In while he was living in Mexico City, Botero painted a mandolin with an unusually tiny sound hole, allowing the instrument suddenly to take on exaggerated proportions. Botero is recognised throughout the world for his singular style incorporating rotund, whimsical figures and objects, often suffused with a subtle brand of satire.
By manipulating space and perspective, he draws attention to the monumentality of his figures , showing them in spaces that seem too small to contain them. He has explored volume and sensuality of form in subjects as diverse as the circus, reinterpretations of Old Masters , nudes, Latin American street scenes , domestic life , bordellos, and portraits of political figures.
The latter collection became the basis for what is now the Botero Museum. The attack, which took place during a music festival, killed 23 people and injured more. One painting, Death of Pablo Escobar , depicts the Colombian drug baron being gunned down by the police. Botero was just 12 years old, and his uncle soon realized that his nephew was far more interested in drawing and painting bulls than in fighting them.
The money he made from these allowed Botero to finance his studies of art. In the s, the artist moved to Madrid to study at the Art Academy of San Fernando, but began to face financial struggles so he sold some drawings and paintings on the outskirts of the Museo del Prado to make some money. To celebrate, the artist booked a boat ticket to Europe, traveling with a group of fellow artists. He spent a year learning about the artists of the Renaissance. In Spain he visited galleries and copied the paintings of Old Masters, visited the Louvre in Paris and then journeyed to Florence where he studied the Italian Renaissance.
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