Fernando Botero Art
Colombian, 1932-2023
Fernando Botero Angulo was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor, born in Medellín in 1932. 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 was for years considered the most recognized and quoted living artist from Latin America, and his art can be found in highly visible places around the world, such as Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Self-appointed "the most Colombian of Colombian artists" early on, Botero came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. He began creating sculptures after moving to Paris in 1973, achieving international recognition with exhibitions across the world by the 1990s. His art is collected by many major international museums, corporations, and private collectors.
In 2012, Botero received the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.
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(Biography provided by Nohra Haime Gallery)
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Period: 20th Century
Original signed & inscribed drawing of a woman (bound in hardback monograph)
By Fernando Botero
Located in New York, NY
Fernando Botero
Original drawing of a woman, 1997
Ink on paper drawing on paper held on first front end page of "Botero" - hardback monograph with dust jacket
The unique, original dr...
Category
1990s Surrealist Fernando Botero Art
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Fernando Botero "Man on Horse" Wood Sculpture
By Fernando Botero
Located in Sarasota, FL
Carved wood sculpture of a gentleman wearing a hat and seated atop a horse, riding crop in hand. Heavy sculpture is In good overall condition but with a few age cracks (see photos #4...
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Late 20th Century American Fernando Botero Art
Materials
Wood
HEAD
By Fernando Botero
Located in New York, NY
Bronze sculpture with brown patina.
Head of a young girl.
Category
1980s Contemporary Fernando Botero Art
Materials
Bronze
Dibujo a la manera de Velasquez (Drawing in the Manner of Velasquez)
By Fernando Botero
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Fernando Botero. "Dibujo a la Manera de Velasquez" is a portrait, charcoal and pastel on cardboard in an earth-tone palette by Latin American artist Fernando Botero. It is signed upper right, "Sobre Velazquez Botero -1-27-60 Para Rita. el recuerdo de uno payaso".
Fernando Botero, best known for his voluptuously rotund human figures, was born in Medellín, Colombia on April 19, 1932. His father died when he was young, and he was raised by his mother, along with his two brothers. He attended a Jesuit school in Medellín and from the age of 12 to 14, he attended a matador training school. The bull fight became a recurring theme in Botero’s early work and while he was in his early teens, he sold his pictures of bull fights in front of the arena.
By the time he was 16 years of age, Botero was working as an illustrator for the local magazine El Colombiano. He also began writing articles about art theory, one of which, entitled Picasso and Non-Conformity in Art, led to his expulsion from the Jesuit school for its endorsement of Cubism. One of Botero’s important early works, Woman Crying...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Fernando Botero Art
Materials
Cardboard, Charcoal, Pastel
Festival Mondail du Theatre, Huge Poster on Panel by Botero 1977
By Fernando Botero
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Fernando Botero, Colombian (1932 - )
Title: Festival Mondial du Theatre
Year: 1977
Medium: Poster on Masonite
Size: 61 in. x 46 in. (154.94 cm x 116.84 cm)
Category
1970s Modern Fernando Botero Art
Materials
Offset, Masonite
Monograph: BOTERO SCULPTURE (hardback book, hand signed by Fernando Botero)
By Fernando Botero
Located in New York, NY
Fernando Botero
BOTERO SCULPTURE (hand signed by Fernando Botero), 1987
Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed by Fernando Botero)
Hand signed by Fernando on the first front end page
13 × 11 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches
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1980s Surrealist Fernando Botero Art
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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
La Familia
By Fernando Botero
Located in Miami, FL
Original work - Unique piece
COA is included
Category
1960s Fernando Botero Art
Materials
Pencil
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Fernando Botero was an artist known for his satirical artwork. His ‘Mona Lisa, Age 12’, a parody of Leonard DaVinci’s magnum opus, shot him to fame in 1959. Shop a selection of Fernando Botero pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.