Artist

Fernando Botero

1932–2023

132130

Works

Years lived

Painter

Style

Fernando’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132130 pieces

Street Scene

Fernando Botero Colombian, born 1932

Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901)

Negros Milongueando

Fernando Guibert Argentine, born 1912

Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)

Working with Ixtle (Valle del Mezquital, State of Hidalgo), from Mexican People

Fernando Castro Pacheco Mexican, 1918-2013

At the Cirque Fernando

Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917

Portrait of the Painter Fernando Castillo

Jesús Escobedo Mexican, 1918-1978

At the Circus Fernando: Medrano with a Piglet

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French, 1864-1901

Composition, from 21 Estampadores de Colombia, Mexico y Venuzuela

Fernando García Ponce Mexican, 1933-1987

Dr. Veronica Bussel with Her Husband Dr. Fernando Colmenero, Brookline, Massachusetts

Nicholas Nixon American, born 1947

Corallo Chair

Campana Brothers (Brazilian, founded circa 1983) Fernando Campana (Brazilian, born 1961) and Humberto Campana (Brazilian, born 1953) Manufactured by Edra Italian, founded 1987

Lana Turner...Ben Gage, Friend, Esther Williams and Fernando Lamas at Marion Davis’ Party, Hollywood, 1952

Ruth Orkin American, 1921–1985

A Way of Flying, from Disparates, published as plate 13 in Los Proverbios (Proverbs)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828) published by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando (Spanish, founded 1744)

Mision San Fernando Rey de España

James Jones (American, 20th century) published by the Works Progress Administration

The Celebrated Picador, Fernando del Toro, Draws the Fierce Beast on with His Pique, plate 27 from The Art of Bullfighting

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes Spanish, 1746-1828

A Mother and Daughter on Their Daily Walk, Near the Warner Center in the San Fernando Valley, California, from the series "Stranger Passing"

Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944

Heavier than a Dead Donkey, plate 1 from Los Proverbios

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828) published by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando (Spanish, founded 1744)

Nor do these, plate eleven from The Disasters of War

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes Spanish, 1746-1828 publisher: Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando Spanish, 1744-1873