My Pet Arts: Peter Kľúčik b.1953

"V rajskej záhrade (Zoológia) III / En el jardín del edén (Zoología) III /

In the Garden of Paradise (Zoology) III"

Óleo sobre lienzo / oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm., 2011

"V rajskej záhrade (Zoológia) II / En el jardín del edén (Zoología) II /

In the Garden of Paradise (Zoology) II"

Óleo sobre lienzo / oil on canvas, 90 x 100 cm., 2000

"V pralese / En el bosque / In The Forest"

Óleo sobre lienzo / oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm., 1999

"Zhromaždenie v rajskej záhrade / Reunión en el jardín del edén / Gathering in the Garden of Eden"

Óleo sobre lienzo / oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm., 1994

"Zhromaždenie rajskej záhrady / Desde el jardín del edén / From The Garden of Eden"

Óleo sobre lienzo / oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm., 2010

"V rajskej záhrade (Zoológia) I / En el jardín del edén (Zoología) I /

In the Garden of Paradise (Zoology) I"

Óleo sobre lienzo / oil on canvas, 90 x 120 cm., 1999

Ex Libris / Bookplates

Ex Libris / Bookplate Ivan Jamrich, 14 x 14 cm., 2014. Original Art

Ex Libris / Bookplate Fero Hulin, aguafuerte / etching (c3), 22 x 19,4 cm., 2000. Exlibris For Sale

Ex Libris / Bookplate Stanislav Mlýnek, aguafuerte / etching (c3), 15,8 x 14,1 cm., 2013. art-exlibris.net

Ex Libris / Bookplate Josef Margecin, "Bratislava", 21 x 16 cm., 2009. Galeria U Anjela

Ex Libris / Bookplate Luigi Bergomi "Torres gemelas / Twin Towers"

Aguafuerte / etching, 6" x 5/8", 1993. Davidson Galleries

J.R.R.Tolkien, El / The Hobbit

Ilustración / Illustration, pp.197-199, 1990

Ilustración / Illustration, p.58, 1990

Ilustración / Illustration, pp.71-74, 1990

Peter Kľúčik is a Slovak painter, illustrator and printmaker, born in Bratislava in 1953.

He studied with lithographer and illustrator Albin Brunovsky at the Department of Graphic Arts and Book Illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava (1974-80).

Until the '90s he devoted himself to illustration, but from then on his work expanded into printmaking and painting.

His work is characterized by a manifest horror vacui, with dense and variegated compositions.

Ilustración / Illustration, p.177, 1990

Ilustración / Illustration, p.140, 1990

J.R.R.Tolkien en "El Hurgador" / in this blog: [Julian Jordanov (II)]

Grabados / Engravings

"Bratislava", aguafuerte / etching, 6 1/2" x 4 1/2", 1991. Davidson Galleries

"V zemi šelem / En la tierra de las bestias / In The Land Of Beasts", aguafuerte / etching, 21 x 36 cm., 2014

Gallery Gwerk

"Madagascar", aguafuerte / etching, 38 x 31 cm., 40/100, 2015. Gallery Gwerk

In 1989, when the Warsaw bloc countries became independent and new trends from the West began to penetrate, Kľúčik was commissioned to illustrate J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit". For this project, he created about 40 illustrations rich in detail, and which conveyed the mysterious atmosphere of the book very well. But the publisher was not able to adjust to the market, the book was considered unprofitable, and they lost the publishing rights. A second publisher contacted the artist, but was only interested in illustrations for the cover. Later a third publisher appeared on the scene, thanks to the pull of the success of the first part of Peter Parker's "Lord of the Rings" film series. Unfortunately the publishers, due to some discrepancies, were deprived of the rights to publish the book.