Frank Kortan
Frank Kortan (born April 22, 1964 in Prague ) is a German painter. He lives and works in Egloffstein in Bavaria (Germany). He is an artist of surrealism, fantastic realism and trompe-l'oeil and is the recipient of the World Prize of Salvador Dalí for fine arts. He lives and works in Egloffstein in Bavaria (Germany).
life and work
He began his artistic career as a professional musician. In 1984 he emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Switzerland ( Ticino ), after a one-year stay he moved to Germany. At the beginning of the nineties he met the German artistic scene, which dealt with the style "trompe-l'oeil" (eye deception). This fine technique, which the old masters used, fascinated him. He begins to study this technique intensively so that he can implement his ideas indefinitely.
But the sole "trompe-l'oeil" style, which mainly only depicts classical still lifes, is not enough for him, and therefore he combines it with Fantastic Realism and Surrealism to transform his thoughts into surreal and magical compositions. In his work he deals with historical topics, which are made up of reality, imagination and hidden humor.
Not only historical personalities such as B. Wolfgang Amadeus, Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, or Franz Kafka are portrayed in his unique style, and contemporary personalities such as the writer Ephraim Kishon or the singer Karel Gott are portrayed by him. Since 2003 he has been a Knight of the Ordo Sancti Constantini Magni.
One could see his pictures in numerous solo and group exhibitions, his works are in private as well as in public collections.
Museum collections
- Albrecht Dürer House , Nuremberg (Germany)
- Monaco Modern Art Museum, Monaco
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile
- Museo d'Arte, Mendrisio (Switzerland)
- Levi Strauss Museum , Buttenheim (Germany)
- Bibliothèque Royale Albert I. , Brussels (Belgium)
- National Contemporary Art Museum Lord Eastleigh Foundation, Seborga, Italy
Awards
- WORLD PRIZE OF SALVADOR DALÍ for Fine Arts
- European Prize for fine Arts by the European Union of Arts
- European Medal of Franz Kafka for Artistic Creation
- European Prize F. Kupka
- European Prize of Rudolf II
- 1st prize PALM ART AWARD 2011, Art Domain Germany
- TOILE D'OR 2011, Fédération Nationale de la Culture Française
- WHO IS Publisher Prize 2014, PALM ART AWARD, Art Domain Germany
- MERIT AWARD 2017, PALM ART AWARD, Art Domain Germany
Exhibitions (excerpt)
- 1996 MIRO Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
- 1999 MIRO Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2001 Salon de la Residence du Louvre, Menton, Monaco Modern Art Museum, Monaco
- 2003 Salon d'Automne, Paris, France
- 2003 Salvador Dali exhibition, Musée Baron Martin, Gray, France
- 2004 Center Culturel Peugeot, Paris, France
- 2004 Adam and Eve, Albrecht Dürer House, Nuremberg, Germany
- 2005 Salvador Dali Exhibition, Musée Baron Martin Gray, France
- 2006 Graphic Collection, Albrecht Dürer House, Nuremberg, Germany
- 2006 Gallery North at European Parliament, Strasbourg, France
- 2006 Contemporary Art, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
- 2006 Mona Lisa, New Town Hall, Brno, Czech Republic
- 2006 Dalis Erben, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
- 2006 Salon du Fantastique Sedan Castle, France
- 2006 Mona Lisa, Palais Nostic, Ministry of Culture, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2007 Allegretti Palazzo Bertalazone di san Fermon Torino, Italy
- 2007 Salon comparaisons, Grand Palais des Champs Elysées, Paris, France
- 2007 Saint Germain des Angles, France
- 2007 Mona Lisa, Pressburg, Slovakia
- 2007 Sima Gallery, Paris, France
- 2008 Chapelle des Jesuites, Chaumont sur Mame, France
- 2007 Old Town Hall, Viechtach, Germany
- 2007 A L'Ecu de France Gallery, Viroflay, France
- 2007 The Art of Portraits, City Museum Erlangen, Germany
- 2009 Galleria Renaissance, Florence, Italy
- 2009 Galleria Comunale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Piombino, Italy
- 2009 Art center, Vascoeuil Castle, France
- 2009 Commerzbank Prague, Czech Republic
- 2009 Czech contemporary art - Parallel lines III, Moscow, Russia
- 2010 OPEN Arts - Brussels, Belgium
- 2011 Salon d'Automne Paris, France
- 2011 Baroque castle Riegersburg, Austria
- 2011 Ducal Palace Nevers, France
- 2012 HIP Galerie d'art Paris, France
- 2014 Callas Bremen, Pictures of the Night - So Bright, Germany
- 2014 Cultural Center Valéry-Larboud, Vichy, France
- 2015 Trompe-l'oeil, Konschthaus bei Engel, Luxembourg
- 2015 Trierenberg Art, Traun, Austria
- 2016 Glück, Galerie m Beck, Homburg, Germany
- 2017 Real - Surreal - Irreal, Villa Berberich, Bad Säckingen, Germany
gallery
ALCHEMISTS EXPERIMENT NO. 2019
AMADEUS LOST OPERA "LE NOZZE DEI PESCI"
AN AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE FOR LISA AND FRIENDS (Portrait for Ephraim Kishon)
HAPPY FATE PALACE
MONUMENT TO AN UNKNOWN GENIUS
ROMEO AND JULIET
JOHANN SEBASTIAN'S SECRET JOURNEY TO NORTHERN INDIA
YELLOW SHARK
Jeronimos Temple
Twice around the world
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Web links
Individual evidence
http://www.phantastisch.at/tag/frank-kortan/
http://www.phantastisch.at/tag/frank-kortan/
https://www.nordbayern.de/region/erlangen/gott-mal-wieder-zu-besuch-im-kirschendorf-1.1443206
https://surrealism.website/Frank_Kortan.html
https://www.podcastjournal.net/OPEN-ARTS-GALLERY-EXPOSE-FRANK-KORTAN_a5595.html
https://beatnikbluesblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/the-amazing-art-of-frank-kortan/
https://www.nordbayern.de/region/erlangen/kishon-und-gabelfisch-1.85793
https://femmefemmefemme.wordpress.com/category/frank-kortan-1964/
https://www.wiesentbote.de/2016/10/06/karel-gott-besucht-frank-kortan-in-egloffstein/
https://www.kettererkunst.de/lexikon/post-breton-surrealismus.php
https://www.lexikon-surreal.com/k%C3%BCnstler-l%C3%A4nder/
https://www.nordbayern.de/region/forchheim/vor-seinem-tod-karel-gott-besuchte-franken-1.9403728
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kortan, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague , Czechoslovakia |