Fernando Botero Angulo: Key Ideas

Fernando Botero Angulo is a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. He was born in 1932 in Medellin, a small town in Colombia. He is the most famous and quoted Latin American artist whose work is displayed in important places in many cities of Europe, Asia and the United States. His paintings and sculptures show the subjects with voluptuous figures as we can see at the Park Avenue in New York City and Champs- Elysees in Paris.  These inflated or bloated figures are his signature style, also known as "Boterismo”. Botero has achieved international recognition for his paintings, drawings and sculpture, with exhibitions across the world. Fernando Botero art is collected by many major international museums, corporations, and private collectors. Explore these works and if you like Fernando Botero’s paintings you can also think about acquiring his art into your private collection, buy Fernando Botero paintings online.

Botero is well known for his sculptures as well. Between 1963 and 1964, he became interested in creating sculptures. Due to financial constraints he could not use bronze, instead,he made his sculptures with acrylic resin and sawdust. A famous example of this was "Small Head (Bishop)" created in 1964, a sculpture painted with great realism. However, the material was too porous and Botero decided to abandon this method. During the later part of twentieth century, he has created many sculptures which are placed in different cities across the world: ‘Cat’(1990) has been showcased in  Barcelona, Spain; ‘Motherhood’ at Oviedo, Spain; ‘Woman with mirror’ (1987), ‘ Bird’ (1990) in front of UOB Plaza, Singapore; ‘Roman Warrior’ at Cafesjian Museum of Art, Yerevan, Armenia; ‘Man on Horse’, bronze( 1992), at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel,

"The Cat" at Park on the way to Cascade. Yerevan, Armenia; ‘The hand’ at Madrid, Spain, ‘Smoking woman’ at the Cafesjian Museum of Art, Yerevan, Armenia; Caballo con bridas, ‘Bilbao’ ,  ‘Adam and Eve’ near Crockfords Tower at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore are some of his famous sculptures.  In 2012, he received the International Sculpture Center’s ‘Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture’ Award.

Botro achieved huge recognition for his works, which have been collected millions by sell. However, he has made quite a number of donations of his own creations as well as his personal collections. Botero has donated several artworks to museums in Bogotá and his hometown, Medellín. In 2000, Botero donated to the Museo  Botero in Bogotá 123 pieces of his work and 85 pieces from his personal collection, including works by Chagall, Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg and the French impressionists.  He donated 119 pieces to the Museum of Antioquia. His donation of 23 bronze sculptures for the front of the museum became known as the Botero Plaza, which became a great tourist attraction. Four more sculptures can be found in Medellín's  Berrio Park and San Antonio Plaza nearby. If you like Fernando Botero’s artworks, you can also think of buying Fernando Botero’s paintings online.