Angel Botello was born in Cangas do Morrazo, Spain in the year 1913. His father ran the family business, a fish cannery. The cannery ran into bankruptcy and his father moved the family to Bordeaux, France. Angel was one of six children. Angel and his brother Manuel fell in love with the art world and both attended and graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
After college he went on to study in Spain in Madrid. The Spanish Civil War began and he and his brother fought in the war. His brother Manual was killed during the war.
After the war Botello decided to relocate to the Dominican Republic. The Caribbean family of artists welcomed him. He would eventually marry a woman from Haiti and live there for nearly one decade. His landscapes of this region are highly sought after by collectors.
The family would move to Puerto Rico and this would become his most prolific time of output in his life. Botello began painting and sculpting especially after he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1985. He was a daily smoker and passed away in 1986.
Botello was a painter, printmaker, photographer, sculptor, and master of mosaics.
Price range information: Works range from $10,000 to $100,000.
What a multi medium master!
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