Karl Korab studied after attending grammar school in Laa an der Thaya and in Horn (Lower Austria) from 1957 to 1964 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Sergius Pauser. From 1960 he was part in numerous exhibitions in Austria as well as internationally.
Korab is a very versatile artist. His works are created as oil paintings, graphics, collages, screen prints and lithographs. Mainly there are still lifes and landscapes by him, but he was also active as a set designer, for example.