Fernando Botero is a neo-figurative Colombian artist, self-titled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists." He won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958, He paints and draws in a style somewhat similar to Pablo Picasso whilst he lived in Dinard, Brittany, 1922, for example "Deux femmes courant sur la plage" (The Course). He strives in all his work to capture an essential part of himself and his subjects through color and form. Wikipedia
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But Mr. Botero, 72, is now producing works that represent a dramatic break in substance, if not style, from his past. www.kolahstudio.com/underground/?p=69
...Search Service Menu Fernando BoteroFernando Botero's Works of Art A Family Bailarines (1993 AD) Ballerina (2003 AD) Ballerina Asquadra (2007 AD) Ballerini Vestiti Medio (2005 AD) Banistas (2000 AD) ... www.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=248
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Fernando Botero: Colombian artist known for his paintings and sculptures of inflated human and animal shapes. www.britannica.com/eb/article-9354298/Fernando-Botero
Fernando Botero , one of the most celebrated living artists in Latin America , has gained international fame and fortune capturing the whimsy of life by painting his fellow Colombians, aristocrats and workers alike, as corpulent and comical. But Mr. Bote www.kolahstudio.com/underground/?p=69
