Colombian artist Fernando Botero, known for voluptuous art, dead at 91

Colombia's most famous artist, Fernando Botero, who was known for his voluptuous depictions of people and animals, has died aged 91, President Gustavo Petro announced Friday.

Botero's works of plump and slightly surreal forms are enormously popular and have been displayed in cities around the world, including Bogota, Madrid, Paris, Singapore and Venice. Botero -- who had been dubbed the "Picasso of Latin America" -- was a passionate and tireless artist, with an oeuvre of more than 3,000 paintings and 300 sculptures. 

Tributes poured in for the painter, and his hometown, Medellin, declared a week of mourning, with Mayor Daniel Quintero saying his works on display in that city "will live forever."