Galeria Joan Gaspar

ARBOLEDA Alberto

ARBOLEDA ALBERTO (Popayan, Colombia; 1925 – Brussel, Belgium; 2011).

He was a ceramist, sculptor and engraver. He started his studies in Colombia with the Spanish sculptor Jorge Oteiza. In 1952 he moved to Europe and immediately began to study in the Artistic Museum of Rome with the sculptor Leoncillo Leonardi. In 1954 he collaborated in Paris with Guido Severini, a leading member of the Futurist movement. His artistic career leaded him to live successively in Spain, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, Sweden and Norway. His works are present at private collections in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Congo, Japan, Great Britain, the United States, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Colombia.