Los bailarines fernando botero biography
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Colombian Artist Fernando Botero Inaugurated the New Millennium With This Work of Art
“Bailarina en la Barra” is one of the most famous images of Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero. His signature style, “Boterismo,” illustrates people and figures in large, voluptuous volumes, which the artist uses as political criticism or humor, depending on the piece.
Botero, el Maestro, has been painting for over 60 years and is an iconic fundamental figure of the 20th Century, exalting form, volume, and harmony of color.
He believes art is spiritual and should serve to rest from the difficulties of daily life. The subject matter of his work ranges from scenes of Colombian everyday life to art historical references and abuses of power – all portrayed in his massively rotund figures.
One of his most famous images is “Bailarina en la Barra,” painted in Paris in 2000. In an interview, Botero explains how the painting came to be.
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Dancing in Colombia
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Title:Dancing in Colombia
Artist:Fernando Botero (Colombian, Medellín 1932–2023 Monaco)
Date:1980
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:74 × 91 in. (188 × 231.1 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Anonymous Gift, 1983
Object Number:1983.251
Rights and Reproduction:© Fernando Botero
Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Botero '80
private collection, Paris (1980–83; their gift to MMA)
Tokyo. Seibu Museum. "Fernando Botero," June 27–August 4, 1981, no. 52 (as "Bal en Colombie," lent by Fernando Botero, Paris).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Ten New Narrative Paintings," September 15–November 30, 1983, no catalogue.
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. "New Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," February 9–26, 1984, no. 6 (as "Night in Colombia [Dancing in Colombia]").
Mexico City. Museo Rufino Tama
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Fernando Botero was born in 1932, in Colombia. In the 1950’s Botero traveled to europe and there he was introduced to modern art. Botero’s work can be categorized as a figurative style, although he has developed a unique style of his own which some call “Boterismo.” His art depicts everyday life, dock, women, historical events, natur, still-life and animals. His subjects are exaggerated, disproportioned by volume, comedic, sarcastic and ironic. In an easier begrepp to understand, the subject matter are all pleasantly plump, including his still-life of a fruit bowl. Although Botero started painting before the obesity epidemic in the United States. His art is a wonderful display of the real picture of obesity.
Botero’s “Dancers at the Bar,” is an oil painting, done in 2001. In a time that, the media was telling women they were too tallrik, Botero’s strong style became even more ironic. Botero is famous for telling a detailed story with his ar