Artist: Fernando Botero (1932 - )
Nationality: Columbian
Movement: Modern Latin American School
Media: Painting
Influences:

Biography:
Botero studied European and Latin American painters in order to produce his unique style of portraiture and landscapes. His paintings are humorous representations of the people and scenes around him deliberately painted in an amateur style. Botero is also known for his large sculptures of female nudes.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Fernando Botero - Adam and Eve 1973 pencil Arkansas Arts Center Colombian
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Anonymous Morning Sun, Sunkist, San Fernando Heights Lemon Assn., San Fernando, Cal. color lithograph circa 1930 - 1940
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Anonymous Evening Star, San Fernando Heights Lemon Assn. San Fernando, California color lithograph circa 1930 - 1940
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Anonymous Ramona Memories, San Fernando Heights Lemon Association, San Fernando, Los Angeles Co., California color lithograph circa 1930 - 1940
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Anonymous Silver Moon, Sunkist, San Fernando Heights Lemon Assn., San Fernando, California color lithograph circa 1930 - 1940
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Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas - Miss La LA at the Cirque Fernando 1879 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917 Au Cirque Fernando At the Cirque Fernando [Au Cirque Fernando] France
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Fernando Selma The Israelites Crossing The Red Sea Line engraving 18th - 19th century
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Fernando Selma Portrait of Count de Floridablanca, First Secretary of State 18th - 19th century
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Fernando Selma Portrait of Prince de la Paz, Spanish Commander General Line engraving 1803
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Fernando Selma Portrait of Prince de la Paz, Spanish Commander General Line engraving 1803
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Pierre Auguste Renoir - Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg) 1879 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago French
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Manuel Salvador Carmona Portrait of Don Fernando de Silva Alvarez de Toledo, 12th Duke of Alba Line engraving 1786
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JosÈ Simon de Larrea Fernando VII Engraving and stipple engraving 1808
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Fernando Castro Pacheco Yarn Making Lithograph 20th century
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Fernando Selma The Return of Jacob etching 1777
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Fernando Selma The Return of Jacob etching 1777
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Fernando Selma Music and the Emotions etching 18th - 19th century
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Fernando Vilchis "Senal No. 11" Mixed media, in color 20th century
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Fernando Selma Imagen de Christo en el Descendimiento de la Cruz 18th - 19th century
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Fernando Selma Donna Maria Josefa Pimentel engraving and etching 1794
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Fernando Selma Madonna della Tenda etching and engraving 18th - 19th century
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Fernando Selma Flavio Josefo Natural De Jerusalen engraving and etching 18th - 19th century
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Portrait of a Cardinal, Probably Cardinal Don Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541-1609), ca. 1600 El
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Fernando Zobel Illescas Monotype-pochoir 1968
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Fernando Zobel Untitled Screenprint 20th century
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Fernando Selma Vista de Tarregona from road to Barcelona Etching, engraving 18th - 19th century
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Fernando Ramos Prida Sonata para la invencion de un sueno Mixed media, in color 1971
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Fernando Zobel Untitled Screenprint on white ground 20th century
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Fernando Zobel Untitled(Abstract Landscape) Pen and black ink on blue laid paper 1965
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Fernando Garcia-Ponce Composicion 14 (Composition 14), eleventh plate in the portfolio, 21 Estampadores de Colombia, Mexico y Venezuela (21 Printmakers of Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela) Color lithograph 1972
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Ipolito Salazar su alteza imperial y real, archiduque de austria/ fernando maximiliano,/ emperador electo de mÈxico (His Imperial Royal Highness, Archduke of Austria, Ferdinand Maximilian, Emperor Elect of Mexico) Color lithograph circa 1864
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Pietà
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Ferdinando Bertelli Christ Healing the Sick Engraving 1566
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Tom·s LÛpez EnguÌdanos Portrait of General Urrutia, Duke of the Infantado Engraving and etching in line 1804
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Francisco JosÈ de Goya y Lucientes Un Infante de Espana (Infante Don Fernando), after the painting now in the Prado Etching, aquatint and drypoint 1868
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Tom·s LÛpez EnguÌdanos Portrait of Dr. Edward Jenner, discoverer of the smallpox vaccination Line engraving 18th - 19th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Maréchal Francisco Serrano
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San Fernando Tunnel, Los Angeles County, SPRR
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Apparition of the Virgin
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Wifredo Lam Quetzal, from Brunidor I Color lithograph 1947
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Don Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo, the Architect, 1820 Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)Oil
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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John Broadwood & Son, English, 1795-1808 Grand piano England, (London), 1796 Satinwood, purpleheart, tulipwood 91.2
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Francisco JosÈ de Goya y Lucientes Brabisimo! (Bravo!), plate 38 from the series Los Caprichos (Caprices) Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint 1799
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Pablo Picasso TÍte de femme (Head of a woman) Lithograph 1925
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Pablo Picasso Seated Woman bronze 1903
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Pablo Picasso L'atelier (The studio) Etching on Rives BFK paper 1927
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Pablo Picasso Les saltimbanques (The acrobats), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Drypoint on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso Metamorphoses Pen and black ink on Arches paper 1938
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Pablo Picasso SalomÈ, from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Drypoint on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso TÍte de femme (Head of a woman), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Etching on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso "Bonne FÍte" Monsieur Picasso Color lithograph poster 1961
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Pablo Picasso TÍte de femme de profil (Head of a Woman in Profile), from La suite des saltimbanques (The Acrobats Set) drypoint 1905
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Pablo Picasso Deux figures nues (Two Nude Figures) Drypoint 1909
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Pablo Picasso Untitled lithography reproduction 19th - 20th century
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Pablo Picasso Edition Picasso Flower in Duck polychrome glaze 1953
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Pablo Picasso Reclining nude Graphite on wove paper 1920
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Pablo Picasso Le viol, VII (The rape,VII) Drypoint and aquatint on Montval paper 1933
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Pablo Picasso Les deux saltimbanques (The two acrobats), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Drypoint on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso Le bain (The bath), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Drypoint on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso Le peintre et son modËle (The artist and his model), p. 7, from the book Prints from the Mourlot Press Lithograph on Arches paper 1964
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Pablo Picasso Le peintre sur la plage (The painter at the beach) Aquatint on Arches paper 1955
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Pablo Picasso Le singe (The monkey) Etching and aquatint with roulette 1942
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Pablo Picasso La petite colombe (The little dove) Transfer lithograph 1949
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Pablo Picasso La danse (The dance), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Drypoint on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso Au cirque (At the circus), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Drypoint on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso Buste d'homme (Bust of a man), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Drypoint on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso Les pauvres (The poor ones), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Etching on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso Femme torero II (Female bullfighter) Etching and aquatint on Montval paper 1934
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Pablo Picasso L'abreuvoir (The horse pond), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Drypoint on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso Le repas frugal (The Frugal Meal), from La suite des saltimbanques (The Acrobats) etching on Van Gelder paper 1904
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Pablo Picasso Femme au bord de la mer (Woman by the sea) Lithograph on white Van Gelder paper 1924
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Pablo Picasso La jeune artiste (The young artist) Lithograph on Arches paper 1949
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Pablo Picasso Au cirque (At the circus), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Drypoint from the canceled plate 1905
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Pablo Picasso Deux nus assis (Two seated nudes) Etching on old laid paper 1930
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Pablo Picasso L'abreuvoir (The horse pond), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Drypoint on Japanese paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso La toilette de la mËre (Mother making herself ready), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Etching on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso Le saltimbanque au repos (The acrobat at rest), from La suite des saltimbanques (The acrobats set) Drypoint on Van Gelder paper 1905
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Pablo Picasso SueÒo y Mentira de Franco (Dream and lie of Franco), from the portfolio Picasso/SueÒo y Mentira de Franco (Paris: 1937) Etching and aquatint on Montval paper 1937
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Pablo Picasso SueÒo y Mentira de Franco (Dream and lie of Franco) from the portfolio Picasso/SueÒo y Mentira de Franco (Paris: 1937) Etching and aquatint on Montval paper 1937
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Pablo Picasso Pique (Lancing the bull) Color linoleum cut on Arches paper 1959
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Pablo Picasso TÍte de jeune fille (Head of a young girl) Lithograph 1949
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Pablo Picasso Taureau attaquant un cheval (Bull attacking a horse) Etching 1921
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Pablo Picasso Corrida (Bullfight) Color transfer lithograph on Arches paper 1957
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Pablo Picasso Reclining Female Nude (Sara Murphy?) brush and black ink on wove paper 1923
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Pablo Picasso Cover for Picasso Lithographe/IV/1956-1963. Catalogue by Fernand Mourlot. (Monte-Carlo:AndrÈ Sauret …ditions du Livre, 1964) Lithograph 1963
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Pablo Picasso ScËne d'intÈrieur (Interior scene) Lithograph on light tan Van Gelder paper 1926
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Pablo Picasso Le peintre et son modËle (The painter and his model), frontispiece for Picasso Lithographe/IV/1956-1963. Catalogue by Fernand Mourlot. (Monte-Carlo:AndrÈ Sauret …ditions du Livre, 1964) Lithograph 1964
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Pablo Picasso Grande nature morte au compotier (Large still life with fruit dish) Lithograph from a zinc plate 1947
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Pablo Picasso La danse (The dance), frontispiece for Picasso Lithographe/ III/1949-1956. Catalogue by Fernand Mourlot. (Monte-Carlo:AndrÈ Sauret …ditions du Livre, 1956) Color lithograph 1956
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Pablo Picasso Le festin (The banquet), pl. 6, from the book Lysistrata by Aristophanes (New York: Limited Edition Club, 1934) Etching on Arches paper 1934
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Pablo Picasso Cover for Picasso Lithographe/ I/1919-1947. Preface by Jaime SabartËs, catalogue by Fernand Mourlot. ( Monte-Carlo: AndrÈ Sauret …ditions du Livre, 1949 ) Lithograph 1949
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Pablo Picasso La Petite Corrida (The little bullfight), opposite p. 36 in the book Homage to Picasso, XXe SiËcle, no. 10, March 1958, English ed., (New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1971) Color lithograph 1957
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Pablo Picasso Poster for CongrËs Mondiale des Partisans de la Paix (Worldwide congress of peace advocates) Color photo lithograph 1949
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Pablo Picasso Couple et enfant (Couple and child), pl. 2, from the book Lysistrata by Aristophanes (New York: Limited Edition Club, 1934) Etching on Arches paper 1934
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Pablo Picasso TÍte de taureau, tournÈe ‡ gauche (Head of a bull, turned to the left) Lithograph from a zinc plate on Arches paper 1948
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Pablo Picasso CinÈsias et Myrrhine (Cinesias and Myrrhine), pl. 3, from the book Lysistrata by Aristophanes (New York: Limited Edition Club, 1934) Etching on Arches paper 1934
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Pablo Picasso Quatre femmes en fuite (Four fleeing women), from the book Les MÈtamorphoses d'Ovide (The Metamorphoses of Ovid) (Lausanne: Albert Skira, 1931) Etching on Japanese paper 1931
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Pablo Picasso Serment des femmes (Oath of the women), pl.1, from the book Lysistrata by Aristophanes (New York: Limited Edition Club, 1934) Etching and aquatint on Arches paper 1934

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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Modern Museum: Fernado Botero: Paintings and Large-scale Sculpture
The paintings, not seldom paraphrases of famous art-historical pieces, radiate a peculiar stillness and mild satire. In his paintings we can make acquaintances with Italian Renaissance princes, Latin matrons, bull fighters, genial transvestites...
ARKEN Museum of Modern Art: Fernando Botero: Painter of The Incredible
To Botero beauty is first and foremost form and volume. When he paints women he finds supreme beauty in the curves of the female body. Botero's women, however, are no svelte, glamorous maidens - no, they are big, ultra feminine and opulent dame...
Singapore Art Museum: Botero in Singapore: Monumental Sculpture and Painting
Before the larger-than-life monumental sculptures are unveiled to the public, we invite you to a special viewing session at the Helu-Trans Warehouse on 24 November at 10am, where 17 solid bronze nude sculptures await.  The largest of the sculpture...
San Diego Museum of Art: Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits
For more than 2000 years, portraits have served many purposes in Latin America: preserving the memory of the deceased; bolstering the social standing of the aristocracy; marking the deeds of the powerful and heroic; advancing the careers of poli...
Christie's Auction House: The Indestructible, Unfathomable and Timeless World of Latin American Art
The London sale will consist of eight dramatic paintings featuring the history of the Mexican Conquest, which are to be auctioned as part of Christie’s Old Master Pictures sale on December 17. Considered to be the most important Colonial paintings ev...
Kiang Gallery: Between the Known and the Unknown: Drawings of Gloria Ortiz-Hernandez
Then came the shift. Ortiz-Hernández put everything in reverse. She moved from painting to drawing, and from expressionism to her highly idiosyncratic geometric abstraction. In doing so, she jettisoned figures, brushes, colorful paint, canvas, and...

Further Artwork and Information:

Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero Online
Fernando Botero, Monograph, Catalogue raisonné, Colombian Artists
Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero Art Prints
Colección Banco de la República - Donación Botero
Fernando Botero art gallery
Museo Botero. Banco de la República de Colombia. Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango del Banco de la República
Fernando Botero - EL SITIO PAISA - Lo Paisa.com - Antioquia y sus costumbres - MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA
Colombian Artists, Fernando BOTERO, Contemporary Art

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