernando Botero died on September 15, 2023, at age 91 in Monaco.

Fernando Botero

MAESTRO FERNANDO BOTERO

FIVE BOTERO SUPERLATIVES

Fernanando Botero has attained a unique place in the history of art on account of his influences, his unique style, his mastery of technique, his intention of producing pleasure through his work

& the direct relationship he establishes through his art with the viewe.

MAESTRO BOTERO BECOMES FAMOUS