Peter Brandes

Peter Brandes was a photographer, painter, sculptor, ceramicist and artist (1944–2025). He was born at Assens.

Peter Brandes in brief

Born
1944
Died
2025
Known for
photographer, painter, sculptor, ceramicist and artist
Place of birth
Assens
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Recognition and collections

Peter Brandes received Eckersberg Medal and Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. Work by Peter Brandes is held by Statens Museum for Kunst.

Catalogued works

13 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1890 to 2016.

Roskilde Jars, dated 1998. The Arm of Freedom, dated 1988, held by Statens Museum for Kunst, inventory KMS7479. The Iron Dagger IV, dated 1984, held by Statens Museum for Kunst, inventory KMS7276. Rimbaud as Ulysses. Nobody and Polyphemus, dated 2001, held by Statens Museum for Kunst, inventory KMS8242. Die Winterreise, dated 1993, held by Statens Museum for Kunst, inventory KMS7698. Reversing diabetes : food plan + 70 delicious recipes / Dr Alan Barclay ; [forewords by Professor Jennie Brand-Miller and Professor Peter Colman]., dated 2016, held by Wellcome Collection. Brände, Stürme, Hungersnöte : Katastrophen in der mittelalterlichen Lebenswelt / Kay Peter Jankrift., dated 2003, held by Wellcome Collection. Finest fresh salmon steak : own brand / Peter Leech & Son., dated [between 1890 and 1920?], held by Wellcome Collection. A screenful of sugar? : prescription drug websites investigated / Jon C. Schommer, Lewis H. Glinert., dated [2014], held by Wellcome Collection. The acorn that grew into an oak : the story of a business / Peter S. Baker., dated [1948], held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection. Acyclovir. A magic bullet (Polish version)., dated 1993, held by Wellcome Collection. Acyclovir. A magic bullet (Czech version)., dated 1993, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

Statens Museum for Kunst: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 42 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Brandes, Peter, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Peter Brandes, 2019. <i>Bildgespräche (Picture Conversations)</i>—Peter Brandes and the Last Portraits of Hölderlin, Humanities, 2025. „Fein deutsch mit der Sprache heraus“: Zu Ironie und Mehrsprachigkeit des Lutherdeutschen in Thomas Manns Doktor Faustus, Critical Multilingualism Studies, 2017. “Fein deutsch mit der Sprache heraus”: Irony, Multilingualism, and the Use of Early New High German in Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus, Critical Multilingualism Studies, 2017.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1944Peter Brandes born at Assens.
  2. 1984The Iron Dagger IV (Statens Museum for Kunst).
  3. 1988The Arm of Freedom (Statens Museum for Kunst).
  4. 1993Die Winterreise (Statens Museum for Kunst).
  5. 1998Roskilde Jars.
  6. 2001Rimbaud as Ulysses. Nobody and Polyphemus (Statens Museum for Kunst).
  7. 2016Reversing diabetes : food plan + 70 delicious recipes / Dr Alan Barclay ; [forewords by Professor Jennie Brand-Miller and Professor Peter Colman]. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 2025Peter Brandes died.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Brandes, Peter, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Peter Brandes, 2019

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 3 articles naming Peter Brandes.

    open access index · Unverified

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  4. 4.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 42 works naming Peter Brandes.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q4993725: Peter Brandes

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  6. 6.

    “Peter Brandes”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Ceramics

735 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

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