Frank Kortan

Frank Kortan (born April 22, 1964 in Prague, Czech Republic) is a German painter, who works in style of surrealism, fantastical realism and trompe-l'oeil, he is a winner of World Prize of Salvador Dalí for fine arts. He lives and works in Egloffstein Bavaria (Germany).

Frank Kortan by Petr Šálek.

Life and work

He started his professional artistic career as a musician, in 1984 he emigrated to Tessino (Switzerland), after one year he moved to Germany. In the early nineties he met the German artistic scene, which worked in the style of "Trompe-l'oeil" (optical illusion) which is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. This fine technique, which was already used by the old masters fascinated him. He begins to study this technique intensively so that he can implement his ideas and themes without any technical limitation. But only the "trompe l'oeil" style, which mainly represents a classical still life, is not enough for him, he combines it with Fantastic Realism and Surrealism in order to transform his thoughts into surreal and magical compositions. In his works he implements historical themes that are composed of reality, imagination and hiding humor. Not only historical personalities such as Wolfgang Amadeus, Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, or Franz Kafka are portrayed in his unique style, but also contemporary personalities, such as the writer Ephraim Kishon or the singer Karel Gott are portrayed by him. Since 2003 he is a Knight of the Order Ordo Sancti Constantini Magni. His paintings were seen in numerous solo and group exhibitions and his works are in private as well as in public collections.

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

Museum's collections
  • Albrecht-Dürer-Haus, Nürnberg (Germany)
  • Monaco Modern Art Museum, Monaco
  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile, Chile
  • Museo d'Arte, Mendrisio (Switzerland)
  • Levi-Strauss-Museum, Buttenheim (Germany)
  • Bibliothèque Royale Albert I., Brüssel (Belgium)
  • National Contemporary Art Museum Lord Eastleigh Foundation, Seborga, Italy

Galerie
  • ALCHEMISTS EXPERIMENT NO. 2019
  • AMADEUS FORGOTTEN OPERA "LE NOZZE DEI PESCI"
  • MATINÉE FOR LISA AND HER FRIENDS (Portrait for Ephraim Kishon)
  • PALACE OF BLISSFUL FATE
  • MONUMENT FOR AN ANONYMOUS GENIUS
  • ROMEO AND JULIET
  • CONFIDENTIAL JOURNEY OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN TO NORTHERN INDIA
  • YELLOW SHARK
  • Hieronymus Tempel
  • Zweimal um die ganze Welt

Exhibitions
  • 1996 Galerie MIRO, Prag, Czech Republic
  • 1999 Galerie MIRO, Prag, Czech Republic
  • 2001 Salon de la Residence du Louvre, Menton, Monaco Modern Art Museum, Monaco
  • 2003 Salon d’Automne, Paris, France
  • 2003 Salvador Dali Ausstellung, Musée Baron Martin, Grey, France
  • 2004 Centre Culturel Peugeot, Paris, France
  • 2004 Adam und Eva, Albrecht Dürer Haus, Nürnberg, Germany
  • 2005 Salvador Dali Exhibition, Musée Baron Martin Gray, France
  • 2006 Graphische Sammlung, Albrecht Dürer Haus, Nürnberg, Germany
  • 2006 Gallery North at European Parliament, Strasbourg, France
  • 2006 Zeitgenössische Kunst, Art Affair Galerie, Regensburg, Germany
  • 2006 Mona Lisa, Neues Rathaus, Brünn, Czech Republic
  • 2006 Dalis Erben, Art Affair Galerie, Regensburg, Germany
  • 2006 Salon du Fantastique Schloss Sedan, France
  • 2006 Mona Lisa, Palais Nostic, Kultusministerium, Prag, 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 Galerie Sima, Paris, France
  • 2008 Chapelle des Jesuites, Chaumont sur Mame, France
  • 2007 Altes Rathaus, Viechtach, Germany
  • 2007 A L’Ecu de France Gallery, Viroflay, France
  • 2007 Die Kunst des Portraits, Stadtmuseum Erlangen, Germany
  • 2009 Galleria Renaissance, Florenz, Italy
  • 2009 Galleria Comunale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Piombino, Italy
  • 2009 Art centre, Schloss Vascoeuil, France
  • 2009 Commerzbank Prag, Czech Republic
  • 2009 Czech contemporary art – Parallel lines III, Moskau, Russia
  • 2010 OPEN Arts – Brüssel, Belgium
  • 2011 Salon d’Automne Paris, France
  • 2011 Barockschloss Riegersburg, Austria
  • 2011 Ducal Palace Nevers, France
  • 2012 HIP Galerie d’art Paris, France
  • 2014 Callas Bremen, Bilder der Nacht – so hell, Germany
  • 2014 Cultural Center Valéry-Larboud, Vichy, France
  • 2015 Trompe-l'oeil, Konschthaus beim Engel, Luxembourg
  • 2015 Trierenberg Art, Traun, Austria
  • 2016 Glück, Galerie m Beck, Homburg, Germany
  • 2017 Real – Surreal – Irreal, Villa Berberich, Bad Säckingen, Germany

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