Rainer Maria Latzke

Rainer Maria Latzke
Rainer Maria Latzke while being interviewed by Shijue.me/Visual China[1]
Born (1950-12-28) 28 December 1950 (age 73)
Frohngau, Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversity of Mainz, Academy of Fine Arts, Duesseldorf
Known forPainting, Muralist,
MovementSurrealism, Renaissance art, Trompe-l'œil, Mural painting

Rainer Maria Latzke (born 28 December 1950) is a German artist working in the field of trompe-l'œil and mural painting. He taught at the Utah State University and is founder of the Institute of Frescography.[2] Latzke is Honorary Professor of the Fudan University, Shanghai and Guest Professor of the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art . Latzke was ranked one of the 12 cultural trendsetters of the 1990s by Forbes[3] and one of the world's best artists of the last four centuries by the Artists Trade Union of Russia.[4] He is a cousin of Poland´s wealthiest entrepreneur Jan Kulczyk.

  1. ^ "Shijue.me".
  2. ^ "Institute of Frescography".
  3. ^ "Forbes: Stars of Tomorrow".
  4. ^ "List of 10,000 world best artists of the Russian Federation Artists Trade Union".