DEDICATIONS
Whenever possible I dedicate a very personal painting to a personality of public life who has rendered outstanding services to his/her fellow men.
2010: Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling
(former German minister of Communications) for his mediation work
to secure peace (peacekeeping) in the Balkan States
2007: Pope Benedict XVI
for his first encyclical “GOD IS LOVE”
2007: German human rights activist Rüdiger Nehberg
with his human rights organization TARGET
for his fight against Female Genital Mutilation, mainly in Africa
2006: Germany’s Ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
for his consistent opposition against the war in Iraq
2005: Famous flute player Sir James Galway and his wife Lady Galway
as tribute to their exceptional music
2004: Queen Elizabeth II of England
for more than 50 years of dedication to the British People
and the Commonwealth