Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero Pintor, dibujante y escultor colombiano. Nació en Colombia en el año 1932. Ya vive en Paris. Las personas que pinta tienen figuras exageradas, o son “gordas”. Sus temas son de mujeres, hombres, eventos históricos, y animales con detalles de ironía, humor y ingenuidad. Estudió el arte en Madrid.
Considered Latin America’s most famous and most beloved artist, Fernando Botero is a painter, sculptor, and draftsman who is renowned for his extravagantly rounded, robust forms that are recognizable around the world. Botero is both a masterful storyteller and a critic, whose work is often laden with biting satirical and political commentary. His prolific work is exhibited in public spaces and galleries, and has inspired, challenged and delighted all who see it. Botero challenges the dimensions of our hearts and our minds with his provocative artwork, and celebrates his roots as a man from Colombia.
Botero was interested in the unexpected Botero was interested in the unexpected. He shunned the impossible and welcomed the improbable. Botero described the creative process in similar ways to many renowned writers: “The process of discovering the picture interests me. Everything changes in the process, yet everything, at the same time remains.”
“I believe that it is important to create something in which the painting functions within free, imaginative, innovative parameters. It is not a matter of creating the kind of beauty that fits into the classical canons. The purpose, rather, is to reach a stage at which it has become possible to surprise and be surprised. It is a matter of finding something that, in the midst of exuberance and distortion, conveys peace and equilibrium.” -Fernando Botero
Alta Sociedad
Los Músicos
La Pareja The Couple
Retrato de Velásquez
Una Familia
La Mano Grande (Una Escultura)
Tomando Jugo de Naranja
El Caballo
En el parque
Las Flores
Chica con Pátina (Una Escultura)
El Cazador
La Siesta
Mona Lisa
Madre Superior
El Matador