Fernando Botero

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About the artwork

In Still Life, Botero depicts a bowl of fruits and a violin on a neatly arranged table set up. Instead of choosing traditional techniques to depict their forms, Botero overlays his subject matter with his signature veil of roundedness. From the edges of the table, to the violin and fruits, every inanimate object has smoothly curved edges. These objects have exaggerated volumes; the violin’s width seems to be twice its original one, and the bowl has a base that suggests a larger-than-ordinary volume. Viewers are hit with a sense of peace and homeliness as they look at the work, as there are no distracting features or harsh lines and edges, but only light lines that serve their purpose of enveloping these forms in their bare essentials.

About the artist

Born in 1932 in Medellin, Colombia, Fernando Botero is an artistic living legend of our times. A prolific artist and creator of the signature style ‘Boterismo’, the artist’s rounded musings have made him a global figure in the contemporary art world, and the artistic ambassador of Colombian pursuit. Rounded from convention, distinctive in spite of the commonplace, and tied to Colombian history and heritage - his curvaceous forms have reached monumental heights, and are collected by major museums, corporations and private collectors all over the world, including the United States, Korea, and Mexico City, to name a few.