Oldrich Kulhanek

Oldrich Kulhanek was born on 26 February 1940 in Prague. From 1958 he studied at the College of Applied Arts in Prague in the studio of Prof. Karel Svolinsky.

After a promising start, Kulhanek was banned from exhibiting his work in his native country during most of the 70’s for political reasons. While he continued to work, his prints had to be smuggled out from behind the iron curtain.

All that changed with the establishment of the new Czech Republic. Between 1992 and 1993 Kulhanek was involved in the new Czech banknotes project, creating images for the newly liberated country’s currency.

Oldrich Kulhanek has had many exhibitions recently both in Europe and the United States, including an exhibition in Arnot Art Museum in New York, where the best works of world modern realism were presented.

Public Collections:
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
The National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany
The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
University of Houston, Clear Lake, Houston, USA
Bibliotheque Royale, Brussels, Belgium
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark