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El Primo

Thomas Johannsmeier

2020 • Germany • Acrylic, Oil on Canvas

37 x 28 in

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Thomas Johannsmeier

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Medium : Acrylic, Oil on Canvas
Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Artwork framed.
Dimensions : 36.6x28.3in

About this artwork

This remarkable portrait of Velazquez with the title "El Primo" from 1645 shows a short man in an elevated position at the court of Phillips IV. It is noteworthy that Velazquez portrayed court jesters and short servants at this time, giving them almost statesmanlike dignity and gives poise. In my picture, this portrait has already suffered a lot and shows clear signs of age, such as peeling paint and cracks in the canvas, which are all painted. The… framed picture behind it changes in the time plane and plays with the idea of classical and commercial art. It shows an image of a woman from a perfume advertisement. So in this picture temporal and content-related levels merge, which provide the viewer with very own approaches for an image interpretation.

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Thomas Johannsmeier

Germany

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« I like art that combines old and new, is professionally made, has a sense of humor, arouses curiosity, makes you smarter, and which you never forget. »

Thomas Johannsmeier is an experienced painter and a draftsman whose works have been exhibited nationally, as well as in Russia, the Netherlands, and France. In his compositions, classical portaits are taken out of their contexts and contrasted with elements of modern art, which consists of monochrome colors, graffiti, photos, patterns, or quotations from other images. Johannsmeier most often creates using acrylics and oils on canvas.

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Thomas Johannsmeier

El Primo

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