Fernando Botero (born 19.04.1932)
 

Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero was born in Medellin. His father worked as a commercial agent, and his mother made jewelry. After the death of his father's upbringing Botero and his two brothers took up his uncle, a big fan of bullfighting, which had determined him to school tavromahii. But poor little Fernando was terribly afraid of bulls, he quickly withdrew from the school and decided to devote himself to painting.

In 1948-49. his drawings were published in the literary weekly "El Colombino." In 1951-1955, after receiving a secondary education, he settled in Madrid, then traveled to Florence, where he studied the art of old masters - Titian, Goya, Tintoretto, Velasquez). Returning to Latin America, he settled in Mexico City. Murals Rivera and Orozco have had a great impression. In 1960 Botero moved to New York and lived there for 13 years. However, he did not participate in the American art movements of the time. remaining true to the traditional art of Colombia. In 1961, the Museum of Modern Art in New York bought a painting called "Mona Lisa", which Botero wrote in 12 years.

Art Botero haraakterizuetsya plump his characters, which symbolize the joy of the flesh. Deformation, which Botero puts the bodies of their characters, their faces and objects in his paintings, creates a strange harmony. Botero - instantly recognizable artist with style, peculiar to him alone. When asked why he portrays fat people, he says: "Fat? No, they just voluminous, magical properties, the volume - this is so sensual! ".

Recurrent themes in the work of Botero - plitika, religion, bullfights, still lifes, brothels with prostitutes. The main thing for him - the beauty and love: the artist himself against Siqueiros, in whose canvases feel hatred. Even in his criticism of the Colombian regime (omnipresence of religion and militarism), the artist does not convicts, but is rather sad irony: "I always thought that art can escape the cruelty of life, to create a haven where there is beauty and tranquility. However, my country is in such a tragic situation that this tragedy has penetrated into my work ... I do not think that my pictures will change anything in the dramatic reality of Colombia, but I felt a moral need to at least leave a certificate of insanity and barbarism that have invaded my country. "

In 1974, when the whole world began to recognize him as one of the most significant hudozzhnikov of our time, his four-year son died in a car accident. Since then, work Botero became less hedonistic, more restrained.

In 1992, his enormous sculptures were exhibited in Paris at the Champs Elysees. In 2006, he had his exhibition at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal.

"In every picture I try to solve technical problems - size, color, composition. You can not learn to write once and forever. Every time I take a brush, I have to find a new solution of artistic problems.

Very I like.:)

One of the best artists in contemporary art ... No doubt, a very promising investment ... prices are rising (rising before the crisis, but do not think that the growth of strong pauses) in a geometric progression ... IMHO, you have to buy while still alive ... after his death, interest on 50%immediately rise. As mentioned qwerty, for all of this is: a unique recognizable style, popularity, a large number of works for sale.

Podrozhateli. Our Ivanov, for example ... : D

Here are some pictures: Botero in front of his well-fed and the Infanta, his sculpture. Photos 5-10, is a statuette of relatively small size (it's me clarify specifically for investors:)).

What do you think - Why is it chubby like? I do not fat.

If we look at these pictures what - that a long time, it becomes uncomfortable. Ghastly! Artist little weak, of course, especially if we recall Magritte, Kustodiev, Pirosmani, Rousseau, Chestnyakova. But Botero some boring, rational (a calculated, contrived). Pictures and statues as souvenirs in the shop. You only think about it-the same for many years! Whether it Picasso or Larionov, constant search, a fountain of ideas, decisions! Here is a drive! And this? Falls short of the great ... However, in small doses, it is quite possible ...

Botero
 

I also terribly fond of him, always glad when I see. At the Pushkin Museum, in my opinion, was an exhibition.
A chubby, I think, because the self-sufficient, without reflection - it had such a "compensation". Tjutchev, tenderer should be treated with artists, more tender. They you do not owe anything.
And this is his fat cat is in Barcelona in front yard, where the Maritime Museum? Who knows - please reply.