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. 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 ParejaThe 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