Frescography is a method for producing murals digitally on paper, canvas, glass or tiles, invented in 1998 by German muralist Rainer Maria Latzke. Frescography uses CAM and digital printing methods to create murals.
With CAM-program created Frescography
'Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique' - Unlike this woodblock print consisting of 10 stripes, the frescography is produced on a single piece of canvas, allowing a seamless mural tailor-fit to the wall's dimensions.
Screenshot of a CAM program for the design of frescographies.
J.W. Bergl Schloss Schoenbrunn Vienna, Austria, 1770, Archive of European wall and ceiling paintings
Rainer Maria Latzke is a German artist working in the field of trompe-l'œil and mural painting. He taught at the Utah State University and is founder of the Institute of Frescography. Latzke is Honorary Professor of the Fudan University, Shanghai and Guest Professor of the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art
. Latzke was ranked one of the 12 cultural trendsetters of the 1990s by Forbes and one of the world's best artists of the last four centuries by the Artists Trade Union of Russia. He is a cousin of Poland´s wealthiest entrepreneur Jan Kulczyk.
Rainer Maria Latzke while being interviewed by Shijue.me/Visual China
Rainer Maria Latzke, wall and ceiling painting, entrance hall of Chateau Thal, Belgium
Chateau Thal, front view
Villa Paradou, Cap Ferrat, France
