100 years of Gust Graas
Kit Graas, the daughter of former general secretary and RTL visionary Gust Graas, has organised a major tribute for her father, who would have turned 100 this year.
The book Gust Graas - Two lives Two worlds
Kit and Gust Graas ©Lars Kreye
Gust Graas, who was the Director and General Manager (administrateur-directeur général) of CLT, the predecessor company of RTL Group, from 1975 to 1988, would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. He was a businessman during the day and an artist by night. He used to say: “I paint, so I am”. His eldest daughter, Kit Graas, manages the artist’s inheritance, against her father’s wishes. Before his death, he had said: “When I'm gone, you can burn all my works. What else can I do with them?”. She decided to show them to the world.
To mark his centenary, Kit organised several events in Mallorca and in Luxembourg this year and has also published a book in three languages (French, German, and English) entitled Gust Graas - Two lives Two worlds, which presents some of the artist's works.
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