Rudi Reichardt was a self-taught artist, born in1929 in Karlsruhe, Germany. At 17 years old he began to take art very seriously and took on a job at the Opera House in Karlsruhe to paint backdrops. In 1951 (5 years later) Reichardt quit his job at the opera house and immigrated to Canada where he worked as an interior decorator. Reichardt rose to fame when Vincent Price personally selected his paintings and was known for his north American landscape scenes.
