Gerhard Richter has spent six decades moving between photo-based painting, monochrome, color charts, landscapes, portraits and large abstract canvases. After leaving East Germany for Düsseldorf in 1961, he developed blurred paintings from photographs that questioned both documentary truth and painterly authorship. His Atlas archive became an evolving repository of source images and ideas.
Painting; photography; drawing
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Gerhard Richter: Panorama
Major Works
- 1962Table
- 1965Uncle Rudi
- 1965Woman Descending the Staircase
- 1971–7248 Portraits
- 1988October 18, 1977
- 1988Betty
- 1994Abstract Painting (809-4)
- 1982Candle
- 19731024 Colours
- 2014Birkenau
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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