 | Belgian, born in Brussels in 1963.
Education : Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels (ENSAV), La Cambre, Brussels.
Tutors : Pierre Lahaut, Roger Dudant, Maurice Pasternak, Denis De Rudder.
| Awards : | Prix de la Créativité P.P. Hamesse, 1982
Prix de la Commune de Saint-Gilles, 1984
Prix de la Création artistique, Académie Royale de Belgique, 1985
Prix Jos Albert, Académie Royale de Belgique, 1986
Prix de la Commission française de la Culture, 1988
Bourse de la Vocation, 1988
Prix Emile Sacré, Académie Royale de Belgique, 1992
Prix du Conseil de la Communauté française, 1994. |
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Great Art is what one encounters when one is in contact with the pictorial world of Vivian Kral. Gifted with a phenomenal virtuosity, she has a style that is immediately recognizable. Her subjects, which are personal, poetic, somewhat eerie and well varied, are observed and rendered with patience, dedication, respect, love, and imagination (as, astonishingly, they are never completely realistic). There is an exceptional consistency in her style, whatever the subject, whatever the means (pastel or oil) she uses, and there is this avowed passion to salvage through her dazzling images environments, places, crafts and humble craftsmen that are on the verge of disappearance. This is truly a unique experience.
More can be found about Vivian's brilliant art and personality, as well as very interesting details about the art of the pastel, on her own website http://vkral.multimania.com.