Bruno Maximus (born 1970 in
Jyväskylä
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, Finland) is the pseudonym of an anonymous
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art painter. He calls his artistic style "hypnorealism", and says it is related to the style of
Salvador Dali in his younger years, albeit without "
masochism
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". The style has been described as "consisting of elements that are realistic by themselves, but which are combined and stretched to create weird and funny
surrealistic
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events, with everything in bright colors and exhibiting a
naivistically good mood", surrealistic without "violence", and as "dream-like".
Maximus has lived and worked in Australia, Brazil, England, Portugal, France and Hungary.
In addition to his hundreds of paintings, he is known for his contribution to a book titled ''Joulupukin lomamatkat'' () with
Sinikka Salokorpi, and designing stamps for
the Finnish postal service. In 2020, he also began to
restore a
Christ
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, names and titles), was ...
themed painting, presumed to have been painted in the 1600s, drawing comments from
The Holy See
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, the Italian Embassy in Finland and
Ateneum
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.
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External links
Bruno Maximus - Galleria BrondaPaintings by Bruno Maximus
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1970 births
Living people
Finnish male painters
20th-century Finnish painters
21st-century Finnish painters
21st-century male artists
20th-century Finnish male artists