Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando,
in Madrid. He sank studying Velázquez
and Goya. He took influences from the old
masters and discovered the rich, abundant,
voluptuous forms of Rubens female
models, that was the fashion of feminine
beauty at that time.
He create his style and it was translated
into voluminous. That is its premise. He
has often stated that his figures are not
«fat». Explaining that they are a form of
sensuality, in its voluminous expression.
The term positivism of the volume appears,
which has reached the means of fashion
and beauty as «Fierce Fat Fashion»
And I›m not surprised. And I return to my
trip through Plaza Botero.
The beauty of Colombian women is latent.
Their presence is common, with
the joy of knowing that they are
beautiful and without caring about
dimensions. Botero took all that
music of legs in motion, of swollen
hips with oscillating breasts and
sensual faces, all in a succulent
atmosphere and equatorial fervor
and brought it to the canvas and
his colossal sculptures.
Fernando Botero and his work, is
all over the world, and is identified
as an icon of Latin American art.
His style is known as «Boterismo»,
which evokes bulky images,
whether humans, dogs or fruits or
rockolas.
However, it also has its opponents,
who as in every branch of art, do
not like their images. It has been
criticized by detractors who judge
his style like simple caricatures of
obese forms in common situations.