Rudolf Kortokraks

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Rudolf Kortokraks
Rudolf Kortokraks in 2005
Born8 July 1928
Died11 October 2014(2014-10-11) (aged 86)

Rudolf Kortokraks (8 July 1928 – 11 September 2014) was a German-Austrian painter. His work mainly featured still life (most often flowers), landscapes, cities and portraits.

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He held exhibitions between 1949 and 2014. His first one-man exhibit took place in 1951. During his art career, he worked in mainly Germany and Austria, as well as the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy and Mexico. In 2012, a documentary movie about Kortokraks was released in Austria.

Kortokraks was born in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate. He studied in Graz in 1941, before moving to Austria. He lived and worked in Salzburg.

Kortokraks died on 11 September 2014 in Hallein, Salzburg. He was 86.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Maler Rudolf Kortokraks 86-jährig gestorben" (in German). Tiroler Tageszeitung. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.[permanent dead link]

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