Fernando Botero
Born in April 1932 in Medellin, Fernando Botero is a Colombian neo-figurative artist who has won the first prize at the Salon de Artistas Colombianos in 1959. He has been a prolific painter and a sculptor. His sculptures are found in the main square of Medellin, as well as in many cities all over the world, and his paintings are displayed in many exhibitions . It includes still-life and landscapes but his most famous element is the exaggerated proportions of his human figures and animals. He chooses to use these obese figures because he says beauty doesn't have a definite shape and that's what attracts him. He published his first illustrations at the age of 16, which helped to pay for his high school in Medellin. He later moved to France to study arts.In 2005 he produced a series of 50 paintings representing the controversial Abu Graib incident, expressing the rage and shock he felt....
