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Fernando Botero

Biography

Medellín, Colombia, 1932 Colombian painter and sculptor. Fernando Botero graduated in 1950 from the Liceo de la Universidad de Antioquia, located in his hometown. Later he traveled to Spain to study the great masters of Spanish painting.

more important works

The presidential family is one of the most emblematic paintings of the Colombian artist. It is part of the group of political personalities.

Monalisa girl, from 1961, an oil on canvas measuring 126 by 130 centimeters, which was one of the artist's first works to arrive at the Museum of Antioquia, is part of this series, as is 12-year-old Monalisa, from 1959, which in 1961 it was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

In the 1980s Fernando Botero became one of the most sought-after living artists in the world, and some of his sculptures made of bronze, marble and cast resin became an integral part of the urban landscape of many cities.