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Eduardo Úrculo (21 September 1938 – 31 March 2003), was a Spanish pop artist who also worked in other art movements, including Expressionism and Neo-Cubism.[2] Both painter and sculptor, he is notable for his portrayals of luggage, the gentleman's hat, and the female bottom.[1] With El Equipo Crónica (“Chronicle Team”), formed by the artists Manolo Valdés and Rafael Solbes, Úrculo is considered one of the drivers of pop art in Spain.[3]

Eduardo Úrculo
Úrculo with one of his works in Fuerteventura
Born(1938-09-21)September 21, 1938
Santurtzi, Spain
DiedMarch 31, 2003(2003-03-31) (aged 64)
Madrid, Spain
Resting placeOviedo, Asturias, Spain
NationalitySpanish
EducationInstituto de Enseñanza Media (Langreo);
Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid);
Escuela Nacional de Artes Gráficas (Madrid);
La Grande Chaumière (Paris)
Known forPainting, sculpting
Notable work
The Traveler (1992);
Tribute to James Roldan (1993);
The return of Williams B. Arrensberg (1993);
Exaltation of the apple (1996);
Culis monumentalibus (2001)
MovementPop art, Expressionism, Neo-Cubism

"Life is the image of the romantic traveller, always turning away with his luggage. The face is what least interests me about the body; the back is more universal." (--Úrculo)

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Early years


Born in Santurtzi, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain, Úrculo had at least two siblings, brothers Jose Maria Úrculo and Maria del Mar Úrculo.[4] The family moved to the mining village of Langreo, Asturias in 1941 because of the hardships imposed on them after the Spanish Civil War.[3] With a childhood marked by famine, he joined the Instituto de Enseñanza Media in 1948. His interest in drawing began here after Úrculo discovered the art of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van Gogh. and Amedeo Modigliani in picture books.

At the age of 14, he dropped out of school to convalesce for several months from hepatitis and tuberculosis. During this time, he began to paint. When he was well enough, he started working in the mining company Carbones de La Nueva, where his father worked as a clerk.[5]

Úrculo's first solo exhibition occurred in 1957 in La Felguera.[3] In the same year, he became a cartoonist, drawing gangster comics illustrations in Oviedo. The following year, he received a grant from the Langreo City Council to study at Madrid's Círculo de Bellas Artes and at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Gráficas. Here, his spiky socialist realism was characterized by "lots of clenched fists and Guernica-style Picassoism". His drawings of factories have been described as "social painting" or "social expressionism".[3] Úrculo's early black and white drawings were influenced by Francisco Goya.[1] In 1958, he went to Paris and studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere.


Career


Returning in 1959 to Oviedo, he opened a studio with the artist Zuco with whom he made the mosaic tile for ALSA. Military service took Úrculo to Tenerife in 1960 where he became acquainted with the surrealist artist Eduardo Westerdahl. Here he painted the only abstract work of his career. In 1962, he returned to Paris and painted in the style of figurative expressionism. Four years later, he went to Ibiza. In 1967, in Stockholm, he first encountered the American pop art of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg which he described as "un flechazo" ("love at first sight"). He drew inspiration from this by incorporating vibrant color into his pieces.

In the 1970s, while traveling to Portugal, Morocco and Ibiza, Úrculo began his many works featuring the female nude. Referred to as Úrculo's "Period Erotica",[3] he emphasized "el culo" (the backside). Culis monumentalibus (2001), a provocative and massive sculpture measuring 4 m (13 ft) in height, is located in Oviedo's square, and caused great controversy when it was installed.[1][4]

Úrculo's first bronze sculpture was created in 1984, and others soon followed, such as Homenaje a Santiago Roldán ("Tribute to James Roldan", 1993, Barcelona's Olympic Village), El regreso de Williams B. Arrensberg ("The return of Williams B. Arrensberg", 1993, Oviedo), and Exaltación de la manzana ("Exaltation of the apple", 1996, Villaviciosa). Perhaps his best-known bronze sculpture is El Viajero (Local Asturian dialect for "The Traveller") - the same (1993) piece described earlier by its formal name, "The Return of Williams B. Arrensberg". Now in the middle of a square, in the heart of Oviedo (Asturias) one can find our returning traveler, with bags, coat, and umbrella.

Returning to Cubism, Úrculo painted still lifes of bottles, cases, and fruit in the manner of Juan Gris.

In his later years, he painted geishas using eastern iconography, both as romantic escapism and as a sexual icon. He also painted many variations of hats. He participated in the First Biennial of Art in the City of Oviedo and, in 1986, was honored at the Painting Contest of Luarca. His last individual exhibitions were held at the Fundación Marcelino Botin of Santander and in the gallery Teresa Square, in Valladolid (2000). In addition to Spain, his works were displayed at expositions, collections and biennials in Germany, France, Cuba, Iran, and the United States.


Personal life


The marriage to his first wife, Annie Chanvallon, was dissolved. He married secondly Victoria Hidalgo. He had one son, Yoann.[1]

Úrculo died of a heart attack in 2003 at the Madrid home of Salvador Dalí, and was buried at the Iglesia de San Juan el Real in Oviedo.[6]


Honors


Pinacoteca Eduardo Úrculo in La Felguera.
Pinacoteca Eduardo Úrculo in La Felguera.
El regreso de Williams B. Arrensberg (The return of Williams B. Arrensberg). Oviedo.
El regreso de Williams B. Arrensberg ("The return of Williams B. Arrensberg"). Oviedo.

Displayed works


His works are on display at:


References


  1. Nash, Elizabeth (3 April 2003). "Eduardo Urculo – Artist specialising in the hat, the suitcase and the female bottom". independent.co.uk. The Independent. Archived from the original on November 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  2. "Biografía de Eduardo Urculo". picassomio.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  3. "Eduardo Úrculo". biografiasyvidas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  4. "La viuda y el hijo de Eduardo Urculo harán realidad sus proyectos". elmundo.es. El Mundo. April 11, 2003. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  5. "Plaza de Eduardo Úrculo". vivirasturias.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  6. "Eduardo Úrculo". findagrave.com. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  7. Fenichel, Michael (October 9, 2003). "The Traveler". fenichel.com. Retrieved 2009-11-01.

На других языках


- [en] Eduardo Úrculo

[es] Eduardo Úrculo

Eduardo Úrculo (Santurce, Vizcaya, 21 de septiembre de 1938 - Madrid, 31 de marzo de 2003) fue un pintor y escultor español. Fue uno de los mejores exponentes del arte pop en España.[1][2]

[fr] Eduardo Úrculo

Eduardo Úrculo, né le 21 septembre 1938 à Santurtzi et mort le 31 mars 2003 à Madrid, est un peintre et sculpteur espagnol qui a travaillé dans plusieurs mouvements artistiques comme l'expressionnisme, le néo-cubisme et le pop art.



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