00:00 We are very sad to announce that Colombian artist Fernando Botero, painter of our virtues,
00:05 has passed away.
00:06 For his last video, watch the video till end.
00:09 Colombia's most famous artist, Fernando Botero, who is known for his voluptuous depictions
00:15 of people and animals, has died, President Gustavo Petro announced.
00:19 He was 91.
00:21 Fernando Botero, the painter of our traditions and defects, the painter of our virtues, has
00:26 died, the Colombian president posted on social media on Friday.
00:31 His daughter, Lina Botero, told Colombian radio station Caracol that her father died
00:36 in Monaco on Friday morning of pneumonia complications.
00:39 Botero's works of plump and slightly surreal forms became enormously popular during his
00:44 lifetime on display in museums and public spaces in cities around the world, including
00:50 Bogota, Madrid, Paris, Singapore and Venice.
00:53 Heralded as South America's answer to Picasso and unanimously remembered in Colombian media
00:58 outlets on Friday as the greatest Colombian artist of all time, Botero also tackled violence
01:04 and political topics, including Colombia's internal conflicts, as well as portraying
01:09 daily life.
01:10 Born in Medellin in 1932, his signature style was known as Boterismo and he is considered
01:17 one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
01:20 Although widely known for his large subjects, Botero insisted his pieces were not focused
01:25 on body type.
01:26 "I don't paint fat women," he told Spain's El Mundo newspaper in 2014.
01:30 "No one believes me, but it's true.
01:33 I am interested in volume, the sensuality of the form.
01:37 If I paint a woman, a man, a dog or a horse, I do it with volume."
01:41 Although he lived most of his life in Europe and the United States, his work was populated
01:46 by plump bullfighters, sex workers and other characters that evoked his native Medellin.
01:51 "I painted Colombia all my life," he once said.
01:55 "The kind aspects that I knew in childhood and adolescence."
01:58 Botero is survived by his wife, Sofía Vary, his daughter and two sons.
02:03 Fernando Botero died on 15 September 2003.
02:07 Rest in peace Fernando Botero.
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