This monumental work represents a gracious ballerina performing a dance movement on a blue globe inlaid with gold stars. Her hair and tutu are also covered in gold leaf. The piece is in the style of the figurative paintings or monochrome sculptures created by the artist, who often depicts voluptuous...
This monumental work represents a gracious ballerina performing a dance movement on a blue globe inlaid with gold stars. Her hair and tutu are also covered in gold leaf. The piece is in the style of the figurative paintings or monochrome sculptures created by the artist, who often depicts voluptuous female figures, like his Latino-American counterpart Fernando Botero. It was presented to Prince Rainier III by the International German Club of Monaco to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the association, founded by the hotelier Karl Vanis. A symbol of the harmony between European countries, the work is an invitation to meditate on the role of the arts in dialogue between cultures.
Christian Peschke was a German painter and sculptor, born in 1946 in Säckingen. He studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and travelled widely in Europe. He worked mainly in Germany and Italy. A friend of Salvador Dali, Arno Breker and Ernst Fuchs, he created colourful paintings and monumental sculptures representing full-figured women full of vitality, expressing joie de vivre and sensuality. In 1996, a major exhibition was devoted to his work in Monte-Carlo at the behest of Christine Esswein, President of the International German Club of Monaco. In 2015, the Peschke House was opened in Flintsbach, Germany, the artist’s studio and exhibition space showcasing architecture and artistic creation. Christian Peschke died in 2017.
