2023-09-15 13:24:03
The Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, the most famous Colombian artist known for his sculptures of voluptuous figures, died this Friday at the age of 91. Medellín, his hometown, declared seven days of mourning.
The artist, born on April 19, 1932, continued painting in his studio until he suffered pneumonia for which he had to be hospitalized, but on Thursday he left the hospital to recover at home, according to W Radio.
His daughter Lina Botero, speaking to Caracol Radio, explained that he died in Monaco this morning: “He had been in very poor health for five days because he had developed pneumonia.” “He died at the age of 91, he had an extraordinary life and he left at the right time,” said her daughter, shocked, and remembered him as a person “who dedicated his life to his country, which was the subject of the artistic work.” of the”.
“Fernando Botero has died, the painter of our traditions and defects, the painter of our virtues. The painter of our violence and peace. Of the dove discarded a thousand times and placed on its throne a thousand times,” he wrote on the social network Twitter the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro. He made reference to the dove that is exhibited in the Casa Nariño (presidential headquarters) and that the artist gave to commemorate the 2016 agreement with the FARC.
“We deeply regret the departure of Fernando Botero, one of the greatest artists of Colombia and the world. Always generous with his country, a great friend, and a passionate builder of peace. Our most sincere condolences to his entire family,” he expressed for his former president Juan Manuel Santos part.
Botero’s career
The painter studied in Colombia and at the Royal Academy of Art of San Fernando, in Madrid. He began exhibiting in the 1960s in the United States, with a first show at the Milwaukee Art Center where he began to show his characteristic figurative style.
Botero leaves behind a long artistic work; from his characteristic and peculiar Mona Lisa to the couples with thick shapes dancing, passing through his sculptures that adorn the corners of the world, but above all his native Medellín, to which he gave dozens of works.
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