Rainer Maria Latzke | |
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Born | Frohngau, Germany | 28 December 1950
Nationality | German |
Education | University of Mainz, Academy of Fine Arts, Duesseldorf |
Known for | Painting, Muralist, |
Movement | Surrealism, 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.