San Antonio, TX, USA - Fernando Botero wanders past cut-outs of some of his paintings at a celebration in his honor at the San Antonio Library, in San Antonio, Texas. Fernando Botero is a neo-figurative Colombian artist, self-titled the most Colombian of Colombian artists. He won the first prize at the Sal—n de Artistas Colombianos in 1958, He paints and draws in a style somewhat similar to Pablo Picasso. He strives in all his work to capture an essential part of himself and his subjects through color and form. His work includes still-life and landscapes, but Botero tends to primarily focus on situational portraiture. His paintings and sculptures are, on first examination, noted for their exaggerated proportions and the corpulence of the human figures and animal figures. - ZUMAa27_ 20070523_rnn_a74_028

May 23, 2007 - San Antonio, TX, USA - Fernando Botero wanders past cut-outs of some of his paintings at a celebration in his honor at the San Antonio Library, in San Antonio, Texas. Fernando Botero is a neo-figurative Colombian artist, self-titled the most Colombian of Colombian artists. He won the first prize at the Sal—n de Artistas Colombianos in 1958, He paints and draws in a style somewhat similar to Pablo Picasso. He strives in all his work to capture an essential part of himself and his subjects through color and form. His work includes still-life and landscapes, but Botero tends to primarily focus on situational portraiture. His paintings and sculptures are, on first examination, noted for their exaggerated proportions and the corpulence of the human figures and animal figures. - ZUMAa27_ 20070523_rnn_a74_028