George Kral Biography - Virtually Augmented Media

Image Credits: Design Institute of Australia

Awards:

AGDA Hall of Fame (1998)
Posthumously Inducted

DIA Hall of Fame (2013)
Posthumously Inducted

Notable Works:

La Caprice Café Design - Collins Street, Melbourne, 1956

Esquire Coffee Lounge Branding, Graphic Design, Interior Design - Garema Place, Canberra, 1957

George Kral is born Jiri Petr Kral in Prague, Czechoslovakia. 01

Born

9 SEPT. 1928

Works as an Advertising Draftsman. 02

Advertising Drafstman

1947-1948

Marries Frantiska Kralova. 03

Marriage

UNKNOWN

Moves to Paris, France via Germany after Czechoslovakia came under Communist rule. 04

Paris, France

UNKNOWN

George and Frantiska are accepted as refugees into Australia and on arrival move to Bonegilla Migrant Camp, Bonegilla, Victoria, Australia. 05

Bonegilla, Victoria, Australia

1951

Moves to South Yarra, Melbourne. 06

South Yarra, Melbourne

UNKNOWN

Works at the IXL factory in Prahran, Melbourne. 07

IXL Factory

UNKNOWN

George and Frantiska separate. 08

Separation

UNKNOWN

Marries Shirley Wrigley. 09

Marriage

26 JAN. 1957

Becomes an Australian citizen. 10

Australian Citizenship

1959

Runs the design team at Gallery A 11

Gallery A

1959-1964

In collaboration with Derek Hooper and Bernard Joyce, George forms a design group within Bogle & Banfield Architects. 12

Bogle & Banfield Architects

1959-1962

George and Shirley have two children, Inge and Adam. 13

Children

UNKNOWN

Teaches Interior Design at RMIT. 14

RMIT

1961

George and Shirley separate. 15

Separation

1962

Marries June. 16

Marriage

UNKNOWN

Goes into partnership with Tony Wolfenden. 17

Partnership

APPROX. 1972

Is diagnosed with cancer. 18

Cancer

1973

1978

DEATH

George Kral is posthumously inducted into the AGDA Hall of Fame. 19

AGDA Hall of Fame

1998

George Kral is posthumously inducted into the DIA Hall of Fame. 20

DIA Hall of Fame

2013

Last updated: 05/09/23