1. By Kate

2. All About Botero
What
inspired
Botero?
Where
did
Botero
Study?
What’s so
special
about his
work?
Examples
of Botero’s
Work
Examples of
his work
pt.2

3. All About Fernando Botero
www.biography.com
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His full name is Fernando Botero Angulo
He was born in Medillin, Colombia
He was born on April 19, 1932
Before he became an artist, he went to a
matador school
• His first piece of art was exhibited in
1948, when he was 16 years old
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4. What inspired Botero?
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• Botero was inspired by pre-Colombian and
Spanish colonial art
• Also by the political murals of Diego Rivera
and Francisco de Goya
• He was also inspired by Diego Velasquez and
Pablo Picasso

5. Where did Botero study?
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• He studied paintings in Madrid
• He also based his work off of the paintings in
Prado
• He also sold some of the copies of paintings
he made

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What’s so special about his work?
http://www.rogallery.com/Botero/Botero-bio.htm
• His trademark style was round, inflated shapes
• He both sculpted and painted
• He also inflated his proportions of his figures
• He used bright colors and used the outlined
form

7. Examples of Botero’s work:
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• One example of his work is “Abu Ghraib”
• That was based on prisoners of war in
Iraq, using the outlining feature
• Another work of his is “Presidential Family”
• That was based on the president’s
family, using the bloating feature

8. Examples of His work pt.2
This is Botero’s “Presidential
Family” piece.
This slideshow will show examples of Botero’s works
This is one of Botero’s “Abu
Ghraib” paintings.
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9. Websites used:
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• www.biography.com
• http://www.rogallery.com/Botero/Boterobio.htm
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/750
73/Fernando-Botero
• http://www.designtoscano.com/category/code/F
ernando+Botero.do