A sculpture by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, titled Man on Horseback, stands outside Renaissance Park in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.

Colombian artist Fernando Botero died in September 2023. Known for his bloated paintings and sculptures of people and animals, learn about his art and life.

Fernando Botero Angulo was born in Medellín on April 19, 1932, the second of three siblings. His father, a salesman who sometimes made his rounds on horseback, died of an apparent heart attack ...

BOGOTÁ, Tello — Renowned Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose depictions of people and objects in plump, exaggerated forms became emblems of Colombian art around the world, has ...

Tributes to Fernando Botero were plentiful on Friday night on social media. The Colombian artist, who died on Friday in Monaco at 91, left his mark in public and private collections in Miami.

FILE - Colombian artist Fernando Botero laughs next to a cake decorated with a pastry in the likeness of one of his sculptures during his 80th birthday celebration at the Botero Museum in Bogota ...

During his travels, Botero married Gloria Zea, with whom he had three children, Fernando, Lina and Juan Carlos. Returning to Bogotá in 1958, he was appointed professor at the School of Arts of ...

Renowned Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose depictions of people and objects in plump, exaggerated forms became emblems of Colombian art around the world, has died. He was 91.