Fernando Botero Quotes

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In art, as long as you have ideas and think, you are bound to deform nature. Art is deformation.

Fernando Botero

I create my subjects somehow visualizing them in my style. I start as a poet, put the colors and composition down on canvas as a painter, but finish my work as a sculptor taking delight in caressing the forms.

Fernando Botero

An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.

Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero

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Born: April 19, 1932

Died: September 15, 2023 (aged 91)

Bio: Fernando Botero Angulo was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. Born in Medellín, his signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor, depending on the piece.

Known for:

Mona Lisa, Age Twelve (1959)
Still Life with Violin (1965)
Death of Pablo Escobar (1999)
Dead Bishops (1965)
The Presidential Family (1967)

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