Peter Klasen

PETER KLASEN (Germany, 1935).
Untitled, "Olympic Centennial", 1992.
Lithograph on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy P.A. 35/50.
Signed, dated and justified by hand.
Measurements: 90 x 63 cm.

The Olympic Suite is composed of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The chosen artists work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio López to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, passing through abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, or the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international projection, widely recognized by critics.

A painter of precocious talent, Peter Klasen trained at the Berlin School of Fine Arts between 1956 and 1959, and in the early sixties he settled in Paris, where he soon became one of the most renowned members of the New Figuration movement. He elaborates a personal plastic language, exploring and reinterpreting the signs of our urban environment and popular culture. He is currently represented in important international museums, as well as in leading galleries in Germany, Italy, France, the United States, Spain and other countries.