Rainer Schoch‏

Painter

Life Events

– Born in Öhningen in 1957
– has lived and worked in Kaltenbach (Thurgau), Switzerland for many years
– his drawing and painting talent was already evident in primary school,
he has been painting since he was 7 years old
– Since 1974 Rainer Schoch has been represented at numerous exhibitions and trade fairs
– In 1975 he learned painting
– First expressionistic, then often photo-realistic painting,
exclusively with oil on canvas
– 1980s independence with a company for artistic interior design
– designed, among other things, the first disabled sports calendar for the Paralympics
2002 in Salt Lake City, as well as a series of classic cars and Formula 1 pictures
– 1978 – 1982 stay in Saudi Arabia, where he lived the villa of the former king
Faisal painted with copies of works of European high art
– By imitating famous motifs, he came across Renaissance artists
– In his Renaissance cycle, he adopts famous portraits such as the
Raphael and alienates her through time-critical symbolism
– His works as part of international art competitions
To be considered “artistically valuable” are largely in the
Privately owned by European art collectors
– There has been an increase in museum purchases in the past three years

Assessment by Lena Naumann / editor-in-chief of the art magazine Mundus 2014/15

“Rainer Schoch has the ability to be so photo-realistic to paint his oil painting only close up a look is different from a photo. ”