TV Standard: NTSC
Color: Color
Layers: single-sided/single-layered

Credits:

Fernando Botero,Don Miller,David Bertok

Description:

The true face of the South American Picasso, artist Farnando Botero, is finally revealed! A documentary on his paintings that uncovers the secrets of "Botelhoism" developed by the master! Fernando Botero, the most famous living artist in the world! How was "Botelhoism," a style of painting in which both human figures and still lifes are plumped up and puffed out, born? And what was the life of the master behind his success? This documentary film on painting reveals the true face of the most famous living artist, Botero, and the secrets of his plump paintings, "Botelhoism". Fernando Botero, the Picasso of South America, is the most famous living artist in the world. The paintings of this 90-year-old master are characterized by a style in which all of his subjects, whether human or still life, are plump and puffy, a style known as "Botelism. This film explores the life of the master botero and the secrets of his creative process. From his impoverished boyhood, to his days of hardship while attending a bullfighting school and making sketches. This moving documentary traces his awakening to "Botelhoism," a style of exaggerating the size of objects, and his rise to the top of the art world after being featured in the MoMA exhibition. Fernando Botero is the most famous living artist in the world.His paintings, both human and still life, are somehow all plump and puffy, full of simplicity and humor. This documentary film explores the true face and secrets of the master painter, who is now 90 years old and has been called the Picasso of South America. The film traces the path of a poor boy who lost his father at an early age, from his origins as a sketch artist while attending a bullfighting school, to his awakening to "Botelism," the exaggeration of objects, to his rise to the top of the art world, where his "Mona Lisa at 12" was exhibited at MoMA and garnered instant attention. Behind his success, there is also the story of discrimination due to his Colombian origins, criticism of his paintings, and the tragedy of the death of his beloved son and the loss of part of his dominant hand, all told with tears. The film also includes a tearful account of the death of his beloved son and the tragedy of losing part of his own limbs.