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Fernando Botero Angulo (19 April 1932 – 15 September 2023) [3] was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. [4] 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.
Botero depicted politicians, animals, saints, and scenes from his childhood in an inflated and colorful form that was instantly recognizable. Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, known ...
The Museo Botero, also known as the Botero Museum, is an art museum located in La Candelaria neighborhood of Bogotá, Colombia.It houses mostly works by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, however it also includes artwork by other international artist that were of Botero's own private art collection.
Part of Martin Selig's art collection, the work was created in 1996 and acquired in 2016. Botero has created three pairs of statues depicting Adam and Eve (sometimes called Adam and Eve ); [ 4 ] [ 5 ] the sculpture of Eve owned by Martin Selig is in an unknown location, and the other pairs are installed at the Time Warner Center in New York ...
Colombian artist Fernando Botero, who died last week, was looked down upon by the art world intelligentsia. Nonetheless, he had a massive global visibility and commercial success.
Botero Plaza, surrounded by the Museum of Antioquia and the Rafael Uribe Uribe Palace of Culture, is a 7,000 m 2 outside park that displays 23 sculptures by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, who donated these and several other artworks for the museum's renovation in 2004.
Botero's Paloma de la paz has been seen by Colombians as a symbol of support for the peace process between the national government and FARC-EP guerrilla group. When then President Juan Manuel Santos unveiled the sculpture to the nation, he was spearheading the campaign for Colombians to approve of the peace agreement through a referendum.
In May 1994, an exhibition of Botero's works began in Madrid; by September, it had attracted two million visitors. A survey was taken by the sponsor, Caja Madrid, in which the most voted sculpture would be gifted for public exhibition in the city. Woman with Mirror was the most voted sculpture. [2]