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rudolf kortokraks

rudolf kortokraks -lrb- 8 july 1928 -- 11 september 2014 -rrb- was a german painter from ludwigshafen , rhein .
his paintings depict still life -lrb- particularly flowers -rrb- , landscapes , cities and portraits .
kortokraks attended an art school in graz in 1941 , and moved to the worpswede artist colony in 1949 , where he first took part in exhibitions .
he had his first one-man exhibition in 1951 .
in 1954 , kortokraks joined the school of vision , part of the international summer academy in salzburg , as a teaching assistant to oskar kokoschka .
from 1956 until the collapse of the school in 1963 , kortokraks was kokoschka 's chief assistant at the school of vision .
kokoschka granted kortokraks the exclusive right to use the title `` school of vision '' .
kortokraks had several exhibitions in mexico and new york in 1969 .
in 1976 , he returned to the newly reformed school of vision , in the salzburg summer academy .
in 1981 , kortokraks founded the school of vision in tuscania , lazio , italy .
in 2008 kortokraks marked his eightieth birthday with a large exhibition in salzburg .
in 2012 a documentary feature film about kortokraks was released in austria .
in march 2013 , mayor heinz schaden awarded him the gold seal of salzburg .
kortokraks is considered `` the last important representative of late expressionism '' .
kortokraks died on 11 september 2014 at the age of 86 .
