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Gerhard Richter
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German visual artist (b. 1932)
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Gerhard Richter is a German painter, university teacher, visual artist, and illustrator born in Dresden in 1932. He is associated with the capitalist realism movement and creates works in the genres of abstract art, installation art, portrait, and animal painting. His notable work includes the Cathedral Window.
Richter has been educated at and employed by the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He speaks German and identifies as an atheist. He has participated in Documenta 5, documenta 7, documenta 8, and Documenta IX. His works are held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, and Minneapolis Institute of Art.
He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has worked in Dresden, Cologne, Paris, and Düsseldorf.
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Film & TV
Dresden, Germany
Known for
- Gerhard — Self2025
- Happy Root From Non-Identity2024
- The Price of Everything2018
- Ulay — Himself2013
- Gerhard Richter Painting — Himself2011
- Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades — Self2005
- Gerhard Richter — Self2003
- Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language — Himself1999
- At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength) — Gerhard Langsdorf1980
- Kunst und Ketchup1966
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1932-02-09 ) 9 February 1932 (age 94) , Dresden , Germany
- Education
- Dresden Art Academy , Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Known for
- Painting
- Movement
- abstract art , photo realism , conceptual art , capitalist realism
- Website
- www .gerhard-richter .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerhard
- Family name
- Richter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Dresden
- Spouse
- Isa Genzken
- Occupation
- artist
- Educated at
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Employer
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- Wolf Prize in Arts
- Participant in
- documenta 14
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- cityscape
- Movement
- capitalist realism
- Official website
- www.gerhard-richter.com
- Image
- Gerhard Richter, Prague (2017).jpg
- Work location
- Zittau
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- Gerhard Richter
- date of birth
- 1932-02-09
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- Gerhard Richter
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- Gerhard Richter
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- name in native language
- Gerhard Richter
- has works in the collection
- Wallraf–Richartz Museum
- copyright representative
- Gerhard Richter
- start of work period
- 1952-01-01
- end of work period
- 2018-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
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 artist" and the "Picasso of the 21st century".
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