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Otto Rapp
 
 
About the Artist

Initially influenced by Surrealism, I later followed the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.

 
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Selfportrait Critical Eye

1978-1982
76 cm x 92 cm

Selfportrait With The Critical Eye. I painted this after also acting as an art critic and juror, which I found to be a conflict of interest.

Vindobona Altarpiece III

1994
graphite drawing on Arches etching paper
66 cm x 48 cm

Full title: Vindobona Altarpiece III - Snakes And Ladders. The third and last in a series that incorporates every whim and fancy experienced throughout the creation, randomly meandering through my self-constructed Inner Universe.

Vindobona Altarpiece I

1993
graphite on Arches etching paper
66 cm x 48 cm

Boticelli's Dream

1994
graphite on Arches etching paper
38 cm x 56 cm

Magna Mater

1978
acrylic on canvas, mounted on masonite
56 cm x 100 cm

The Great Earth Mother. Venus of Willendorf. Eva and her most beautiful dress. Madonna and Child. A Self-portrait. Adam Rising etc.

Pablo's Last Concert

1990
acrylic on canvas
102 cm x 76 cm

Picasso at his most playful, surrounded by odds and ends he refused to throw out, intuitively playing an assortment of out of tune musical instruments for the enjoyment of himself and with no regard to the sensitive ears of innocent bystanders.

Revelation 20

1994
acrylic on canvas
71 cm x 51 cm

And when the thousand years are expired................

Ctulhu Monuments

1980
graphite on paper
46 cm x 61 cm

Inspired by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, particularly the Ctulhu Mythos.

Bogomi's Monastic Retreat

1997
acrylic on masonite
84 cm x 61 cm

The Visitor

1994
acrylic on masonite
71 cm x 61 cm

Self-propelled Beastie Seeder

2007
graphite on Arches etching paper
56 cm x 38 cm

The Beast Of Babylon

1980
graphite on paper
57 cm x 78 cm

Christan Fantasy Portrait

2008
graphite drawing on paper
38 cm x 34 cm

Portrait of my Favorite Muse - My Wife!

MONUMENT TO THE UNBORN WAR HERO

1975
acrylic on canvas
102 cm x 86 cm

BOGOMIL'S COURT

1976
acrylic on canvas
71 cm x 51 cm

SHEPHERD OF THE SPHINX

1983
graphite on Arches etching paper
56 cm x 76 cm

GREY DAY AT THE FACTORY

1985
acrylic on canvas mounted on masonite
50 cm x 33 cm

BEAR BULL SHAMAN

2008
acrylic on paper mounted on masonite
21.5 cm x 26.5

Bear Bull was a 19th Century Native American Shaman and Medicine Pipe Owner of the Blackfoot Nation

BOGOMIL'S MOUSETRAP

2008
India Ink on Paper
31.5 cm x 21.5

NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS CONTROL CENTER

2008
Ink Pens and Acrylic White Ink on toned Ingres Paper
22.5 cm x 28 cm

Ouroboros Perpetual Motion Machine

2009
graphite on paper
45.5 cm x 56 cm

a tongue in cheek variation of the Ouroboros serpent
 
Education and biography
Bachelor of Fine Art (great distinction), 1982, University of Lethbridge

From 1972 to 1994 I had numerous Group and Solo Shows in Canada, culminating in an exhibition at the Prairie Gallery in Grande Prairie, Alberta in June/July 1994, titled : Art Of The Mystic
 
Future shows
No current plans.

My work can be also be viewed at the following sites:

http://beinart.org/artists/otto-rapp/

http://artofthemystic.deviantart.com/gallery/

http://otto-rapp.fineartamerica.com/
 
Website:  www.telusplanet.net/public/ottorapp/
 
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