THE MYSTIC OTTO RAPP
Born in 1944 in Felixdorf, Lower Austria, I lived and was educated in Vienna, where later I worked as a clerk in the Transport and Insurance Business. After completing service in the Austrian Air Force, I traveled throughout Europe, eventually settling in Stockholm, Sweden.
As a Painter I was initially self taught, studying in the various Galleries and Museums. In Vienna, I was often `hanging out' at the Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, where I admired the work of the "Wiener Schule des Phantastischen Realismus" represented there by the Professors Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner and Arik Brauer.
In Canada, I studied at the University of Lethbridge Art Department, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.