Timeline |
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1932 |
Born in Medellin,
Colombia |
1950 |
Graduated from Medellin
University |
1952 |
Studied, San Fernando
Academy and the Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain |
1953–55 |
Studied fresco techniques
and art history, Florence, Italy |
1955 |
Returned to Colombia |
1960 |
Took up residence in New
York |
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Won Guggenheim National Prize for Colombia |
1967 |
Visited Italy and
Germany; studied work of Dürer in Munich and Nuremberg, Germany |
1973 |
Moved to Paris, France |
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Lives and works in Paris,
Monte Carlo, Pietrasanta, and New York |
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Exhibitions |
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2012–2013 |
Museo Bellas Artes de
Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain |
2012 |
Una celebración, Palacio
Bellas Artes de México, Mexico |
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Hommage zum 80.
Geburtstag, Botero - Gemälde, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Samuelis Baumgarte
Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany |
2010 |
Art is deformation,
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY (solo) |
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Inaurgural Exhibition: Fernando Botero, David Benrimon
Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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Latinas!, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY |
2009 |
Gary Nader Fine Art,
Coral Gables, FL |
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Fernando Botero: The Circus. James Goodman Gallery, New York,
NY |
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El Dolor de Colombia, Pinacoteca Diego Rivero, Xalapa,
Veracruz, Mexico |
2008 |
The Baroque World of
Fernando Botero, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; New Orleans Museum of
Art, New Orleans, LA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE |
2007–2008 |
Botero: Oeuvres récentes,
Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco (solo) |
2007 |
Fernando Botero: Abu
Ghraib, University of California, Berkeley, CA (solo) |
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The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Musée National des
Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada (solo) |
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Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (solo) |
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New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (solo) |
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Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY |
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Latin Masters, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New
York, NY |
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Fernando Botero, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld,
Germany (solo) |
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Malerei und Skulptur,
Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany |
2006 |
Sculpture, Marlborough
Gallery, New York, NY |
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Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY |
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Fernando Botero, Athens Concert Hall, Greece (solo) |
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Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
(solo) |
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Public
Collections |
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju,
Korea |
Staatgalerie Moderne Kunst, Munich, Germany |
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel |
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg,
Russia |
The Museum of Modern Art, New York |