Fernando Botero (Colombian, 1932 - 2023)

Fernando Botero

Colombian | 1932 - 2023

Fernando Botero was a Colombian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1932. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Sotheby's Palm Beach have featured Fernando Botero's work in the past.Fernando Botero's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 4 USD to 5,132,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 5,132,000 USD for The Musicians, sold at Christie's New York in 2023. Fernando Botero has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, ARTnews and Miami Herald. The most recent article is The 20th Anniversary of ZsONAMACO Sets Mexico City Aglow written for WHITEWALL in February 2024. The artist died in 2023.

Artist's alternative names: Botero, F. Botero

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The 20th Anniversary of ZsONAMACO Sets Mexico City Aglow
Aspen Art Museum presents career-spanning survey of John Chamberlain, curated by Urs Fischer
In Memoriam: Art World Figures Who Died in 2023

Coverage

..Botero is no different and his works speak to art historical precedent, Colombian culture and politics, self-autobiography, memory, violence and social excess...

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Winnipeg Art Gallery

..Paintings, works on paper, and sculptures from three decades will be on view, giving an impressive overview of Botero's inimitable artistic oeuvre....

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Galerie Thomas / Thomas Modern

..Botero’s monumental sculptures are formal masterpieces of composed volume and mass...

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Marlborough, New York (Downtown)

..Similar to Botero’s Reclining Woman , this sculpture has a rich, dark grey patina that absorbs light along the expansive volumes of the sculpture...

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Marlborough, New York (Downtown)

..Botero manipulates, compresses, and experiments with the dimensions and proportions of his subject matter, altering the viewer’s perceptions and how one reads and understands the objects depicted...

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Winnipeg Art Gallery

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