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- Born in 1944 in Felixdorf, Lower Austria, Otto lived and was educated in Vienna, where later he worked as a clerk in the Transport and Insurance Business. After completing service in the Austrian Air Force, he traveled throughout Europe, eventually settling in Stockholm, Sweden.
As a Painter he was initially self taught, studying in the various Galleries and Museums. In Vienna, Otto was often ‘hanging out’ at the Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, where he admired the work of the Wiener Schule des Phantastischen Realismus represented there by the Professors Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner and Arik Brauer. In Stockholm, Otto found out that he 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, Otto began to paint more seriously. Busking on the streets of Gamla Stan with a Dutch artist, his very first painting was sold to a passer-by by his artist friend while Otto stood in the employment office line - this paid for a lavish meal for both of them that day.
Traveling around in 1968, Otto wound up in Western Canada where he eventually settled in Lethbridge, Alberta, the place Otto still calls home today. It was in Canada where the majority of Otto's mature work was produced (under the sponsorship of a small Lethbridge Gallery).
Working for the Canadian Pacific Railway, he quit in 1977 to attend the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program at the University of Lethbridge, graduating (with great distinction) in 1982.
In Canada, Otto 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 him the moniker The Mystic .
Throughout his years in Canada, Otto 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.
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BACK FROM OUR HOLIDAY IN BEAUTIFUL VICTORIA, BC
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| From VICTORIA 2009 |
SAACHI GALLERY SHOWDOWN
My entry for SHOWDOWN V, Round 12 to be held between 10-08-2009 and 17-08-2009 isOUROBOROS PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE
This drawing made it into the TOP 50 in Round 9!
You also helped place several other previous entries into the TOP 50 out of thousands of entries!
MY ARTSPACE ALBUM
This is a large album containing paintings, drawings and etchings spanning several decades. Music by Pink Floyd - plays automatically, so it is recommended to turn off other music playing on this pageTHE MYSTIC'S ZAZZLE STORE Newest Product Line introduced August 2008: Keds Shoes! Check the panel above - more designs will be added soon! A great variety of gift items available, shipped world-wide! Inventory being continuously updated. Huge, high quality resolution posters available here! Links open in separate window, simply close window to return to my site. |
OTTO RAPP PRINTSHOP FOR USA AND CANADA
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Vote for Visionary Artists in this current Saachi Showdown Round
Support us (RON FRISBY and OTTO RAPP) in our quest for votes in the current Saachi Showdown, running between 05-10-2009 and 12-10-2009 (CLICK ON IMAGE TO VOTE):
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Posted on October 6, 2009 at 1:29am —
VISIONARY ART GALLERY
VISIT OUR VISIONARY ART GALLERY - the public internet gallery displaying works by the members of our PRIVATE (by invitation and administrative approval only) VISIONARY ART NETWORK.
SOME OF THE WORLDS BEST VISIONARY, SURREAL AND FANTASTIC REALIST ARTISTS ARE REP… Continue
Posted on September 10, 2009 at 12:40am —
Visionary Art Membership Invitations
This blog is directed towards Members of the Private Visionary Art Network, to Visionary Artists in general, as well as Artists of the Santiago Ribeiro Network who had been invited to join our Network on or about August 18th 2009:
We NEVER mass-mail invitations to become a member of our Private Network "Visionary Art". We are not spamers!
Prospective members are carefully selected and approached individually.
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We NEVER mass-mail invitations to become a member of our Private Network "Visionary Art". We are not spamers!
Prospective members are carefully selected and approached individually.
We are not interested in growing… Continue
Posted on August 21, 2009 at 2:51am —
Private Visionary Art Network
A few months ago, I started a Private Network of Visionary Artists on the Ning Platform with a handful of friends. Since then, the Membership has steadily grown and includes some of the very best Visionary Artists in the Universe. Many of these artists had been friends for decades, others are new to the fold. Below is a slide show of the latest art work from the hundreds of works submitted so far.
Exhibiting Artists with links to their websites (where… Continue
Exhibiting Artists with links to their websites (where
Posted on May 5, 2009 at 1:20am —
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Actually, Agim said it was someone writing foolishness! Yeah...I couldn't find them as a member so they must have been kicked off or like you said terminated themself and away went his/her comments also...thank you!
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