Fernando Botero
Sculptor, Artist | April 19, 1932
He was born in Medellín, Colombia.
And lost his father at the age of 4, his uncle raised him after that.
He attended school of Bullfighting to become one.
In age of 14 he took 6 bull painting to a thicket seller and asked him to sell them.
When the first one found a buyer, Fernando Realized he could make a living out of art.
In the early 1960s, Botero developed his unique style with people and animals with exaggerated volumes.
Later on in his career it became his own trademark.
Sculptures was the art pieces that bring him international fame.
Along with the numerous Botero sculptures that can be seen in his native Medellín,
monumental pieces by the artist can be enjoyed on the streets of New York, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Jerusalem, Bamberg in Germany and Yerevan in Armenia.
Fernando Botero is the most influential Latin American artist of all time, and maybe the best living sculptor.
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