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Original painting – Acrylic on canvas, image size 70 × 40 cm Shipped rolled, unframed The meticulously developed, surrounding white border opens up two presentation options: When stretched onto a cradled frame, the painting appears as a classic canvas work. Framed behind glass, the white border functions as a mat and gives the piece a clear, graphically defined appearance. Artwork data * Title: The Gilded Botanical Collection #1 * Artistic execution: Contemporary original painting * Technique: Acrylic painting on canvas * Dimensions: 70 × 40 cm, unframed * Special feature: About 5 cm wide white border around the motif * Presentation: Option to stretch on a cradled frame (70x40 cm9) or to frame directly behind glass (80x50 cm) * Signed on the back, numbered * Shipping rolled, professionally packaged in bubble wrap * Certificate of authenticity included The Gilded Botanical Collection #1 Contemporary original painting – between ornament and nature With The Gilded Botanical Collection Number One, an autonomous floral visual world emerges, where botanical forms, ornamental linework and a vivid colorfulness merge into a characterful composition. Before a warm, golden background rises a imaginatively stylized plant with glowing flowers, elegantly curved tendrils and green foliage. Dark outlines, drawn directly into the color to create a sunk relief, and a lively painterly surface give the motif depth and presence. The contemporary work adopts the formal language of historic botanical illustrations, yet moves away from their realistic depiction. Instead of scientific precision, interpretation, rhythm and decorative effect are central. The flowing plant lines recall Jugendstil (Art Nouveau), while the clear structure and deliberately stylized forms reference decorative Art Deco. These art-historical allusions merge with a free, personal visual language to form an independent artistic position. The title The Gilded Botanical Collection hints at an imaginary collection of botanical curiosities, where nature is not only a model but the starting point for a poetic, ornamental visual language. The designation #1 marks the work as the opening piece of a collection concept that engages with the aesthetic variety of imaginative plant forms. With its tall-format composition and central floral motif, the painting is suitable both as a stand-alone eye-catcher and as part of a curated art wall. It provides a vivid color accent in modern, eclectic and vintage-inspired interiors and speaks especially to lovers of contemporary original art with floral and decorative influences. Andrea Krauß is one of the prominent figures in contemporary German painting. A recipient of the AOK Nordost Art Prize (Berlin/Brandenburg) and former fellow of the renowned Lukas artist house in Ahrenshoop, she completed her studies at the Braunschweig University of Art. For many years she has consistently devoted herself to painting and today lives and works in her studio in the heart of Berlin. At the center of her artistic work is the combination of memory, atmosphere and landscape. Starting from personal impressions, Andrea Krauß develops worlds of images that point beyond the individual and touch universal experiences of nature, space and transience. Recurring motifs include birch trees and other elements of nature, whose quiet presence merges with traces of human shaping and memory. The works by Andrea Krauß have been shown in galleries, museums and renowned exhibitions and are now in numerous private collections. Her works impress with their poetic power, atmospheric density and the sensitive interplay of nature observation and personal memory.
Estimate:£1,355.55
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Estimate:
£1,355.55
1996 Australia 1/10 oz Gold Lunar Rat (Series I)
12/06/2017
£351.02
Est: £436.01

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