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Mural Painting
Murals have always been a reflection of the ideas, dreams and aspirations of the people. This also applies to our time when there are many more polarities than in any other era before: classical, narrative and surrealist painting, political street art and graffiti art, are complementary to each other and have become a colourful and constantly changing kaleidoscopic reflection of today’s culture. And each form helps make our world more human and bearable. With his art, which combines classical depictions with modern ideas and his invention of the Frescography Rainer Maria Latzke opened the mural art a new approach to contemporary Interior ...
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Life
Rainer Maria Latzke was raised in an extended family with nine siblings. His parents were both artists and he and his siblings grew up in an artistic surrounding where everyone were painting, drawing or playing music. Like his siblings Rainer developed his artistic skills from early age on and the capturing of his ideas and daily-life ...
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Residences
The residences of the artist reflect his affection for historic houses. Some of the buildings led a miserable existence before Latzke restored them to their former splendour, adding all amenities for modern living. When designing the interiors, he is supported by his wife Doris, who places more importance on comfort for the family, which includes three children, four grandchildren and three dogs, than the representation and design. Stepprath Manor The Stepprath Mansion, ...
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Paintings & Other Works
From a very young age Rainer Maria Latzke engaged himself in the artistic activities of drawing and painting. He grew up in a household with a distinctively creative focus that facilitated the artistic development of the children. His paintings are a broad sweep of the many different styles of art classic together with bizarre narrative ...
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Frescography
In the 90´s Rainer Maria Latzke started to implement new technologies such as digital image processing in his work. This led to the invention of the Frescography and the Computer Aided Mural (CAM) Software program for which he received a patent in 2000. The word Frescography derives from the Italian fresco for wall paintings and ...
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Media & Press
International Media has featured Rainer Maria Latzke´s work in cover stories, articles and television documentaries. The Herald Tribune magazine dedicated a cover story to him entitled “The Modern Day Michelangelo”. Forbes Magazine considers him the most influential painter of the 90s and the Russian Trade Union of Artists ranks him among the best world-wide artists ...
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Architectural & Interior Design
Mural painting is the form of visual art that has the closest relationship with architecture and the surrounding room design. Like many other muralists of the past Rainer Maria Latzke has worked in this field as well. Therefore, from the beginning of his career, the designs for his mural projects not only show just the ...
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Academics & Research
Academics Rainer Maria Latzke is holding various academic positions. He is Professor at the Adjunct Faculty of the Caine School of Art of Utah State University, Master of the Mural Art and Architecture Decoration Master Studio of the Beijing De Tao Masters Academy, founding Director of the Institute of Frescography and Honorary Professor of ...
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Honors & Awards
For his achievements in the field of Mural Painting Rainer Maria Latzke was awarded with honors and titles. In 1977 Rainer Maria Latzke was awarded the Master Student title of the Dusseldorf Academy of Arts For his revival of classic wall painting the Forbes magazine listed Latzke in 1992 amongst the most influential artists of the decade In order ...