Rainer Maria Latzke (born December 28, 1950) is a German artist working in the field of trompe l'oeil and mural painting. He is Adj. Professor at the Utah State University and Founder of the Institute of Frescography in Logan, Utah.
Rainer Maria Latzke was born in Germany in 1950. He was raised near Cologne along with his 8 siblings by his Father Alfons, an art teacher, and his Mother Lisa who was politically engaged. Latzke studied art, Philosop...
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Rainer Maria Latzke (born December 28, 1950) is a German artist working in the field of trompe l'oeil and mural painting. He is Adj. Professor at the Utah State University and Founder of the Institute of Frescography in Logan, Utah.
Rainer Maria Latzke was born in Germany in 1950. He was raised near Cologne along with his 8 siblings by his Father Alfons, an art teacher, and his Mother Lisa who was politically engaged. Latzke studied art, Philosophy, and Educational Science at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz Germany, and then continued Art studies from 1972 to 1976 at the Duesseldorf Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Joseph Beuys and Gerhard Richter.
In 1974 he was awarded a Terminal Degree in Pedagogy, Philosophy and in 1976 in Arts. After holding lectures on Art at Colleges in his home town, he traveled to Italy in 1980 where he studied Renaissance painting techniques and Fresco painting in Florence and Rome. In 1981 he married Doris Boecke, with whom he had three...
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