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Artist's wristwatch "Loriot - The Knight of the Rose"
"The Knight of the Rose" is a cultural treat of a special kind: As an opera, it is already a humorous classic, and as a drawing by Loriot, it is a classic of humour. Nonchalantly, "The Knight of the Rose" delivers its message of love in an absolutely irresistible way. In passing, the true role of the man is defined in typical Loriot-style charm: As the well-behaved "best friend" of the house... A delightful eye-catcher that will give both men and women everlasting joy.
Elegant wristwatch featuring Loriot's motif "The Knight of the Rose." Stainless steel case with Japanese quartz movement from Miyota, robust mineral glass and elegant black leather strap. Water-resistant to 3 atm. Case diameter 36 mm, height 7 mm. With engraved artist's signature on the case back. With certificate. ars mundi Exclusive Edition.
"Time is a strange thing. If you live that way, it's nothing. But then suddenly, you feel nothing but it: It's all around us, it's within us too. It trickles in our faces, it trickles in the mirror, it flows in my temples." ("The Knight of the Rose," opera by Richard Strauss, libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal)
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hannover, Deutschland E-Mail: info@arsmundi.de
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About Loriot
1923-2011, a german draughtsman, cartoonist, author, humourist, opera director
He won several german "golden" awards: two Golden Cameras, two Golden Records, the Golden Screen, the Golden Gramophone and the Golden Lion of Honour. Not to mention the Ernst Lubitsch and Adolph Grimme prizes, the Telestar or the Sonderbambi... He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his special services.
Loriot is best known for his cartoons and sketches with the characters feature of bulbous noses. For example, two popular characters are Mr Müller-Lüdenscheid and Dr Klöbner, who - unawares - get into the same hotel bathtub and argue so delightful about whether the rubber duck should be allowed in the water or not... In his books, Loriot has dealt intensively with the passage of time. "Loriot's Diary - Zeitgeschehen von Meisterhand" or "Loriot's Heile Welt - Neue gesammelte Texte und Zeichnungen zu brennenden Fragen der Zeit" are just two out of many examples.
Vicco von Bülow, alias Loriot, was without a doubt the "grand seigneur" of German humour. His sketches are often known by heart by a lot of people and no matter the art he was creating - whether as a caricaturist, a humourist, an actor or director - he always achieved something special and memorable.
"Comedy, as I understand it, always deals with self-irony, otherwise something is missing. You have to include yourself." This is the secret to his success and noticeable in all his works. That‘s why his humour is never disparaging, never hurtful. Loriot was always extremely tender even with the characters in his most accurate parodies and precisely observed exposures of middle-class narrow-mindedness. Loriot’s humour, one could say, is not a sharp dagger for grim confrontations, but a fine scalpel that ultimately works towards healing the world with every cut.
The "grand seigneur" of German humour died in August 2011.
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