Katharina Rapp (born 1948) is a German artist. Katharina Rapp was born in war-torn southern Germany. After completing her high school education, she moved to Paris to study at the

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, then to London where she met her husband. She later moved to

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, where she had two children, and to

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, where she had her third child. She then moved to

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, where she still works as an artist today. Her dominant medium is the oil painting, with over-the-top and humorous characterisation in vivid colours. Stylistically, she has been likened to the Dutch painter

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External links

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