Peter Brandes (born 5 March 1944 in Assens,

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) is a Danish painter,

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

, ceramic artist and

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. 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

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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, 14.08.2008 In 1998, he created the enormous Roskilde Jars which stand outside the main

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. Brandes is self-taught and his art circles around themes from

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. Ancient Greek mythology has also inspired his art. Brandes has illustrated a number of books, for example

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. A great part of Brandes' ceramic works are inspired by ancient Greek art and mythology. Brades now lives in Colombes near Paris together with his wife Maja Lise Engelhardt who is also a painter.

Represented

Statens Museum for Kunst The National Gallery of Denmark ( da, Statens Museum for Kunst, also known as "SMK", literally State Museum for Art) is the Danish national gallery, located in the centre of Copenhagen. The museum collects, registers, maintains, researches and han ...

ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum The ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum is an art museum in Aarhus, Denmark. The museum was established in 1859 and is the oldest public art museum in Denmark outside Copenhagen. On 7 April 2004, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum opened with exhibitions in a brand new ...

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ("ny" means "new" in Danish; "Glyptotek" comes from the Greek root ''glyphein'', to carve, and ''theke'', storing place), commonly known simply as Glyptoteket, is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. The collection ...

* Danish Museum of Art & Design *Vejle Kunstmuseum *Kunstmuseet Trapholt *Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum *Horsens Kunstmuseum * Randers Kunstmuseum *Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum * Skovgaard museum''Peter Brandes udstiller på Skovgaard Museet'' Viborg Nyt, 18.06.2008, Side 4 * Funen's Art Museum *Danmarks Keramikmuseum – Grimmerhus *Cornerstone_University, Cornerstone University Chapel

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