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Rainer Schoch
Painter
![RAINER_PHOTO_2](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RAINER_PHOTO_2.png)
Biography
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. ”
Liveline 100x100 cm,
![Liveline 100x100 cm,](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Liveline-100x100-cm-1.jpg)
Havanna Man 160x160 cm,oil on canvas
![Havanna Man 160x160 cm,oil on canvas](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Havanna-Man-160x160-cmoil-on-canvas-3.jpg)
The binoculars 075 x 095 cm
![The binoculars 075 x 095 cm](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Das-Fernglas-075-x-095-cm-1.jpg)
LE54 thoughts on life 100x70
![LE54 thoughts on life 100x70](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LE54-Gedanken-ans-Leben-100x70.jpg)
LE65 The philosopher 90x60
![LE65 The philosopher 90x60](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LE65-Der-Philosoph-90x60.jpg)
Old 110x110 cm
![Old 110x110 cm](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Old-110x110-cm-1.jpg)
inner Light 80x60cm
![inner Light 80x60cm](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/inner-Light-80x60cm.jpg)
LE 37 strawberry mouth 100x80
![LE 37 strawberry mouth 100x80](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LE-37-Erdbeermund-100x80.jpg)
KI 17 Ben 100x100
![KI 17 Ben 100x100](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/KI-17-Ben-100x100-2-scaled.jpg)
Control 110x100 cm
![Control 110x100 cm](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Control-110x100-cm.jpg)
RE 8, birth of Venus, 240x210
![RE 8, birth of Venus, 240x210](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RE-8-Geburt-der-Venus-240x210.jpg)
LE 31 freshly painted 160x160
![LE 31 freshly painted 160x160](https://www.worldvirtualmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LE-31-Frisch-gestrichen-160x160-1-scaled.jpg)