Fernando Botero
We have original graphic work (prints), engravings, lithographs and serigraphs (engravings, etchings, lithographs, serigraphs) of this artist.
Fernando Botero Angulo (Medellín, April 19, 1932) is a painter, sculptor and draftsman of Colombian origin, domiciled in Pietrasanta (Italy), Paris (France), Monaco City and New York (United States of America).1
The artistic creations of his authorship are imprinted with a sui generis and irreverent interpretation of the figurative style, known by some as "boterism", which imbues the iconographic works with an unmistakable identity, recognizable not only by specialized critics, but also by the large public, including children and adults alike2, becoming one of the main manifestations of contemporary art globally; The original interpretation that the artist gives to a diverse spectrum of themes is characterized from the plastic by an exalted volumetry that impregnates the creations with a three-dimensional character, as well as strength, exuberance and sensuality, together with a particular anatomical conception, an aesthetic that chronologically could be framed in the forties in the West applied to plots that can be current or past, local but with a universal vocation (Greek and Roman mythology; love, customs, daily life, nature, landscapes, death, violence, women, sex, religion and politics in Latin America and Western Europe, as well as still lifes, reinterpretation of classic works, portraits and self-portraits, among others), represented with a lively and masterful use (from a technical point of view) of color, accompanied by fine and subtle details of scathing criticism and irony in each work. He is considered the most sought-after living Latin American artist in the world today3.4
Itinera between his famous sculpture studios by Pietra Santa, Italy, and those of painting in Paris (France), New York (United States of America) and Monte Carlo (Principality of Monaco); Likewise, he spends time drawing some days of the year in Zihuatanejo, Mexico and Rionegro, in Colombia.
