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SURREALISM NOW! presents

     FRANK KORTAN


BEYOND THE BORDERS OF SILENCE by Frank Kortan
BEYOND THE BORDERS OF SILENCE by Frank Kortan
SURREALISM NOW! is proud to present a Master of both Surrealism and Fantastic Realism, FRANK KORTAN! A Master of Oil on Canvas!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1964
1982
1984
Since 1990

1996 - 2000

born in Prag
he starts the professional artistic carrier of a musician
he emigrates to Tessino (Switzerland), after one year he moves to Germany
he has been studying painting intensively, during studies he meets German Trompe-l'oeil scene and then he starts the professional carrier of a painter
graduated from Masaryk's Academy of Fine Arts, Prague

The artist Frank Kortan lives and works in Kalchreuth near Nürnberg, Germany. His paintings have been exhibited in many individual or collective exhibitions (e.g. Salon d'Automne Paris/France, Salons de la Résidence du Louvre/Monaco Modern Art Museum, Salvador Dali Exhibition Musee Baron Martin Grey/France, Centre Culturel Peugeot Paris/France, Albrecht Dürer Haus Nuremberg/Germany). They are a part of private collections or the collections of public institutions as for example Albrecht Dürer Haus Nuremberg (Germany), Monaco Modern Art Museum (Monaco), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Santiago (Chile), Museo d'Arte Mendrisio (Switzerland), Levi Strauss Museum Buttenheim (Germany), Bibliothéque Royale Albert I. Brussels (Belgium).


Appraisals:

2001
2001
2002
2003
2003
EUROPEAN PRIZE for fine Arts by the European Union of Arts
EUROPEAN MEDAL of Franz Kafka for Artistic Creation by the European Circle Franz Kafka
WORLD PRIZE OF SALVADOR DALÍ for Fine Arts by the Alliance Salvador Dalí International
Prize of Rudolf II. for Fine Arts, Prague
Prize of Frank Kupka 2003 for Fine Arts





The late birth of Venus by FRANK KORTAN
The late birth of Venus by FRANK KORTAN
INCONTRO DI BENEDIZIONE by Frank Kortan
INCONTRO DI BENEDIZIONE by Frank Kortan
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC by Frank Kortan
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC by Frank Kortan
ALBRECHTS WEDDING CAMPAIGN by Frank Kortan
ALBRECHTS WEDDING CAMPAIGN by Frank Kortan
DIVINE MOMENT by Frank Kortan
DIVINE MOMENT by Frank Kortan
HEAVY HEAD by Frank Kortan
HEAVY HEAD by Frank Kortan
Kafka's dream of keys by FRANK KORTAN
Kafka's dream of keys by FRANK KORTAN
Kishon Portrait - Matinee for Lisa and her friends by FRANK KORTAN
Kishon Portrait - Matinee for Lisa and her friends by FRANK KORTAN
nightly exchange of thoughts with Franz K. by FRANK KORTAN
nightly exchange of thoughts with Franz K. by FRANK KORTAN
On the edge of the garden by FRANK KORTAN
On the edge of the garden by FRANK KORTAN
THE ABSURD THEATER OF EVERYDAY LIFE by Frank Kortan
THE ABSURD THEATER OF EVERYDAY LIFE by Frank Kortan
THE ART OF WEARING A HAT by Frank Kortan
THE ART OF WEARING A HAT by Frank Kortan
THE CASTLE by Frank Kortan
THE CASTLE by Frank Kortan
The lady with a chameleon und butterflies by FRANK KORTAN
The lady with a chameleon und butterflies by FRANK KORTAN
THE LAST CURTAIN by Frank Kortan
THE LAST CURTAIN by Frank Kortan
The Metamorphosis by FRANK KORTAN
The Metamorphosis by FRANK KORTAN
The triumphal victory of Salvador over a gravid pear by FRANK KORTAN
The triumphal victory of Salvador over a gravid pear by FRANK KORTAN

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