Portrait of velazquez border

BOTERO

  • BORN

  • attends a Jesuit school and a school for matadors.

    attends a Jesuit school and a  school for matadors.
  • Joint show in native town.

  • moves to Bogotá. 1st solo exhibition.all his art pieces sold out!

  • studies in Madrid, influenced by Velazquez´s and Goya´s works

  • moves to Paris.. Most of his time in the Louvre.

  • moves to Italy. Studies Reinaissance masters.

  • Teaches at The School of Fine Arts, Bogotá

  • travels to Mexico. to study Rivera and Orozco. Impressed by murals.

  • "Inflated Images" Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York

  • 27 drawings and 23 paintings dealing with violence in Colombia from the drug cartels.

  • Exhibits his "Abu Ghraib" series in Europe.

  • Back to his early life´s topics (maternity, family,...)

  • Exhibits his " Circus Collection"

  • Fernando Botero "Celebration" exhibition. Fine Arts Museum, BILBAO