biografia di Fernando BOTERO (1932-2023)

Personal data


Birth : 04/19/1932 - Medellín, Colombia
Death : 09/15/2023
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Colombia - France

Address

Paris Île-de-France, France

Family relations

Husband of Sophia VARI [ 1940 ]

Education

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando – Alcalá 13 – Madrid, Spain

Professional data


Work and Life

1960 – 1970:Lived in New York NY, USA.
1951:Botero moved to Bogotá, Colombia.
Also lives and works in Pietrasanta LU, Italy.

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze

Movements and styles

Latin American Art

Works

Femmes à la plage
Date of creation : 2002
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 204 x 151 cm
 
La Corrida
Date of creation : 1992
Medium : Painting
 
Mother and Child
Medium : Bronze
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2004

Works on paper
Nassau County Museum of Fine Art – Roslyn Harbor NY, United States
11/14/2004 – 02/13/2005

2003

Fondation Dina Vierny – Musée Maillol – Paris, France
11/07/2003 – 03/15/2004

Fondation Dina Vierny – Musée Maillol – Paris, France
11/07/2003 – 03/15/2003

2002

Mairie – Dinard, France
07/05/2002 – 09/23/2002

ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst – Ishøj, Denmark
02/02/2002 – 06/02/2002

2001

Monumental Sculpture
Marlborough Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/10/2001 – 06/16/2001

1996

Paintings
Marlborough Gallery – New York NY, United States
10/23/1996 – 11/26/1996

Monumental Bronzes
Art Museum of the Americas – Washington DC, United States
09/24/1996 – 11/01/1996

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galleria Tega – Via Senato 24 – Milan MI, Italy

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galleria d’Arte Contini – San Marco 2765 – Venice VE, Italy

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany

Art Miami, n°12
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/04/2002 – 01/08/2002
Represented by : Galleria Tega – Via Senato 24 – Milan MI, Italy

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galleria Tega – Via Senato 24 – Milan MI, Italy

Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galería El Museo – Carrera 11, N° 93A-43 – Bogotá, Colombia

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galleria d’Arte Contini – San Marco 2765 – Venice VE, Italy

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States

Art Miami, n° 11
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/22/2001
Represented by : Artemundi – Suite 915 1680 Michigan Avenue – Miami Beach FL, United States

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Galería El Museo – Carrera 11, N° 93A-43 – Bogotá, Colombia

2000

FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Fondation Veranneman – Vandevoordeweg 2 – Kruishoutem, Belgium

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Thomas – Maximilianstrasse 25 – Munich, Germany

Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Galleria Dante Vecchiato – Piazetta S. Nicolo 1 – Padua PD, Italy

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Marlborough Gallery – 40 West 57 Street – New York NY, United States

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Evelyn Aimis Fine Art – 3012C South Ocean Boulevard – Highland Beach FL, United States


Festivals

2002

Festival international de sculpture
Monte Carlo, Monaco
07/27/2002 – 10/31/2002


Group exhibitions

2004

MoMA at El Museo Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Museo del Barrio – New York NY, United States
03/05/2004 – 07/25/2004

2003

Sept Lieux – Sept Matières
Hôtel du Département, Centre d’Art Présence Van Gogh, Château de l’Empéri, Galerie du Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Musée de l’Arles Antique – Marseille, France
10/17/2003 – 01/15/2004

2002

Les Jeux dans l’art du 20e siècle
Espace Bellevue – Biarritz, France
06/22/2002 – 10/03/2002

Paintings by Botero, Bravo, Iturria, Sánchez
Marlborough Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/22/2002 – 06/15/2002

2001

International Offerings
Jack Rutberg Fine Arts – Los Angeles CA, United States
07/18/2001 – 09/01/2001

1998

Selection of Latin American Masters
Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art – New York NY, United States
1998

Cornucopia
Winston Wachter Fine Art – New York NY, United States
06/18/1998 – 07/31/1998

1997

Impressionist, Modern & Contemporay: Work from the Gallery Collection
O’Hara Gallery – New York NY, United States
02/05/1997 – 02/24/1997

Bibliography (Selected)


By the artist


Monographies

1999

Botero Sculptures : Sculptures
01/1999
ISBN : 9589393640


On the artist


Catalogues raisonnés

2000

Fernando Botero : Monograph & Catalogue Raisonne Paintings 1975-1990
Publisher: Acatos Publishing – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
Author: Sullivan Edouard J. – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
09/2000
ISBN : 2940033404


Periodicals

2003

FRIMBOIS & KAMPIANNE – Fernando Botero
in: Art Actuel n° 29 p. 28
Paris, France
11/2003-12/2003

2002

TASSET Jean-Marie – Botero joue gros jeu
in: Le Figaro
Paris, France
26/07/2002

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