Peter Klassen

Peter Klassen (b.1935) was born in Lübeck in 1935 and trained at the School of fine arts of the Post-war Berlin. He is one of the founding member of New Figuration (or narrative Figuration) with artists Valerio Adami, Erró, Jacques Monory, Bernard RancillacLire.

Creating his own painting style and vocabulary, he started using signs such as nuts, chains and levers, tarpaulins, grids, iron doors, meters and road signs, skilfully organizing these symbols over the canvas, among fragmented parts of the human body often eyes, mouths or breasts. In short, he sought to recreate his encounter with the blind and devastating power of an omnipresent post-war machine.

His works are shown in more than 80 museums worldwide, a tribute to his stylish and important work.