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Fernando Botero

[Colombian Painter, born in 1932]

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Original works by Fernando Botero available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
 
 
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:
Art Collection of the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Colombia
Many works online

Botero in Venice
Mini-site for a 2003 exhibition of Botero's works. Many paintings and sculptures online.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
7 works online

Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History, New York City

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Flemish Art Collection Database (in Dutch)  

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
La Pudeur, 1980

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
La Pudeur, 1981

Museo dei Bozzetti, Pietrasanta, Italy
Click "bozzetti" and "opere" to see works by Botero

Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York
Several works from the exhibition Fernando Botero: Works on Paper

Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York
Man on Horseback

San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas
Mademoiselle Riviere, after Ingres, 2002

Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Spanbroek, Netherlands   NEW!
(Click on the artwork titles, not the thumbnails)

Studio Esseci, Italy (in Italian)  
Click "Immagini" for several large images, including 3 from Botero's recent Abu Ghraib series

Wichita State University Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Kansas
Man with Cane
Woman with Umbrella


Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)

 
Pictures from Image Archives:
Fernando Botero in the Artchive

Artcyclopedia
Masterscan feature: Cat

Spain Ministry of Education and Science Imagebank (in Spanish)  

Wikimedia Commons Image Database  

Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)  

El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)  

PBase Photo Sharing
(Tip: Set the image size to "original" to see photos at their highest resolution)

Fernando Botero at The Athenaeum
41 works online

 
Other Web Sites:
Arte Latinoamericano
4 works

Because I Say So!
Cat (Gato), New York City sculpture, 1984

The Fine Arts Conservancy, Florida
Interesting before-and-after examples of artwork restorations
Seated Woman, drawing

The Fine Arts Conservancy, Florida
Interesting before-and-after examples of artwork restorations
Woman Smoking a Cigarette, bronze statue

The Fine Arts Conservancy, Florida
Interesting before-and-after examples of artwork restorations
Ballerina, bronze statue

The Fine Arts Conservancy, Florida
Interesting before-and-after examples of artwork restorations
Still Life with Watermelon

The Fine Arts Conservancy, Florida
Interesting before-and-after examples of artwork restorations
Caballero, bronze statue

The Fine Arts Conservancy, Florida
Interesting before-and-after examples of artwork restorations
The Roadside Vendor

The Legacy Project
"A gathering place for people interested in the enduring legacies of the many violent traumas of the 20th century"

Time Magazine Cover Archive

 
Articles:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Fernando Botero
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 75-word preview only. Troubleshooting

Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info

Kara Art
A number of articles about the artist

  
 
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Fernando Botero: The Arnolfini
The Arnolfini

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"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
Look Inside Books:Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader.            
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Botero: Cameo


 
 
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