KLASEN, Peter: "Hinges with string, 1980" Acrylic on canvas

Peter Klasen : Born in Lübeck (Germany) in 1935, Peter Klasen is a german painter, photographer and sculptor working on the theme of the industry. Since 1962, he is one of the founding member of New Figuration (or narrative Figuration) with artists Valerio Adami, Erró, Jacques Monory, Bernard Rancillac and Hervé Télémaque. His first solo exhibition took place in 1966, in Paris. Since 1963, he realized many exhibitions in France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cuba, Brazil with several retrospectives (museum of modern art of the city of Paris, Sens museum, Monticelli Fondation, Marseille...)

Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Japan)
MacVal (France)
FRAC Auvergne (France)
FRAC Poitou-Charente (France)
FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (France)
FRAC Lorraine (France)
FRAC Alsace (France)
Musée d'art moderne Ceret (France)
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (Germany)
Deutsche Bank Art Collection (Germany)
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) (The USA)
FRAC Champagne Ardenne (France)
Fonds Municipal d'art contemporain de Paris (France)
Musée Régional d'art contemporain Languedoc Roussillon (France)
Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany)
Artothèque du Limousin + FACLIM (France)
Serithèque (France)
Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg (France)
Centre Pompidou - Musée national d'art moderne (France)
ACAPA (Artothèque Angoulême) (France)
CIAC Centre international d'art contemporain du château de Carros (France)
Artothèque de Brest (France)
Artothèque de Caen (France)
Fundació Stämpfli (Spain)
Centre national des arts plastiques (France)
Artothèque, Angers (France)
Artothèque, Poitiers (France)
Collection Michel Fedoroff (Monaco)
Artothèque, Millau (France)
Musée de Dole (France)
Fondation Gandur pour l'art (Switzerland)
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Lissone (Italy)
Artothèque, Besançon (France)
FRAC Rhône-Alpes (France)
Artothèque, Nantes (France)
Centre de la gravure et de l'image imprimée (Belgium)