Peter Brandes (5 March 1944 – 4 January 2025) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and photographer.Kunstonline profile Kirkekunst: LYSMETAFYSIK. Når mennesket ikke kan fremstille Gud, må tilfældet tale. Tilfældet er i denne æstetik det, der rydder en lysning i ordenes og billedernes skov, sådan at det hellige kan indfinde sig. Weekendavisen, 19 March 2008, 3 Sektion, KULTUR, Side 3
Biography Brandes' art is abstract and often in brown colours. He had his breakthrough as artist in the beginning of the 1980s. He has, inter alia, done artwork on Roskilde Domkirke and mosaic (colored glass) windows in a church at Nordkap and the church Village of Hope, south of Los Angeles.Interview: Peter Brandes Af Sonja Sabinsky. Dagbladenes Bureau, 14 August 2008 In 1998, he created the enormous Roskilde Jars which stand outside the main Roskilde railway station.
Brandes was self-taught and his art circles around themes from Christianity. Ancient Greek mythology also inspired his art.Vejle: Peter Brandes skal udsmykke altervæggen i Nørremarkskirken Vejle Amts Folkeblad, 18 September 2009, Vejle, Side 5 Brandes has illustrated a number of books, for example Homer's Iliad. A great part of Brandes' ceramic works are inspired by ancient Greek art and mythology.
Brandes died on 4 January 2025, at the age of 80.Kirkekunster Peter Brandes er død At the time of his death Brandes lived in Colombes, near Paris, with his wife, Maja Lise Engelhardt, who is also a painter.
Represented Statens Museum for Kunst ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Danish Museum of Art & Design Vejle Kunstmuseum Kunstmuseet Trapholt Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum Horsens Kunstmuseum Randers Kunstmuseum Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum Skovgaard museumPeter Brandes udstiller på Skovgaard Museet Viborg Nyt, 18 June 2008, Side 4 Funen's Art Museum Danmarks Keramikmuseum – Grimmerhus Cornerstone University Chapel
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