The famous artist was known for his sculptures of voluminous human figures.
The famous Colombian artist Fernando Boteroknown for his sculptures of voluminous human figures, died today at the age of 91, reported the Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo.
The artist was recovering from pneumonia and had had health problems that kept him hospitalized in a medical center for several days. However, he himself asked to be transferred to his home to deal with his ailments, according to the aforementioned media.
Considered as “the greatest Colombian artist of all time”Botero was born in 1932 in Medellín and became one of the most recognizable contemporary creators in the world by developing his own imprint.
A total of 300,000 people attended his samples in the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico or 155,000 in the Museum of Fine Arts from Bilbao. In 2022, for example, the sculpture “Man on Horseback” was sold at a Christie’s auction in New York for $4.3 million, a record price for a work by the artist.
Different biographies of the artist have reported that, although he was not raised in a believing family, his first contact with art was through religion, a key facet in Antiochian society at that time.
In Medellín in the first half of the 20th century there were many more churches with stained glass windows and altars than museums.
In fact, today the Antioquia museum, the most important in the city, dedicates a large part of its collection to maestro Botero, who was one of the most important promoters of the entity.
The farewell message to Fernando Botero from the president of Colombia
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has lamented the death of Botero, remembering that he was “the painter of traditions and defects, of virtues.” “He was the painter of our violence and peace. Of the dove a thousand times discarded and a thousand times placed on his throne,” he has written on social networks.
Source: Ambito
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