Kuno Küster (Munich -1939) “Untitled” Mixed media on paper. Signed. 62 x 77 cm. Kuno Küster's facet as a philosopher and illustrator has inspired to be named in the book “Philosophia pacis”, a tribute to Raimon Panikkar, philosopher and theologian; the chapter is named “Kuno Küster: The contribution of art to a philosophy of peace or: the return of harmony”. Küster held, in June 1969, an important exhibition that took place in the Prado Hall of the Ateneo de Madrid. For the occasion, Cuadernos de arte de publicaciones españolas, produced a small catalog, edited and directed by Carlos Aren, number 132 of the series Divulgación, on the occasion of Kuno Küster's exhibition. The present edition, consisting of one thousand copies, was printed in langa y cia, with polycolor engravings. At the beginning of the catalog, Dr. Bernhard Degenhart, director of the Museum of Graphic Arts in Munich, describes the artist as “one of the few ‘romantics’ among the young German artists. Within unreal spaces, invented by him, he places figures that are not so much to be interpreted as figurative manifestations, but rather as pure intuitions that complement the space, forming with it a mysterious organism. The constructive relations between space and figure, the dynamic currents between the two are represented by means of colors. The coloring is very bright and has nothing decorative, but is the manifestation of the romantic interpretation of the world, characteristic of Küster's works in an intensity that is surprising today. The artist himself says of his works: “The paintings of the last period are due to the intention of creating a new space. The result is the construction of a spatial figure with which the observer must empathize in order to know the situation of the figure and at the same time his own situation.” In the same catalog is a short biography of the artist: “Kuno Küster was born in Munich on January 8, 1939.From 1958 to 1964 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.He was appointed Meisterschüler of Professor Nagel. Since 1965 he has lived in Munich, where he has devoted himself to painting. He has had group exhibitions in Vienna and Munich. His works are owned by the Museum of Graphic Arts in Munich and the Munich School of Engineering. Private exhibitions in Munich and Chicago. He is nominated for the 1969 Bavarian State Prize”.