ARTIST

Gerhard Richter

1932 · Germany

Richter fled East Germany months before the Berlin Wall went up, then painted both memory and uncertainty.

ABOUT

Gerhard Richter (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈʁɪçtɐ]; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German artists and several of his works have set record prices at auction, with him being the most expensive living painter at one time. Richter has been called the "greatest living painter", "the world's most important art…

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NOTABLE WORKS
Self-portrait 1938 · Hungarian National Gallery Christa and Wolfi 1964 · Art Institute of Chicago Venice (Staircase) [Venedig (Treppe)] 1985 · Art Institute of Chicago Sargträger 1962 · Bavarian State Painting Collections Schloss Neuschwanstein 1963 · Museum Frieder Burda Helen 1963 · Museum of Modern Art
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