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Martin Kellenberger is not only an important painter, graphic artist and illustrator; he is also admirer and connoisseur of music, literature and history. His work reflects the European and world history and cultural history of mankind so far, there often appear biblical themes, personalities of the middle Ages or modern times such as Gutenberg, Comenius, Van Gogh, Ensor, Klee and others. His canvas and illustrations convey his views of fairy tales magic and the values of human civilization, culture and humanism. He emphasizes in his work confluence of expression and semantic phenomena of visual and narrative. He blends speech, content, forms, signals and signs; he creates the unity of thought and visual storytelling and the symbolism of mind-set. His art talks about the eternal flow of human culture. That is the deepest and a nice sense of art. Awards: He won several awards in competitions for the Most Beautiful Books of Czechoslovakia and Slovakia ( 1987-2011), , including the Ludovit Fulla prize (2001) . He was nominated for the International Hans Christian Andersen Award (2006). Exhibitions: Solo exhibitions in France, the United States, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Spain, France and many group exibitions Japan, Spain, Italy, Russia, Germany and other countries. His 85th vernisage at home has seen also the inauguration of the new stamp from the emission Towns-Modra, of which he is the author. (Dimensions of artwork:various - suitable for COE space)