Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero Lithograph: Pedrito

1975

This reproduction of Portrait of Velázquez by Fernando Botero was created in 1984. The piece is Botero's homage to the renowned Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, known for his work du...

This original exhibition poster was created for Drawings 1980–1985, an early showcase of Fernando Botero’s works on paper, held at the Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art in 1986. The...

Fernando Botero's painting titled National Holiday was created in 1987. This work exemplifies Botero's distinctive style, often referred to as "Boterismo," characterized by the depic...

Original limited edition poster for Mozart '91, Salzburg. Published by Marlborough Gallery, New York. Lithograph printed on Arches paper with deckled edges. This original lithograph...

The Morning After is a striking reproduction of Fernando Botero’s work, originally painted in the late 70's or early 80's. The piece depicts a woman from behind, dressed in a bra, wh...

This reproduction of La Cama, originally painted by Fernando Botero in 1963, captures the essence of Botero's unique style. In this painting, Botero presents an oversized bed with hi...

Fernando Botero (Colombian, b.1932) is celebrated for his painted and sculpted scenes featuring animals and figures with inflated proportions, reflecting the artist’s predilection for satire, caricature, and political commentary. Born in Medellin, Colombia, Botero began exhibiting his paintings there in 1948, and later worked as a set designer in Bogotá. In the 1950s, he traveled to several different European countries, including Spain, Italy, and France, to study the work of Renaissance and Baroque masters. He also traveled to Mexico to familiarize himself with the current Mexican avant-­‐garde. Botero became renowned for the varied source material he drew upon, from Colombian folk imagery to canonical works by Diego Velázquez, Pablo Picasso, and Francisco de Goya. In his depictions of contemporary Latin American life, he portrays the poverty and violence prevalent in Colombia in somber images, as well as in his iconic inflated figures, satiric images of Latin American presidents, first ladies, and government officials. A meeting with Dorothy Miller from The Museum of Modern Art in the early 1960s proved to be a turning point in his career; she acquired his work at a time when abstraction was the celebrated idiom, and he later exhibited his work in a major exhibition at the museum, solidifying his international reputation. In the 1970s, Botero moved to Paris, where he created large figural sculptures with his signature inflated forms. He remains engaged with images of his Latin American home city, and with overtly political imagery; his recent works include large paintings of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in a direct commentary on the war in Iraq. Botero has exhibited his work at the Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen, the Maillol Museum in Paris, the Palazzo Benezia in Rome, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the National Museum in Bogotá. He currently lives and works in Paris, Montecarlo, and New York. 2012–2013 Museo Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain 2012 Una celebración, Palacio Bellas Artes de México, Mexico 2012 Hommage zum 80. Geburtstag, Botero -­‐ Gemälde, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany 2010 Art is deformation, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY (solo) Inaurgural Exhibition: Fernando Botero, David Benrimon Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Latinas!, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY 2009 Gary Nader Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL Fernando Botero: The Circus. James Goodman Gallery, New York, NY El Dolor de Colombia, Pinacoteca Diego Rivero, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico 2008 The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE 2007–2008 Botero: Oeuvres récentes, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco (solo) 2007 Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib, University of California, Berkeley, CA (solo) The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Musée National des Beaux-­‐Arts du Québec, Canada (solo) Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (solo) New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (solo) Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY Latin Masters...

Fernando Botero in his Studio, Paris, 1992 by Jean-Michel Voge is a 13" x 19" archival pigment print in an edition of 5, printed by the photographer on handmade Japanese Awagami pape...

Image created by Botero for the Miami Art Expo in 1991. In "Mujer con Sombrero Rojo," Botero presents a voluptuous female figure adorned with a striking red hat. The woman's ample fo...

Published in 1994 by Enrique Michelsen Ediciones, Bogotá, Colombia, this first edition hardcover showcases the posters of Fernando Botero created between 1968 and 1994. Bound in green cloth, the book is in excellent condition, while its dust jacket shows some wear and small tears, typical of its age and use. Spanning 119 pages, the book features a striking collection of color and black & white illustrations of Botero’s poster...