Pleasantly plump With whimsical irony and a style reminiscent of the old masters, Fernando Botero (b.1932) began painting caricatured animals and corpulent bodies with disproportionate heads at a time when his contemporaries were fervently rejecting figurative work in favor of abstraction. More recently he has expanded into sculpture, creating delightful large-scale bronze works portraying the same sorts of voluminous figures he so loved to paint. Like the writings of Gabriel Garc???a M???rquez or the music of Astor ...
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Pleasantly plump With whimsical irony and a style reminiscent of the old masters, Fernando Botero (b.1932) began painting caricatured animals and corpulent bodies with disproportionate heads at a time when his contemporaries were fervently rejecting figurative work in favor of abstraction. More recently he has expanded into sculpture, creating delightful large-scale bronze works portraying the same sorts of voluminous figures he so loved to paint. Like the writings of Gabriel Garc???a M???rquez or the music of Astor Piazzola, Botero's work has come to represent modern Latin American culture. About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions
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Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 96 pages, profusely illustrated in color. "In June 1951 an enterprising photographer displayed 25 works in his studio in Bogato by a young, unknown artist, who had only recently arrived in the capital from the Provinces. His success on this occasion was modest. Not quite a year later the photographer held another exhibition of the same artists's work. Neither the amateur art dealer, nor the artist, nor the buyers, could have any idea that the 19-year old Fernando Botero from Medellin would one day by Latin America's most famous artist." FINE SOFTCOVER.
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