Fernando Botero: Maestro
David Benrimon Fine Art is pleased to present Fernando Botero: Maestro for our spring exhibition. The show features a selection of paintings, sculpture, and works on paper by the internationally renowned artist, in honor of the Maestro’s life. Widely celebrated as Colombia’s most successful and well known artist, Botero’s oeuvre of satirical and graceful voluminous subjects spans over seventy years. The exhibition focuses on works from Botero’s career that infuse historical and contemporary art references through his iconic “Boterismo” style. With exaggerated proportions and voluptuous figures, flat and bright color, and modest sensuality, Botero reimagines historical themes, mythological subjects, and contemporary Latin American life. He playfully renders the reclining nudes, religious icons, as well as still lifes, families, and society people. Botero’s figures are both inviting and enchanting, and the overwhelming ‘roundness’ of his characters, whether sculpted in bronze, painted on canvas, or drawn on paper, have solidified him as a legend in the art historical canon.
Fernando Botero
Sphinx , Conceived 1998, Cast 2020
Bronze
99 5/8h x 85 7/8w x 109 1/2d inches
253h x 218w x 278d cm
Fernando Botero
Maternity , 2006
Bronze
19 1/4h x 7 7/8w x 7 1/2d in
48.90h x 20w x 19.05d cm
Fernando Botero
L'atelier , 1977
Oil and collage on canvas
33h x 32 3/4w in
83.82h x 83.19w cm
Fernando Botero
Two Guitarists, 2013
Oil on canvas
49 h x 37 w in
125 h x 95 w cm
Fernando Botero
Landscape, 2004
Oil on canvas
43 h x 33 w in
110 h x 85 w cm
Fernando Botero
Bowl of Fruits, 2013
Oil on canvas
16 h x 11 w in
41 h x 30 w cm
Fernando Botero
Still Life with Fruit Bowl, 1999
Oil on canvas
38 h x 53 w in
97 h x 134 w cm
Fernando Botero
Man and Woman , 2022
Watercolor and pencil on paper
12 1/4h x 16 1/4w in
31.12h x 41.28w cm
Fernando Botero
Guitar Player , 2022
Watercolor and pencil on paper
16 1/4h x 12 1/4w in
41.28h x 31.12w cm
Fernando Botero
Untitled (St. George) , 1983
Sanguine and ink on paper
19 1/2h x 16 3/4w in
49.53h x 42.55w cm
Fernando Botero
Society Couple , 2021
Watercolor
12 1/4h x 16 1/4w in
31.12h x 41.28w cm
Fernando Botero Nature Morte , 2006 Watercolor 16h x 11w in 40h x 29w cm
Fernando Botero The Singer , 2023 Watercolor 12h x 16w in 31h x 41w cm
Fernando Botero Femme assise , 1981 Pencil and charcoal on paper 17h x 14w in 43h x 35w cm
Fernando Botero Mujer Recostada , 1965 Pencil on paper 11h x 14w in 28h x 35w cm