Botero Plaza - Don't Miss This Place

During my private Medellin City Tour, Botero Plaza was at the top of the list of places for us to visit.

Botero has had a huge influence on the world, but the fact that he was born in Medellín, Colombia makes it an extra special place for him.

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Fun Facts about Fernando Botero and Plaza Botero Medelling

Fernando Botero Angulo was born in 19 April 1932.
He is a painter ad sculptor native from Medellín, Colombia.
His work has a mixture of contemporary, figurative, neo-renaissance styles, so popular and unique that that it became a whole new style called “Boterismo”.
He is considered one of the most recognized living artists from Latin America.
In 1948, Botero at age 16 had his first illustrations published in the Sunday supplement one of the most important newspapers in Medellín.
From 1949 to 1950, Botero worked as a set designer.
He moved to Bogotá in 1951.
His first exhibition took place at Galería Leo Matiz in Bogotá.
In 1952, Botero travelled to Barcelona where he stayed for a short time before moving on to Madrid.
In Madrid, Botero studied at the Academia de San Fernando.
He moved to Paris in 1953.
He also lived in Florence, Italy between 1953 and 1954.
In 1958, he won the ninth edition of the Salón de Artistas Colombianos.
In recent decades, he has lived most of the time in Paris.
In 2004 Botero exhibited a series of 27 drawings and 23 paintings dealing with the violence in Colombia. They were all donated to the National Museum of Colombia.
In 2012, he received the International Sculpture Center’s Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.
Botero has had over 50 exhibits all over the world.
His work is sold for millions of dollars.

Botero Plaza is located between Museum of Antioquia and the Rafael Uribe Palace of Culture in Medellin.

The park displays 23 sculptures by Fernando Botero who donated them in 2004.
The sculptures are all made out of bronze.
The “Botero legend” suggests that rubbing the statues brings love and good fortune.

My private tour was with Colombia Travel Operator.

Mary @ Green Global Travel says:

10/11/2014 at 8:20 pm

Fun facts! Botero has interesting art you won’t see in many other places, so I can see how this would be worth visiting! Thanks for sharing!