Carol Pilars de Pilar


Carol Anne Franziska Antonia Pilars de Pilar is a German artist. She is the daughter of Josef Pilars de Pilar and his French wife Béatrice Lamotte d'Argy. Her great-grandparents are Ladislaus and Antonia Pilars de Pilar.

Life

After Highschool in South Africa Carol Pilar studied painting and restoration in Florence. Since 1985 she is working Künstlerin in Düsseldorf. Her paintings and sculptures are dealing with the tension between poverty and wealth.
Carol is living and working in Düsseldorf and is married with the photographerFranklin Berger. She has two children with the photographer Andreas Gursky.

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