Eduardo Urculo Biography
Santurce, 1938 - Madrid, 2003
Acclaimed spanish artist, Eduardo Urculo is one of the main figures in Pop painting in Spain. He worked in diverse schemes, from expressionism to neocubism making the suitcase and the hat, his two big icons.
He started his career in Asturias and soon travelled to Madrid to continue his studies. He lived in Paris and travelled around different european cities.
During the seventies he developed his works with airbrush. Started his pieces labeled as Pop Art and began the erotic period with his female nudes filled with barroquism and color.
In the eighties his work shifted to the narrative, developing themes taken from simbols such as hats, the back of the artist and travelling, all of which are constantly displayed in paintings and sculpture through the shape of the suitcase.
His work resides in numerous museums and collections, such as: - Ayuntamiento de Oviedo - Banco Herrero de Oviedo - Caja de Ahorros de Asturias - Coleccion de Arte Contemporaneo de AENA, Madrid - Fundacion Archivo de Indianos, Colombres, Asturias - Fundacion Juan March, Madrid - Galieria Nazionale D'Arte Moderno, Roma - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo A.C.A., Tenerife - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Villafames, Castellon - Museo de Escultura, Alcala de Henares, Madrid - Museo del Grabado Español Contemporaneo, Marbella - Museo Internacional de la Resistencia Salvador Allende, Chile - Museo Nacional de Bangladesh, Dhaka - Ayuntamiento de Zamora - Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid - Coleccion de Arte Fundesco, Madrid - Coleccion de Arte Grafico del Ministerio de Trabajo, Madrid - Col-lecio Testimoni, La Caixa, Barcelona - Fundacion Camilo Jose Cela, Marques de Iria Flavia - Fundacion Selgas Fagalde, Madrid - Junta General del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Bogota, Colombia - Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo - Museo del Dibujo "Castillo de Larres", Huesca - Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo de Lanzarote - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid - Museo Taurino, Madrid - Museo Municipal, Madrid