FERNANDO BOTERO

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FERNANDO BOTERO

• One of the most admired and respected artist in
  Latin America.

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What do these pictures say about him? Que le
gusta hacer? De dónde es?
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BIOGRAFIA

• Fernando Botero es de Medellin, Colombia.
• He was born in 1932.
• He started to work as an illustrator in 1948.
• In 1950 He traveled to Spain, Europe to study
  art at the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid.

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His studies and awards

• After Spain, he went to Italy and France to study
  art history. He studied the technique of fresco
  painting and reproduced works of different
  European artist.
• In 1965 he moved to New York and won the
  Gugggenheim National Prize for Colombia.
• In 1970 his son Pedro was born, but four years
  later he died in a car accident.
• In 1973 he went to Paris and designed his first
  sculpture.
• Botero Lives and works in New York and Paris.

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He reproduced other artists work in his own
style.
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ArnolfiniThe Arnolfini Portrait is a painting in
oils on oak panel executed by the Early
Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck in 1434. Among
other titles, it is also known as "The Arnolfini
Wedding", "The Arnolfini Marriage", "The
Arnolfini Double Portrait" or the "Portrait of
Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife".
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfini_Portrait
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His popularity

• His work has been recognized in different
  countries.
• His sculptures and paintings are unique in style.
  The round and exaggerated forms of his human
  figures and animals have been exhibited in many
  museums and parks in cities around the world.
• His puffy style began with still life paintings
  before featuring pudgy people and animals.

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He wanted to be a bullfighter.
La familia
El pueblo
The dancers
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Mas pinturas
National Holiday
The musicians
Matador
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Sus esculturas alrededor del mundo
Cabeza de Fernado. Tokio, Japan
La mano. Medellin, Colombia
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Big Bird. Singapur
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Mas esculturas
El gato
La dama
The Roman, Colombia
Roman Gladiator, Yarevan. Armenia
El caballo. Medellin, Colombia
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Man drinking orange juice.
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Supper.
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Art is a spiritual, immaterial respite from the
hardships of life Botero believes that success
depends on the fact that It is necessary to
describe something that is strictly local, very
circumscribed , something with which everyone is
very familiar so as to be understood by
everybody. I have convinced myself that I must be
parochial, in the sense of being profoundly,
religiously bound to my reality, in order to be
universal.  
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Bibiography

• http//www.marblearchfinearts.com/botero/botero_bi
  o_p.html
• Fernando Botero, wikipedia, the enclycopedia.
• Fernando Botero. Artist. Biography.
• http//www.fernando-botero.com/
• Artist Hero
• http//www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?heroFernand
  o_Botero
• Fernando Botero, Botero oil paintings.
• http//www.huntfor.com/absoluteig/botero.htm

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Activities
2. Choose two of his work. Describe them.
3. Draw any animal using Boteros style.
4. Summarize presentation