Fernando Botero Passes Away at 91
The beloved Colombian artist is survived by three children and thousands of works comprising both political critique and pastoral scenes of Colombia.
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Botero posing for a picture in his studio, 15 March 2012. Photo: Massimo Sestini
Beloved Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero has passed away at the age of 91. According to official statements from his daughter, Lina Botero, Botero had been working at his studio in Monaco regularly until earlier this month when he was admitted to a hospital for pneumonia. Botero was discharged to continue his recovery at home last week, though news of his passing came last Friday morning, 15 September.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro confirmed the news in a sombre, imageless post on social media, praising Botero as “the painter of our traditions and our defects? our virtues? our violence and our peace?.
Ha muerto Fernando Botero, el pintor de nuestras tradiciones y defectos, el pintor de nuestras virtudes. El pintor de nuestra violencia y de la paz.
De la paloma mil veces desechada y mil veces puesta en su trono— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) September 15, 2023
Love Letters and Political Critique Alike
Botero rose to international acclaim for his specific style of voluptuously yet uncannily plump and rotund depictions of bodies, often as satire and political critique. Of recent fame was his 2005 Abu Ghraib prison painting s...
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Botero posing for a picture in his studio, 15 March 2012. Photo: Massimo Sestini
Beloved Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero has passed away at the age of 91. According to official statements from his daughter, Lina Botero, Botero had been working at his studio in Monaco regularly until earlier this month when he was admitted to a hospital for pneumonia. Botero was discharged to continue his recovery at home last week, though news of his passing came last Friday morning, 15 September.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro confirmed the news in a sombre, imageless post on social media, praising Botero as “the painter of our traditions and our defects? our virtues? our violence and our peace?.
Ha muerto Fernando Botero, el pintor de nuestras tradiciones y defectos, el pintor de nuestras virtudes. El pintor de nuestra violencia y de la paz.
De la paloma mil veces desechada y mil veces puesta en su trono— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) September 15, 2023
Love Letters and Political Critique Alike
Botero rose to international acclaim for his specific style of voluptuously yet uncannily plump and rotund depictions of bodies, often as satire and political critique. Of recent fame was his 2005 Abu Ghraib prison painting s...
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