Ana cristina botero biography of william
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It was probably in New York and in the early seventies when I first saw Fernando Botero&#;s paintings. I cannot remember exactly which ones, but I recall what may arguably be described as their &#;style&#;: impeccably executed portraits of people whose most conspicuous common denominator was their portliness. The settings and atmosphere of the paintings also struck me as unexpectedly familiar: maybe an aunt&#;s house, a small Andean town, or a bucolic South American landscape. They were of course figurative paintings, somewhat naïve, and one might also say &#;realistic&#; —with a grain of salt— because even the objects of his still lifes appeared overly voluminous.
At first, a viewer might think that the rotundity of Botero&#;s subjects is a kind of social critique. In other words, that Botero is showing us that villains become obese as a moral result of their abuses and their overindulgence in gluttony, greed, envy, and such. But alas, the pictorial plumpness of Botero&#;s char
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The artist I am looking at today is the American, Elizabeth Jane Gardner. If you read my last blog, which was the conclusion of the life of the French Academic painter William Bouguerau, you will know that Gardner was his second wife. This is not a story about the wife of a famous painter dabbling with art. This is a story about the fighting spirit of an acclaimed painter – a great artist in her own right, although it has to be said that she was often criticised because much of her work resembled her husband’s genre pieces.
Elizabeth Jane Gardner was born in October Her birthplace was the town of Exeter in the American state of New Hampshire. It was here that she attended junior school. After completing her regular school education in , she attended the Lasell Female Seminary at Auburndale Massachusetts. The college, which was founded in , was named after its founder Edward Lasell, who was a great believer in female education. It was at this college that Elizabeth stud
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Ana Botero
Director Social Innovation CAF
Bogota, Colombia
Ana Mercedes Botero currently works at the Development Bank of Latin America-Corporacion Andina dem Fomento (CAF). She has extensive experience in international scenarios, including a diplomatic career at the United Nations (UN). Ana actively participated as a negotiator for the Colombian delegation to the Special möte of the UNGA against illicit drug trafficking, ECOSOC meetings, and Security Council sessions, particularly at crucial moments, including the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Ana joined CAF in Caracas, where she was appointed Director of the Secretariat and External Affairs of the Bank, acting as the liaison officer with shareholder governments as well as managing international events aimed at promoting corporate business opportunities. Subsequently, Ana had the opportunity to create a community-driven development department for the implementation of paradigm-breaking solutions to unresolved problems of vul