Charles Kohl

He went on to forge a distinguished career as a fine artist in his native country, being awarded twice the coveted Prix Grand-Duc Adolphe (in 1956 and 1962).

As a sculptor, Kohl was best known for his works in marble frequently showing veiled forms, but also for his bronzes and his mixed media drawings, which "with their often fragmentary bodies and faceless heads, created a stylized human anatomy symbolizing both the vulnerability and the power of body and soul",[3] and which have earned him a reputation as "Illustrator of the human condition".

[5] Upon his death in 2016, the Luxemburger Wort declared "Luxembourg's art scene is grieving for a virtuoso artist with a remarkable sensitivity".

[6] Throughout 2020, the Villa Vauban devotes a major retrospective to the artist[7] whom the Luxemburger Wort called "An illustrious unknown".

[8] The Luxemburger Wort reviewed "The timeless and tortured sculptures of Charles Kohl",[9] while Redlion[10] and RTL[11] called him "one of Luxembourg's most important sculptors."