His death allowed us to remember his most emblematic works, which are found in the main museums and galleries of the world.
The painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, the most famous Colombian artist known for his sculptures of voluptuous figures, died this Friday at the age of 91, local media and authorities reported.
The artist, born on April 19, 1932 in Medellín, continued painting in his studio until he suffered pneumonia for which he had to enter a hospital, from which he left on Thursday to continue his recovery at home, according to reports. W Radio.
His daughter Lina Botero, speaking to Caracol Radio, explained that he died in Monaco: “He had been in very poor health for five days because he had developed pneumonia.”
“He died at the age of 91, he had an extraordinary life and he left at the right time,” said his shocked daughter, who remembered him as a person “who dedicated his life to his country, which was the subject of his artistic work.”
Botero leaves behind a long artistic work; from his characteristic and peculiar Mona Lisa to the couples with thick shapes dancing, passing through his sculptures that adorn the corners of the world, but above all his native Medellín, to which he has given dozens of works.
“Fernando Botero has died, the painter of our traditions and defects, the painter of our virtues. The painter of our violence and peace. “Of the dove that has been discarded a thousand times and placed on its throne a thousand times,” said the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, on social networks, alluding to the dove that is exhibited in the Casa Nariño (presidential headquarters) and that the artist gave to commemorate the according to the FARC of 2016.
