Peter Brandes (born 5 March 1944 in Assens, Denmark) is a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artiste and photographer.
Brandes’ art is abstract and often in brown colours. He had his breakthrough as artiste in the beginning of the 1980s. He has, inter alia, done artwork upon Roskilde Domkirke and mosaic (colored glass) windows in a church at Nordkap and the church Village of Hope, south of Los Angeles. In 1998, he created the huge Roskilde Jars which stand outdoor the main Roskilde Railway Station.
Brandes is self-taught and his art circles on themes from Christianity. Ancient Greek mythology has also inspired his art. 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.
Brades now lives in Colombes close Paris together with his wife Maja Lise Engelhardt who is moreover a painter.
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