An famous colombian artist...Fernando Botero.

He was Born in Medellin, Colombia in 1932, Fernando Botero moved in 1951 to Bogota, where he had his first exhibition at the Leo Matiz Gallery.

He studied in Madrid at the San Fernando Academy and in Florence. In 1956 he taught at the School of Fine Arts of the University of Bogota. In 1957 he exhibited at the Pan American Union in Washington. Botero developed a mix in the painting between Renaissance, Barroque and the colonial tradition of Latin America. In 1969, he was established as a big painter when he exposed the Inflated Images at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1993 Fernando Botero was honored with an exhibition of his sculpture along the Champs Elysees, the first non-French artist to exhibit at this venue.

His work is characterized by inflated, rounded forms, painted with smooth, almost invisible brushstrokes, and an exaggerated size on human figures, natural features, and objects of all kinds, celebrating the life within them while mocking their role in the world. He like constantly referring to his native Colombia and also creating elaborate parodies of works of art from the past.

In the decade 1980, Botero became one of the most sought artists in the world and a lot of his art (paintings and sculptures) became an integral part of the landscape of many cities.

Fernando Botero is proud of Colombia, and personally I like his art because is excellent, his sculptures and paintings are very interesting and fun.