Gerhard Richter Biography and Artwork

Gerhard Richter is a prominent German visual artist, born in Dresden in 1932. He has had a prolific career spanning over six decades and is considered one of the most important contemporary German artists. Richter’s work spans different styles from abstract and photorealistic paintings to photographs and glass pieces. Throughout his career, he deliberately avoided committing himself to any particular stylistic direction, which has been interpreted as an attack on the ideologies embedded in the histories of painting.

Richter’s relatives were connected to the Nazi movement; this fact often influences his work, which explores his relationship with German history. He uses photographs as sources for many of his works, employing innovative techniques that oscillate between realism and abstraction. This approach has made him a crucial figure in Post-War German Art.

While Richter is known for producing both abstract and photorealistic paintings, some of his most famous works feature blurred images reminiscent of photographs out-of-focus. These are created by applying paint then smudging it while still wet; creating a form that appears removed from reality.

As of today, Richter is based in Cologne where he continues to produce significant artwork that provokes thought about various concepts such as identity politics within art movements or cultural issues worldwide.

All Gerhard Richter Artwork on Artchive

Artwork Name Year Medium
Abstract Painting No. 809-3
Abstract Picture
Abstract Painting 1976 oil,canvas
Abstract Picture 1994 oil,canvas
Arrest No.674 1 1988
Arrest No.674 2 1988
Basel 2
Bombers 1963
Candles
Cell 1988
Child on a Horse 1965
Clouds 1982 oil,canvas
Cologne Cathedral Window 2007
Color Chart No.139 1 1966
Confrontation No.671 1 1988 oil,canvas
Confrontation No.671 2 1988
Confrontation No.671 3 1988
Cube on Lawnchair 1969
Dead No.667 1 1988
Dead No.667 2 1988
Dead No.667 3 1988
Ema 1992
Colour Streaks 1968 oil,canvas
Firenze 2000
Flieger 1964
Funeral 1988
Grey 1974
Hanged 1988
Ice 1981
Ice 2
Ice (4) 1989
Jet Fighter 1963
Korn 1982 oil,canvas
Lilies 2000
Ludorff
Man Shot Down No.669 1 1988
Man Shot Down No.669 2 1988
Moritz 2000 oil,canvas
Mother and Daughter (B.) 1965
Motorboat 1965
Mouth (Brigitte Bardot's Lips) 1963 oil,canvas
Mustang Staffel 1964
Ölberg 1986
Townscape Ha 1968
Party 1963
Passage 1968 oil,canvas
Quattro Colori 2007
Record Player 1988
Red Blue Yellow 1972
Schärzler 1964
Seascape (Cloudy) 1969
September 2005
Sindbad 2008
Station
Stukas 1964
S. with Child
Ten Colours 1966
Toilet Paper 1965
Townscape 1968
Townscape 1968
Townscape 1968
Townscape 1968
Townscape 1968
Townscape 1968
Townscape 1968
Townscape 1968
Townscape 1969
Townscape 1969
Townscape 1969
Townscape 1969
Townscape D 1968
Townscape F 1968
Townscape M1 1968
Townscape M2 1968
Townscape M3 1968
Townscape M4 1968
Townscape M5 1968
Townscape M6 1968
1024 Colours 1973 oil,canvas
14. Feb. 45 2002
17.3.92
180 Colors
19.3.92 1992
Townscape M7 1968
Townscape M8 (Grey) 1968
Townscape M9 1968
Townscape Mü 1968
Townscape P1 1968
Townscape P2 1968
Townscape Paris 1968
Townscape PL 1970
Townscape PL 1970
Townscape PL 1970
25 Colours 2007
4096 Colours 1974
4900 Colours 2007
Abstract Bilding 1992
Abstract Painting No.599 1986
Abstract Painting 610-1
Abstract Painting 780-1 1992 oil,canvas
Abstract Painting 780-1
Abstract Painting 805-4
Abstract Painting No. 439 1978
Townscape PX 1968
Townscape Sa 1969
Townscape SL 1969
Townscape SL 1969
Townscape TR 1969
Valery
Wallace Bournes
Women Descending the Staircase 1965
XL 513 1964
Youth Portrait (October 18) 1988 oil,canvas
Ema (Nude on a Staircase) 1966 Oil on Canvas
Reading 1994 Oil on linen
Self-portrait 1996 Oil On Linen
Seascape (cloudy) 1969 Oil On Canvas
Cathedral Corner 1987 Oil On Canvas
Administrative Building 1964 Oil On Canvas
Courbet 1986 Oil on Canvas
Dark 1968 Oil on Canvas
Mediation 1986 Oil on Canvas
Untitled 1987 Oil on Canvas
Annunciation after Titian 1973 Oil on linen
Paul Valery 1971-72 Oil on Canvas
Red-Blue-Yellow 1972 Oil on Canvas
Two Candles 1982 Oil on Canvas
Betty 1988 Oil on Canvas
Himalaya 1968 Oil on Canvas
Meadowland 1985 Oil on Canvas
Phantom Interceptors 1964 Oil on Canvas
Townscape Madrid 1968 Oil on Canvas
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