🎨 MONUMENT TO THE UNBORN WAR HERO 💥

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MONUMENT TO THE UNBORN WAR HERO

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MONUMENT TO THE UNBORN WAR HERO - acrylic on canvas - 1975

One painting that seems to summarize Rapp’s attitude is his
MONUMENT TO THE UNBORN WAR HERO.
A large painting which includes scenes of brutality; tyranny; the soldier in various historical periods; images of Hitler; human sculls; alarming pictures of wolves; warplanes overhead and a very bold nude female figure giving birth to what appears to be a crucified figure of man. It is his visual summary of the consequences of war.
Rapp is an accomplished artist, and like so many European artists who have settled in Canada, he has a strong command of modern surrealist imagery.
_{Excerpt from the critique by J. Brooks Joyner, Editor Visual Arts, The Albertan, Saturday, May 29th, 1976 -

this was the year after I had painted this piece}