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personal data    Otto Rapp  Gender  Male  Age  63 years old  Status  Visitor witness  City  Lethbridge  Country  Canada  Site  http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ottorapp/  Alternate site  http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/otto-rapp.html?tab=artwork  Information  THE MYSTIC OTTO RAPP Born in 1944 in Felixdorf, Lower Austria, I lived and was educated in Vienna, where later I worked as a clerk in the Transport and Insurance Business. After completing service in the Austrian Air Force, I traveled throughout Europe, eventually settling in Stockholm, Sweden. As a Painter I was initially self taught, studying in the various Galleries and Museums. In Vienna, I was often ‘hanging out’ at the Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, where I admired the work of the “Wiener Schule des Phantastischen Realismus” represented there by the Professors Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner and Arik Brauer. In Stockholm, I found out that I was washing dishes in the very same Restaurant where years earlier another Viennese Artist, Fritz Hundertwasser, the ‘Austrian Gaudi’ as he was later known as, had worked the same job. Encouraged by an art dealer in Gamla Stan, I began to paint more seriously. Busking on the streets of Gamla Stan with a Dutch artist, my very first painting was sold to a passer-by by my artist friend while I stood in the employment office line - this paid for a lavish meal for both of us that day. Traveling around in 1968, I wound up in Western Canada where eventually I settled in Lethbridge, Alberta, the place I still call home today. It was in Canada where the majority of my mature work was produced (under the sponsorship of a small Lethbridge Gallery). Working for the Canadian Pacific Railway, I quit in 1977 to attend the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program at the University of Lethbridge, graduating (with great distinction) in 1982. In Canada, I participated in many exhibitions, and held several Solo Shows, culminating in the pivotal 1994 showing at “The Prairie Art Gallery” in Grande Prairie, Alberta, which earned me the moniker ‘The Mystic’. Throughout my years in Canada, I had been the subject of many reviews and newspaper articles as well as local television shows in Calgary and Lethbridge while being active as an artist, art instructor, curator, studio technician, art critic and juror. NOTE: as a basic account holder, my loaded images are deleted after 2 months, so if you had put some into your faves and they disappeared, that is the reason. I will try to stay on top of things by periodically uploading new stuff. Thanks for watching - and if you like to peruse a larger selection of works, please check my website, and links to my other sites from there. Cheers - OTTO  portrait n/a  most appreciated work n/a  members choice n/a  art limited  Account type  BASIC - Free  Subscribed since  Aug 24, 2007 at 00:54  Last visit  Jul 17, 2008 at 00:11, there is 51 days 2h 19mn 41s ago  Profile viewed by members  272 times  Profile viewed by visitors  971 times  Images  0  Received comments  6  Sent comments  17  In the forums  1 message  Followed by  7 persons [ Who? ]  Invitations  0 person  lastest creations n/a n/a n/a  localization  belongs to the following projects n/a  random favourites