Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Kortan


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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 03:02, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Frank Kortan

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Fails WP:NARTIST as the awards are either not notable, unverifiable and/or vanity awards. Most of the museum collections also fail verification as they either do not have permanent collections, do not exist, or are libraries. I was only able to verify one non notable collection, and of the two collections that do not have their full catalog online, only one of them is notable, thus even if he were in both, he would fail NARTIST 4(d).

I was only able to verify one award, the European Prize for fine Arts by the European Union of Arts, a non notable award that doesn't appear on the List of European art awards. TOILE D'OR 2011, Fédération Nationale de la Culture Française seems to exist, but it is barely referenced anywhere. Couldn't verify that Kortan received it. For the DALI award in the lede, I was unable to even verify the award. For the following awards, the only thing that comes up is the artists website, and this wiki page:
 * WORLD PRIZE OF SALVADOR DALÍ for Fine Arts
 * European Medal of Franz Kafka for Artistic Creation
 * European Prize F. Kupka
 * European Prize of Rudolf II
 * The three PALM awards are pay to pay vanity awards

Claims the artist is in these museums, but they either do not have permanent collections, do not exist, or are libraries.
 * Durer Museum no collection mentioned - only about durer and printmaking processes
 * Monaco Modern Art Museum, Monaco doesn't exist
 * Levi Strauss museum is about the inventor of jeans https://www.bavaria.by/experiences/city-country-culture/museums-galleries/levi-strauss-museum-buttenheim

These two museums do not have their full collections available online, though only one of them is a notable museum that would satisfy NARIST 4(d): *Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art
 * Museo d'arte Mendrisio

I was able to verify inclusion in this non-notable collection: National Contemporary Art Museum Lord Eastleigh Foundation Theredproject (talk) 12:25, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  12:58, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  12:58, 14 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete a non-notable painter.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:33, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , there is no such thing as the "Monaco Modern Art Museum", although there is the New National Museum of Monaco, which doesn't appear to have any works by Kortan in their collection. There is however the National Contemporary art Museum of the Lord Eastleigh Foundation in Seborga (http://www.mamac.com), which does appear to have his work. It's a bit questionable if the museum actually exists beyond its website. It's address in the US is 6130 Elton Avenue Las Vegas, where one can rent a "virtual office" for $99, and the address in Monaco is that of  "The President Office", an apartment building on 4 Avenue des Castelans. Another "museum" is the "Bibliothèque Royale Albert I.", which is really the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), and it does indeed appear to have a work by Kortan, a print of The Lady with a chameleon and a bottle of Soda. Kortan sells those from around €20, albeit not as an edition. In short, the information in the article is either false or unverifiable. Delete. Vexations (talk) 15:29, 16 January 2021 (UTC)


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