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Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero (born April 19, 1932) is a neo-figurative
Colombian oil painting artist, self-titled "the most Colombian of
Colombian artists." He strives in all his work to capture an
essential part of himself and his subjects through color and form.
His work includes still-life and landscape oil painting, but Botero
tends to primarily focus on situational portraiture. His oil
painting and sculptures are, on first examination, noted for their
exaggerated proportions and the corpulence of the human figures and
animal figures. The "fat people" are often thought by critics to
satirize the subjects and situations that Botero chooses to paint.
Botero explains his use of obese figures and forms as such: "An
artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why.
You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to
rationalize or even justify it." He is an abstract oil painting
artist in the most fundamental sense of the word, choosing what
colors, shapes, and proportions to use based on intuitive aesthetic
thinking. This being said, his works are informed by a Colombian
upbringing and social commentary is woven all throughout his work.
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