Hand Carved bench "Fernando Botero" Style

Born Fernando Botero Angulo, April 19, 1932, in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia; son of David (a salesperson) and Flora Angulo (a seamstress) Education: Liceo de la Universidad de Antioquia, baccalaureate, 1950; studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes, San Ferdinando, Spain, 1952, and at the Accademia San Marco and the Universitá degli Studi, Florence, 1953.

The signature style is attributed to this very famous, much copied, and well liked Columbian artist and is obvious in this relief carved wooden bench. The theme possibly in honor of his childhood training as a bull fighter.