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Fernando Botero
1932-2013
Latest News: Fernando Botero Dies at Age 91
Famed Colombian sculptor and painter Fernando Botero died September 15 of pneumonia complications, according to the Associated Press.
His daughter, Lina, first reported his passing to Colombian radio station Caracol. Known for his paintings of people and objects in colorful, inflated forms, Botero had his work displayed globally in museums and was beloved in Colombia partly because of his philanthropy.
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He donated 23 statues throughout the country and gave 180 paintings to Colombia’s Central Bank, which were later used to create the Botero Museum in capital Bogota. “The painter of our traditions and our defects, the painter of our virtues has died,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro wrote in a social media post.
Who Was Fernando Botero?
Fernando Botero left matador school as a child to become an artist, displaying his work for the first time in 1948 as a teenager.
His subsequent art, now exhibited in maj