| About the artist
Born: 1941
Painter in oil, watercolour and printmaker. Born in Germany in 1941, she studied art in Hamburg from 1959-64 including one year of 'Selecta'. During this period she won a Nationwide prize in an art competition for the Axel Springer Verlag. After moving to the UK she completed a Postgraduate degree in specialised printmaking at Brighton in 1976. She has held solo exhibitions in Germany, Iran, South Africa, Botswana, Scotland and England and participated in many group exhibitions. She is an Associate member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and the Sutton Coldfield Society of Artists.
Petra spent many years in South Africa and illustrated a book titled "Mandela Time to be free". The future president of South Africa saw the book and wrote to Petra congratulating her on the work.
In her own words Petra says " many of my paintings and drawings have been influenced by my 14 years in South Africa and subsequent visits to other African countries, drawing inspiration from the colours, spirit and the way of life. My sketches (I never walk around without a sketchbook) often provide the inspiration for a painting".
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| Product type |
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painting |
| Date of work |
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1995 |
| How we know the date |
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Information from the artist |
| The last owner of the work |
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The artist |
| How we know who the artist is |
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signed |
| How we know the subject |
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described by the artist |
| School of painting |
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Contemporary |
| Style of painting |
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Representational |
| Approach |
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still life figurative true-to-life |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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27 x 19 |
| Condition of work |
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very good |
| Recent restoration |
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No known restoration |
| Where exhibited |
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| Quantity available |
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1 |
| Edition of |
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| Item number |
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8770 |
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