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Fernando Botero

Colombian • b. 1932

Biography

Colombian artist Fernando Botero is known for his voluptuous and exaggerated paintings, sculptures and drawings. He studied under Roberto Longhi, a renowned authority on Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, obtaining a remarkable art historical knowledge of Western Classicism. This dialogue between an erudite education and religious art for the masses is the key in the development of his aesthetic.

Botero was also influenced by Mexican muralism, with which he became acquainted while living in Mexico City. The monumental scale of the human forms in the murals gave rise to the voluminous figures for which he is best known. Botero's works make mordant comments on society's shortcomings; they also incorporate classical elements and are imbued with political satire and caricature.

Insights

Botero's art began to gain recognition outside Latin America in 1957 when he was living in New York City. Although abstract expressionism was the thriving movement, the exhibition he held during that year at the Pan-American Union in Washington D.C. was sold out.

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

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Fernando Botero
The Gardener
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $139,700
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Fernando Botero
Reclining Woman (Donna sdraiata)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $279,400
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Fernando Botero
Woman with Serpent
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $176,400
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Fernando Botero
Naranjas
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $283,500
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Fernando Botero
Nature Morte
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,320
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Fernando Botero
Dancers
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $52,920
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Fernando Botero
Bowl of Fruits
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
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Fernando Botero
Paul Cézanne Jr.
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $214,200
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Fernando Botero
Venus
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $529,200
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Fernando Botero
Reclining Woman with Mirror
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $403,200
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Fernando Botero
Donna Sdraiata
Estimate HK$1,800,000 - 2,800,000
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Fernando Botero
The Beach
Estimate HK$2,400,000 - 3,200,000
Sold for HK$2,772,000
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Fernando Botero
Woman
Estimate $800,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for $1,004,000
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Fernando Botero
Woman with Serpent
Estimate $200,000 - 250,000
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138
Fernando Botero
Danseuse équilibriste à cheval
Estimate $35,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,500
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Fernando Botero
Nicaragua Banana
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
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Fernando Botero
Niña
Estimate HK$2,500,000 - 3,500,000
Sold for HK$3,750,000
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Fernando Botero
The Lovers
Estimate $450,000 - 550,000
Sold for $524,000
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177
Fernando Botero
Portrait of Nadine Haim
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
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178
Fernando Botero
El Rapto de Europa
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $375,000
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179
Fernando Botero
Horse
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $740,000
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Fernando Botero
La Toilette, from Botero
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,750
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Fernando Botero
La Diva (La fille du régiment)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $62,500
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Fernando Botero
Torero
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $250,000
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