Picture "Pink Oval" (2020) (Original / Unique piece)
Picture "Pink Oval" (2020) (Original / Unique piece)
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original painting | signed | dated | oil on zinc | size 25 x 20 cm (h/w) | suspension device
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Picture "Pink Oval" (2020) (Original / Unique piece)
Original painting 2020, signed and dated on the back. Oil on zinc. With suspension device. Size 25 x 20 cm (h/w).
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de
About Maxim Probst
Diamonds are regarded as symbols of purity, hardness and luxury. The painter Maxim Probst is particularly interested in the fascinating appearance of the "kings of all gemstones". He magnifies them as if under a magnifying glass, meticulously emphasising their typical features. He almost photorealistically depicts the refraction of light, the play of colours and the cut.
In addition to diamonds, his second major focus is on male nudes. With great sensitivity, Probst portrays his characters with all their facets - ranging from powerful to emotional. In his series of pictures, he combines both themes, integrating male bodies into the structures of the diamonds.
Born in 1981, Maxim Probst studied at the "AKI ArtEZ" in Enschede, Netherlands, and at "Alanus Hochschule für Kunst und Gesellschaft" in Alfter, Germany, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts. Since 2011, he has been working as a freelance artist, regularly exhibiting his works across Europe. Maxim Probst lives and works in Cologne.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolour, drawing, lost-wax sculpture etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there are also the so-called "serial unique pieces". They present a series of works with the same colour, motif and technique, manually prepared by the same artist. The serial unique pieces are rooted in "serial art", a genre of modern art that aims to create an aesthetic effect through series, repetitions, and variations of the same objects or themes or a system of constant and variable elements or principles.
The historical starting point is considered to be Claude Monet's "Les Meules" (1890/1891), where, for the first time, a series was created that went beyond a mere group of works. The other artists, who addressed to the serial art, include Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian and above all Gerhard Richter.