The Most Famous

PAINTERS from Colombia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Colombian Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 1 of which were born in Colombia. This makes Colombia the birth place of the 58th most number of Painters behind Egypt, and U.S. Virgin Islands.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Colombian Painters of all time. This list of famous Colombian Painters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Fernando Botero (1932 - 2023)

With an HPI of 69.95, Fernando Botero is the most famous Colombian Painter.  His biography has been translated into 45 different languages on wikipedia.

Fernando Botero Angulo (19 April 1932 – 15 September 2023) was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor, depending on the piece. He was considered the most recognized and quoted artist from Latin America in his lifetime, and his art can be found in highly visible places around the world, such as Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs-Élysées in Paris, at different times. Self-styled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists", Botero came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. He began creating sculptures after moving to Paris in 1973, achieving international recognition with exhibitions around the world by the 1990s. His art is collected by many major international museums, corporations, and private collectors, sometimes selling for millions of dollars. In 2012, he received the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Colombian painters born between 1932 and 1932. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Colombian painters include Fernando Botero.

Deceased Colombian Painters

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