Fernando Botero(Born Medellín, 19 April 1932) by Ima Student

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Colombian-born painter and sculptor, best known for his satirical paintings of oversized, fleshy figures with large limbs and small bodies. Botero began making sculptures in 1971 as a natural evolution from his voluminous, three dimensional paintings, and now spends most of his summers working on sculpture at his home in Tuscany, near a reliable foundry.

La Pudeur, 1981

bronze with polished granite base72 x 24 x 21 inches

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Fernando Botero is known for his obese figures in both his paintings and sculpture. These were intended to ridicule Colombian society.

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Title: Santa Rosa de Lima según Vásquez, 1966

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When he moved to New York City in 1960, he had developed his trademark style: the depiction of round, corpulent humans and animals.

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