Botero
Fernando
Botero
nació 1932
es de Colombia
Self-Portrait 1994
por T. A. C.
Botero
Poor
Strange youth
1940’S difficult
10 years old
Bullfighting:
First painting
Ticket taker bought
Continued theme
The Model 1989
Botero
13 years old
Illustrator
Europe – 1st prize
Barcelona, Madrid,
Paris, Italy
3 years abroad
Self-Portrait with Louis XIV
1973 after Rigaud
Botero
More Travels:
Mexico City
New York City – 1962
Bought Mona Lisa
Age 12
1970 - Success in 5
museums in Germany
Self-Portrait with Sofia 1986
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Fat vs. Volumen
1956
Mandolin
Mexico City
The Painter and His
Model 1992
Small Hole
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Not fat
Theme Transform Reality
Sensuality of
Forms
Painter and His Model
1995
Mona Lisa, Age 12 1959
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Range of Subjects
Art an Expression
Repaint the masters
Began Florence, Italy
Admires: Orozco & Gaugin
Mona Lisa 1978
Menina 1978 after
Velázquez
Valazquez Copies
Prado Museum
Huge Theme
Princess Margarita
After Velázquez
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Rubens and His
Wife 1965
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Not caricatures
Deformations
Natural to the world
Shared Culture
The Arnolfini 1997 after Van Eyck
Ambos: 1998 after
Piero Della
Francesca
Piero della Francesca
Discovered in Italy
Favorite Painter
Tones from:
Francesca & Mantenga
Vermeer & Magistral
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Painter of Still Life 1994
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Fear
6 bodyguards
Guerrillas &
Criminals
& Liberals
Painted Important People
Letters & Newspapers against
Paints both sides of life
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Studios: New York, Bogota
Paris, & Monaco
Home in Mexico
Methods changed
Medims changed
Collector and Exhibitor
Self-Portrait The Day of
My First Communion
1970