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Fernando Botero Biographie
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1932
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Born: Medellin, Colombia
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1950
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Graduated from Medellin University
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1952
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Studied, San Fernando Academy and the Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
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1953 - 1955
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Studied fresco techniques and art history, Florence, Italy
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1955
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Returned to Colombia
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1960
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Took up residence in New York Won Guggenheim National Prize for Colombia
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1967
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Visited Italy and Germany; studied work of Dürer in Munich and Nuremberg, Germany
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1973
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Moves to Paris, France
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Lives and works in Paris, Monte Carlo, Pietrasanta and New York
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Expositions sélectionnées |
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2012 - 2013 |
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Museo Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain |
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2012 |
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Una celebración, Palacio Bellas Artes de México, Mexico |
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2012 |
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Hommage zum 80. Geburtstag, Botero - Gemälde, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany |
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2010 |
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Art is deformation, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY (solo) Inaurgural Exhibition: Fernando Botero, David Benrimon Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Latinas!, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY |
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2009 |
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Gary Nader Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL Fernando Botero: The Circus. James Goodman Gallery, New York, NY El Dolor de Colombia, Pinacoteca Diego Rivero, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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2008 |
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The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE |
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2007 - 2008 |
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Botero: Oeuvres récentes, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco (solo) |
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2007 |
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Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib, University of California, Berkeley, CA (solo) The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada (solo) Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (solo) New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (solo) Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY Latin Masters, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, NY Fernando Botero, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany (solo) |
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2007 |
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Malerei und Skulptur, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany |
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2006 |
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Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY Fernando Botero, Athens Concert Hall, Greece (solo) Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2005 |
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Landscape, Cityscape, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy |
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2004 |
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The Art Museum, Singapore |
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2003 |
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The Doge’s Palace and other locations, Venice, Italy The Gemeente Museum, Aja The Maillol Museum, Paris, France |
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2002 |
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Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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2001 |
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Moderna Musset, Stockholm, Sweden |
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2000 |
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The Museum of Antioquìa, Medellìn, Colombia |
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1998 - 1999 |
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San Paolo Museum of Art, San Paolo, Brazil The National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The Monterey Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterey, CA The Art Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel |
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1997 |
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The Modern Art Museum of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland The National Musuum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile |
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1996 |
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The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel The Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC Niigata Prefectoral Modern Art Museum, Niigata, Japan Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju, South Korea The Sofia Imber Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela |
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1994 - 1995 |
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Museo of Art, Takamatsu City, Japan Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki, Japan |
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1994 |
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Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland The National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina Paseo de Recolet, Madrid, Spain Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Paseo de Recoletes, Madrid, Spain Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL |
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1992 - 1993 |
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Montecarlo Kunsthaus, Vienna, Austria Champs-Elysées, Paris, France The Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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1991 |
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Exhibition Palace, Rome, Italy |
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1989 |
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The Coro Museum of the Arts, Coro, Venezuela The Contemporary Museum of Art, Caracas, Venezuela The Rufino Tamayo Museum, Oaxaca, Mexico |
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1987 |
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The Queen Sofia Center for the Arts, Madrid, Spain |
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1986 |
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The Contemporary Art Museum, Caracas, Venezuela Municipal Art Museum, Niigata, Japan Museum of Art, Albany, NY |
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1985 |
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The National Museum, Bogota, Colombia The Ponce Museum, Puerto Rico |
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1984 |
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The Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY The Everhard Museum, Scranton, PA The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
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1983 |
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The Veranneman Foundation, Belgium |
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1981 |
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The Civic Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
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1979 |
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The d’Ixelles Museum, Brussels, Belgium The Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC The South Texas Museum of Art, Corpus Christi, TX |
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1978 |
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Sculpture Museum of the city of Marl, Marl, Germany |
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1977 |
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The Medellìn Museum of Art, Medellìn, Colombia |
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1976 |
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The Museum of Comtemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela |
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1975 |
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The Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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1972 |
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Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY Buchholz, Munich, Germany Claude Bernard, Paris, France |
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1970 |
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Fernando Botero: Bilder 1962-1969, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany; Traveled to: Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany; Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany; Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany; and Kunsthalle, Bielefeld, Germany Botero, Galerie Buchholz, Munich, Germany Fernando Botero, Hanover Gallery, London, UK |
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1969 |
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Fernando Botero, Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, NY Botero: Peintures, pastels, fusains, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France |
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1969 |
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Inflated Images, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1968 |
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Botero, Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid, Spain Botero, Galerie Buchholz, Munich, Germany |
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1966 |
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Fernando Botero, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany; Traveled to: Galerie Buchholz, Munich, Germany, Galerie Brusberg, Hanover, Germany Fernando Botero: Recent Works, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI |
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1965 |
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Botero: Recent Works, Zora Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1964 |
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Cordoba Bienale, Argentina Fernando Botero: Bosquejos realidades, Galería Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia Fernando Botero: Obras recientes, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia |
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1962 |
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7 Contemporary Painters, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota Botero, Gres Gallery, Chicago, IL Botero, The Contemporaries, New York, NY |
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1961 |
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Botero, Galería de Arte El Callejón, Bogotá, Colombia |
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1960 |
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Botero, Gres Gallery, Washington, DC |
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1959 |
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Botero: Obras recientes, Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia, Sala Gregorio Vásquez, Bogotá, Colombia |
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1958 |
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Fernando Botero: Oleos, Galería Antonio Souza, Mexico D.F., Mexico Fernando Botero: Recent Oils, Watercolors, Drawings, Gres Gallery, Washington, DC |
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1957 |
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Pan American Union, Washington, DC |
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1955 |
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Biblioteca Nacional, Bogota, Colombia |
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1951 |
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Leo Matiz Gallery, Bogota, Colombia |
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2008 |
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Castro Flórez, Fernando. Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib, El circo. Valencia : Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, 2008 |
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2007 |
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Buysschaert, M., Chiappini, R., Malerba, F., Ruzzante, A., (eds.) Botero: works 1994-2007. Milan; NY: Distributed in North America by Rizzoli International Publications, 2007 |
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2006 |
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Ebony, D. Botero : Abu Ghraib. Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2006. Sillevis, J., Elliott, E., Sullivan, E.J. The Baroque world of Fernando Botero. Alexandria, Va. : Art Services International ; New Haven : In association with Yale University Press, 2006 |
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2005 |
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Strinati, C., Veltroni, W., Botero : the last 15 years. Roma : De Luca Editori d’Arte, c2005 (catalogue) |
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2003 |
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Gribaudo, P., Fuentes, C., Botero: women. New York : Rizzoli : Distributed to the U.S. trade by St. Martin’s Press, 2003 |
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2001 |
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Botero: monumental sculpture. New York : Marlborough Gallery, 2001 (catalogue) |
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2000 |
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Sullivan, E. J., Tasset, J. M. Fernando Botero: monograph & catalogue raisonné : paintings 1975-1990. Lausanne : Acatos, 2000 (catalogue raisonné) Escallon, Ana Maria (artist interview). BOTERO New Works on Canvas. New York : Rizzoli International, 2000. |
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1999 |
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Villegas, B., Fumaroli, M., Botero drawings. Bogota : Villegas Editores, 1999 |
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1998 |
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Lambert, J. C., Villegas, B., Botero sculptures. Bogotá : Villegas Editores, 1998 Fernando Botero: drawings and watercolors on canvas. New York : Marlborough, 1998 (catalogue) |
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1997 |
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Escallón, A. M., Botero: new works on canvas. New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 1997 Aguirre, E. (et al.), Botero : la corrida. adrid : Ministerio de Educación y Cultura : Fundación Central Hispano : Communidad de Madrid, 1997 (catalogue) |
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1993 |
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Sullivan, E.J., Fernando Botero: drawings and watercolors. New York : Rizzoli, 1993 Gribaudo, P. Botero Affreschi - Chiesa della Misericordia, Pietrasanta. Torino: Stamperia Artistica Nazionale, 1993 (catalogue) Fernando Botero: drawings on canvas. New York, NY : Marlborough Gallery, 1993 (catalogue) |
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1992 |
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Cau, J. Botero aux Champs-Elysées “La Corrida aux Grand Palais”. Paris: Mairie de Paris and Didier Imbert Fine Art. Edition of 3, Sculptures et Œuvres sur Papier,” by Pierre Daix, “Sculptures Monumentales,” by Charles Virmaître, 1992 (catalogue) Sullivan, E.J. Botero: Aquarelles et Dessins. Madrid: Lerner & Lerner, 1992(catalogue) Vargas Llosa, Mario. Botero: Dessins et Aquarelles. Paris: Editions de la Difference, (nd), 1992 (catalogue) |
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1991 |
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Pacifico, M., Silvestro S., and Giorgio Van Straten. Botero al Forte Belvedere di Firenze. Florence: Tipolito Press, 1991 (catalogue) |
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1990 |
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Caballero Bonald, J. M. Botero: the bullfight. New York, N.Y. : Rizzoli, 1990 Gribaudo, P. Botero. Milan: Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, 1990 Soavi, Giorgio. Fernando Botero - Œuvres 1959-1989. Paris: Celiv, 1990 (catalogue) |
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1986 |
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Sullivan, E. J. Botero, sculpture. New York : Abbeville Press, 1986
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1980 |
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Ratcliff, C. Fernando Botero: recent work. November 7 -December 2, 1980. Marlborough Gallery, New York: the Gallery, 1980 (catalogue) |
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1979 |
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Jaffee McCabe, C. Fernando Botero: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979 (catalogue) |
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1975 |
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Fernando Botero. New York, Marlborough Gallery, 1975 (catalogue) |
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1973 |
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Fernando Botero.April-maggio. Roma : Marlborough galleria d'arte, 1973 (catalogue) |
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