Why Is Botero Fat

Why Does Botero Paint Fat People? … The figures painted and sculpted by Botero are not really ‘fat’. They are his formal bid for expressing the sensuality of form, to explore the possibilities of volume and give monumentality to the protagonists of his pictorial world.

When was Boterismo created?

Born in 1932, Colombian artist Fernando Botero started creating his Boterismo art pieces – paintings, sketches, sculptures – during the 1950s while living in Mexico.

Does Botero still paint?

Now in his late-eighties, the artist, who has been married for more than 40 years to Sophia Vari, the Greek sculptor and jewellery designer, continues to work tirelessly. Demand for Botero’s paintings and sculpture remains strong, as recent prices for works by Botero that have been sold at Christie’s attest.