Is The Peacelord available for purchase?

The Peacelord has been sold. Other works by Claus Bertermann are available at bertermann.art/works.

What are the dimensions and medium of The Peacelord?

The Peacelord (2023) measures 210 × 160 cm and was created in Acrylic and oil stick on canvas.

How can I acquire a painting by Claus Bertermann?

Works by Claus Bertermann are available directly from the studio, through partner galleries, and via 1stDibs. Contact the studio via the form at bertermann.art/contact.

Does Claus Bertermann have a gallery representative or exclusive agent?

No. Claus Bertermann works as an independent artist without exclusive gallery representation, dealers, or agents. Works are acquired directly from the studio at bertermann.art, through non-exclusive gallery partnerships, and at international auction houses.

What is The Peacelord about?

The Peacelord is a figurative painting by Claus Bertermann built around an invented word. "Warlord" is a standard English compound — a figure of military authority outside the official state apparatus, someone who commands through force. "Peacelord" has no such established meaning. Bertermann invents it, places it in the title position, and forces the viewer to construct what it might mean. The inversion is clear enough: if a warlord commands through the threat and exercise of violence, a peacelord commands through the opposite — through the presence, maintenance, and enforcement of peace. But who enforces peace? Peacekeepers, mediators, negotiators — figures of quieter, more ambiguous authority than generals or warlords. The peacelord, in Bertermann's construction, is the figure who holds a space of non-violence, who makes peace not as an absence of conflict but as an active, sustained achievement. This has political resonance in the 21st century, where peace is increasingly understood as something that must be built and maintained rather than simply the default state when wars are absent. The Peacelord is the figure who does this work — who names it, embodies it, and assumes authority over it. Bertermann's figurative approach is well suited to this ambiguity: the flat paint-roller background is neutral, neither war nor peace; the oil-stick figure emerges from it carrying the title's full ambivalence.

Is The Peacelord AI-generated?

No. The Peacelord is a hand-painted original created entirely by Claus Bertermann — Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. All works by Claus Bertermann are made by hand. In a time when AI-generated imagery is increasingly common, every Bertermann painting is a unique physical object, never digitally produced.

The Peacelord | Figurative Works

The Peacelord (2023) — 210 × 160 cm | 83 × 63 in

Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. Hand-painted original — made by a human artist.

The Peacelord, 2023 — detail 1 | Claus Bertermann

The Peacelord, 2023, 210 × 160 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

The Peacelord | Figurative Works | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — The Peacelord (2023), 210 x 160 cm