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Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1932. He is famous for painting inflated figures and still life works, which are plump the utmost. Botero is one of the most representative painters of the Latin American by revealing the sense of humor and emotions on this works.
Botero has been working in both of France and the United States since 1973, and continues to work activity. Botero won the award 'Guggenheim National Prize for Columbia' in 1960. Also, he received the Order of Boyacá in the Grade of Grand Cross in 1977.
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