Fernando Botero, a Colombian artist who developed a signature style painting rotund, inflated yet sensuous figures with a whimsical or satirical edge, and who branched into monumental sculptures that adorned some of the world’s most famous boulevards, died Sept. 15 at a hospital in Monaco. He was 91.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Fernando Botero, Colombian artist of rotund and whimsical imagery, dies at 91
His emblematic oversized figures, evoking vanity, pomposity and greed, brought global attention to Latin American art
By Tim Johnson
September 15, 2023 at 9:28 a.m. EDT