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Biography
Fernando Botero was born in Medellin, Colombia. In 1948, he started work as an illustrator. In 1950, he went to Europe, where he attended the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, copied Velázquez and Goya in the Prado and admired the frescoes in Florence. He went on a long visit to Mexico in 1956-57 and the experience of Muralism significantly influenced his future direction. Throughout the 1950s Botero began experimenting with proportion and size. When he moved to New York City in 1960, he had developed his trademark style: paintings and sculptures of inflated human and animal shapes. In these works he referenced Latin-American folk art in his use of flat, bright colour and boldly outlined forms creating elaborate parodies of works of art from the past masters. Not without humour, the symbols of power and authority everywhere - presidents, soldiers and churchmen - are targeted in his attacks on a society still infantile in its behaviour. Outdoor exhibitions of his monumental bronze figures, including Roman Soldier (1985), Maternity (1989), and The Left Hand (1992), were staged around the world in the 1990s.
Exhibitions
Grande Escala - Colecção Berardo Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 09-10-2004 ~ 18-03-2005
Sculptures Monumentales, Botero de la Concorde au Rond–Point des Champs-Elysées Unspecified, 22-10-1992 ~ 30-01-1993
Fernando Botero: Monumental Sculptures and Drawings, Fort Lauderdale Unspecified, 20-12-1994 ~ 07-05-1995
Botero em Lisboa, Lisbon, Praça do Comércio Unspecified, 16-11-1998 ~ 16-03-1999
On Public Display: Lisbon Casino Casino de Lisboa, 17-04-2006 ~ 31-12-2006
Latin American Art in the Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 14-12-2007 ~ 29-02-2008
On Public Display: Casa das Mudas Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 10-07-2010 ~ 10-06-2011
On Public Display: Casa das Mudas, 2011, Calder & Botero Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 10-07-2010 ~ 30-09-2011
Bibliography
Botero aux Champs Elisées, Sculptures Monumentales, 1992 Published by Mairie de Paris & Didier Imbert
Botero em Lisboa, 1999 Published by Praça do Comércio
Botero Sculptures, 1998 Published by Villegas Editores
Fernando Botero: Monumental Sculptures and Drawings, 1994
Grande Escala - The Berardo Collection, 2004 Published by Centro das Artes - Casa das Mudas ISBN 972890200X
Latin American Art, Modern Masters and Contemporary, 2003 Published by Gary Nader Fine Art
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