Fernando botero, also known as fernando botero angulo born april 19, 1932 in medellin, colombia is a colombian artist, painter and sculptor. It discusses his childhood, early influences, education, personal life and his unique style of sculpture. A spanish biography about the life of colombian artist fernando botero. He largely paints large people figures that are much many larger than life in all parts of their body. Fernando botero, born april 19, 1932, medellin, colombia, colombian artist known for his paintings and sculptures of inflated human and animal shapes as a youth, botero attended a school for matadors for several years, but his true interest was in art.
Get ready for holiday photos with a smile for the camera. Fernando botero by fernando botero, hardcover barnes. Unquestionably the most successful matador that ever became a visual artist, fernando botero is a painter and sculptor from colombia recognized for creating bloated, oversized depictions of different people, various animals and elements of the natural world. Ever since his first exhibition from the year of 1948, botero has been concentrating on situational. Biography of fernando botero colombian painter and sculptor. Fernando botero biography, birth date, birth place and. Colombian painter, draughtsman and sculptor fernando botero born 1932 is probably the bestknown latin american artist working today. This new title of a sea of stories series explains in an entertaining as well as thorough way the life and artistic care. Botero was directly involved in the organization of the. Fernando botero nacio en una acomodada familia paisa, conformada por sus padres, david botero. Known for his enormous metal sculptures and vibrantly colorful paintings of robust human and animal shapes, colombian artist fernando botero was one of the most popular modern artists. Fernando botero was born birth in 1932 in medellin, colombia. Biography born on april 19, 1932 born in medellin, colombia second of three children his father, a salesman, died when fernando was four years old an uncle was in charge of his education 3. Publication date 1980 topics botero, fernando, exhibitions, 1932.
A worksheet with 8 reading comprehension questions in spanish based on the reading. Botero plaza, surrounded by the museum of antioquia and the rafael uribe uribe palace of culture, is a 7,000 m 2 outside park that displays 23 sculptures by colombian artist fernando botero, who donated these and several other artworks for the museums renovation in 2004. Nasce da david botero 18951936, uomo daffari, e dalla sarta flora angulo 18951972. A celebration is published to coincide with the biggest retrospective exhibition of the artists career, and to celebrate his eightieth birthday. Presentation mode open print download current view.
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