Peter Klasen
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Peter Klasen

Germany • 1935  480 followers

Art is not a matter of young or old, it is a matter of passion above all.

Biography

German painter, photographer and sculptor Peter Klasen was born in Lübeck in 1935.

Peter Klasen grew up in a family sensitive to the arts: his uncle Karl Christian Klasen, a student of Otto Dix, was a landscape and portrait expressionist painter and his grand-father, a philanthropist and art collector, introduced him to many painters who were friends of their family. Peter Klasen started drawing and paining at a very young age. He learns the techniques of lithography and the airbrushing. He reads Dostoyevsky, Kafka and Thomas Mann and he is touched by their books.

Industrial themes mark his work. one can discover in his paintings elements such as pressure gauges, metal locks, tarpaulin sheets for trucks and cars, hoses for hydraulic circuits. Logos, numbers and pictures from magazines or posters are also present in his paintings.

A master of contrast, he is fascinated by the hostility of the modern city and by the representations of the body as merchandise.

Peter Klasen has recently started to produce prints, and thus the new figuration or the narrative figuration have entered the Lacan collection, adding to its diversity. We can discover the artist's interest in our society in his aquagravures. Industrial themes, body image, objects of consumption, advertisements, vehicles paintings etc - they all meet in his works that becomes a critical reflection of our social environment.

"Reality is no different than what I show you" - Peter Klasen

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Print, Marignan, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 72 x 58 cm Print - 28.3 x 22.8 inch

$727

Painting, M.50, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch

$12,726

Print, Vacarme, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 65 x 50 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 inch

$606

Painting, Camion Bâche Vert / Bleu A, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Painting - 29 x 36 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 14.2 x 0 inch

$6,302

Print, 20E, Peter Klasen

20E

Peter Klasen

Print - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$970

Print, Manette, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 75 x 54 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.3 inch

$727

Print, Haute tension flêches N/3, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 61 x 50 cm Print - 24 x 19.7 inch

$606

Print, Manette/G/fond rouge, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 61 x 50 cm Print - 24 x 19.7 inch

$606

Print, SE 7 fond jaune, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 100 x 76 cm Print - 39.4 x 29.9 inch

$909

Print, Bouche/Solide inflammable, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 70 x 54 cm Print - 27.6 x 21.3 inch

$642

Print, Parking 2000, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$970

Print, Manette/Regard/S.54, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 70 x 54 cm Print - 27.6 x 21.3 inch

$642

Print, Sans titre, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 53 x 76.2 cm Print - 20.9 x 30 inch

$351

Print, Parking 2000 (47), Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 70 x 57 cm Print - 27.6 x 22.4 inch

$727

Print, D 96 Radioactiv, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$606

Print, 60 km/h, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 56 x 90 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 35.4 x 0 inch

$545

Print, Bâche, estampe originale, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 57 x 71 x 1 cm Print - 22.4 x 28 x 0.4 inch

$1,454

Painting, Stop, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Painting - 56 x 46 x 10 cm Painting - 22 x 18.1 x 3.9 inch

$10,302

Print, Serrage-Local, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 31.5 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.4 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$424

Print, Yeah, gravure originale, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 76 x 53 x 1 cm Print - 29.9 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch

$1,454

Print, Olympic Centennial, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 90 x 63 cm Print - 35.4 x 24.8 inch

$364

Painting, End, Peter Klasen

End

Peter Klasen

Painting - 56 x 46 x 10 cm Painting - 22 x 18.1 x 3.9 inch

$10,302

Print, La solitude, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$485

Print, Iron Couple, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 61 x 50 x 4 cm Print - 24 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$11,514

Print, Explosifs, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 38 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 15 x 11 x 0 inch

$424

Print, 18e Trophée Lancôme, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 75 x 51 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.5 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch

$424

Print, Composition pour les JO, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 90 x 63 cm Print - 35.4 x 24.8 inch

$364

Painting, Un rêve, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Painting - 33 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$8,484

Print, A33, gravure originale, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 56 x 76 x 1 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

$1,454

Print, Sans-titre, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 25 x 25 cm Print - 9.8 x 9.8 inch

$242

Print, Lost Landscape VIII, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 40 x 50.5 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.9 inch

$473

Print, Lost Landscape VII, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 40 x 50.5 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.9 inch

$473

Print, Lost Landscape VI, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 40 x 50.5 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.9 inch

$473

Print, Lost Landscape V, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 40 x 50.5 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.9 inch

$473

Print, Lost Landscape IV, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 40 x 50.5 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.9 inch

$473

Print, Lost Landscape III, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 40 x 50.5 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.9 inch

$473

Print, Lost Landscape II, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 40 x 50.5 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.9 inch

$473

Print, Lost Landscape I, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 40 x 50.5 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.9 inch

$473

Print, L'oeil, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 61 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$582

Print, Robinet n° 5, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 65 x 45 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

$485

Print, Radioactivity, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 76 x 56 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

$545

Print, Container baché, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Print - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$13,090

Print, Container baché rouge, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Print - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$13,090

Print, Green car / Red machine, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 93 x 130 x 2 cm Print - 36.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$27,634

Print, 889, Peter Klasen

889

Peter Klasen

Print - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

$461

Print, C4, Peter Klasen

C4

Peter Klasen

Print - 61 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$582

Print, Escale à Saint-Malo, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 45 x 31 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.2 inch

$715

Print, G6, Peter Klasen

G6

Peter Klasen

Print - 51 x 61 x 2 cm Print - 20.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

$485

Print, L'Emprise des signes, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 21 x 14 cm Print - 8.3 x 5.5 inch

$115

Print, Blue Dream, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 49.5 x 61 cm Print - 19.5 x 24 inch

$388

Print, Haute tension /2 flèches/N3, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 61 x 50 x 0.12 cm Print - 24 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$582

Print, Acid, estampe originale, Peter Klasen

Peter Klasen

Print - 56 x 76 x 1 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

$1,454

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What is Peter Klasen’s artistic movement?
The artistic movements of the artists are: Narrative Figuration, Industrial-Style Assembly
When was Peter Klasen born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1935