UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A
HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE & ORIGINAL & AUTHENTIC

1984

LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER BOOK

HAND SIGNED & NUMBERED (1001/1200) BY THE ARTIST

HIGHLY ACCLAIMED CARTOONIST/ ILLUSTRATOR

KUNSTLER RAPALLO/ WALTER STREBEL

"EINWEG/ ONE WAY"

Internationally recognized as a great cartoonist/ illustrator Walter Strebel worked among others for the "Nebelspalter" and for Swiss television. With its 14 cartoon and children's books, like "Little Tarzan", he won numerous awards at international cartoon festivals in Bulgaria, Japan, and Belgium. Rapallo had exhibitions in Amsterdam, Munich, Frankfurt, Zurich and Bern.

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Rapallo learned the profession of the primary teacher at the Lehrerseminar Zug and started to write cartoons. These were regularly published in various magazines, among others. In the fog, in the mirror, in the star, in the colorful, in the Swiss youth, in the Swiss magazine, in the Züritipp or in the bridge building. Starting in 1979, Rapallo began working for Swiss television (including the carousel and barrels).

His works could be viewed in Holland (his own studio in Amsterdam), in the gallery Arton A in Stockholm, QT-PTEC in Zug and in the Villa Val Lemme in Capriata d'Orba, Italy. Work for the public sector also left a lasting impression. Thus he created the documents for the transport education of the canton of Thurgau. In 2001, Rapallo designed two 70-cent stamps for the Principality of Liechtenstein.

At the center of his work were mostly humans and animals, which as a projection object for the often absurd human behavior. Rapallo was mostly autodidactically adapted to painting and later to sculpture. His favorite style was always the Fantastic, Surreal and Expressionist.

In August 2005 Rapallo disappeared during a walk at the Grenchenberg. On 25 May 2006 he was found dead in Bettlach SO. The circumstances of his death are unsettled. The police went out of suicide or an accident.

Works:
1979 RAP. Cartoons. Rapallo Publishing House, Baar
1979 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Rapallo Publishing House, Baar
1982 Valerian and ivy leaf. Children's books. Publisher Schläpfer, Herisau, ISBN 3-85882-023-7
1982 Mr. Immersatt from Nimmersatt. Children's books. Publisher Schläpfer, Herisau, ISBN 3-85882-024-5
1982 I think I'm wrong here. Edition Erpf, Berne and Munich, ISBN 3-256-00034-7
1983 The Mouse and the Elephant. Cheerful cartoons. Edition Erpf, Berne and Munich, ISBN 3-256-00059-2
1984 Mausi Gold tooth. Children's books. Publisher Schläpfer, Herisau, ISBN 3-85882-041-5
1984 disposable. Art cartoons. Edition Erpf, Berne and Munich, ISBN 3-256-00067-3
1984 Valerian and ivy leaf in the circus. Children's books. Publisher Schläpfer, Herisau
1988 Amphibious thoughts. Fogspalter Publishing House, Rorschach, ISBN 3-85819-123-X
1991 The little Tarzan. Edition Erpf, Berne and Munich, ISBN 3-905517-25-6
1993 The Frog and the Wundertüte. Children's books. Regenbogen publishing house, Zurich
1995 Valerian and ivy leaf at the wheel race. Children's book. Publisher Schläpfer, Herisau, ISBN 3-85882-086-5
1997 Observations and Dreams 1977-97. Works catalog. Reinhardt-Verlag, Basel, ISBN 3-7245-0998-7
1997 Max, the worm. Nebelspalter-Verlag, Basel, ISBN 3-85819-221-X
1998 The Magic Wand. A fantastic story. Reinhardt-Verlag, Basel, ISBN 3-7245-0986-3