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Fernando Botero is born on April 19, 1932 in Medellín, Colombia.
His father, David Botero, a travelling salesman, dies when Fernando is four years old.
Fernando botero family
His father and his mother, Flora Angulo de Botero, were both from the Andes region in Colombia.
1944
At the age of twelve Fernando is sent to a bullfighting school for two years, but most of the time he prefers to make drawings of matadors.
1948
For the first time Fernando Botero participates in an exhibition of artists from Antioquiá Province.
He begins drawing illustrations for the newspaper El Colombiano.
1949
The influence of Mexican mural artists like José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros is visible in drawings such as Woman Crying.
From his early years, Botero is impressed by the rich decorations, in the Colonial Baroque style, of churches and cloisters in and around Medellín.
The artist is eager to learn more about modern art in Europe.
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