| LC control no. | n 79119132 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Botero, Fernando, 1932-2023 |
| Variant(s) | Botero Angulo, Fernando, 1932-2023 Angulo, Fernando Botero, 1932-2023 |
| Birth date | 1932-04-19 |
| Death date | 2023-09-15 |
| Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia |
| Profession or occupation | Artist |
| Found in | Center for Inter-American Relations. Art Gallery. Fernando Botero, 1969. Botero, c1987: p. 133 (Fernando Botero Angulo; b. April 19, 1932, Medellín, prov. of Antioquía; painter) Wikipedia, Mar. 25, 2011 (Fernando Botero Angulo; b. April 19, 1932; Colombian figurative artist; came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. Working most of the year in Paris, in the last three decades he has achieved international recognition for his paintings, drawings and sculpture, with exhibitions across the world; Mr. Botero's aesthetic -- often shorthanded as Boterismo -- became a major draw at contemporary art museums and decorated the Champs-Élysées in Paris, Park Avenue in New York, Madrid's Paseo de Recoletos and other renowned thoroughfares, as well as parks and plazas from Buenos Aires to Moscow to Tokyo. His emblematic oversized figures helped turn global attention to Latin American artists in the second half of the 20th century) Washington Post, 15 Sept 2023: (Fernando Botero, Colombian artist of rotund and whimsical imagery, died Sept. 15 at a hospital in Monaco. He was 91) |
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