Fernando Botero facts

• Fernando Botero was born on April 19, 1932 in Medellin, Colombia.
• Parents: David Botero and Flora Angulo.
• Botero calls himself  "the most Colombian of Colombian artists".
• Fernando Botero one of the most celebrated contemporary Latin American artists.
• His paintings and sculptures are united by their proportionally exaggerated, or "fat" figures, as he once referred to them.
• The Colombian artist lived in Mexico (1956—-1957) and New York City (1960-19—73) before moving (1973) to Paris, where he usually resides.
• In 1964 Botero began living with Cecilia Zambrano. They had a son Pedro, born in 1974, and separated in 1975. Pedro was killed in 1979 in a car accident, in which Botero was also injured.