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Artist a Day:  Gerhard Richter

Artist a day! GERHARD RICHTER  (born 1932) Gerhard Richter is a German painter artist. Richter has created abstract and photorealistic paintings. He also experimented with photography and sculpture glass installations.

Oil on canvas, 67 x 74 cm, 1963

Mouth (Brigitte Bardot's Lips)

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He is considered one of the most influential contemporary German artists, and his works have set record prices at auctions.

Oil on canvas, 60 x 40 cm, 1968

Colour Streak

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With an estimated worth of €700 million, Richter was rated number 220 of the wealthiest 1,001 people in Germany by Manager Magazin's monthly business magazine in 2017.

Oil on canvas, 299 x 299 cm, 1973

1024 Colours

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"I blur to make everything equal, everything equally important and equally unimportant."

Oil on canvas, 200.7 x 206.7 cm, 1982

Clouds

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Gerhard Richter is known for his various painting techniques and topics.

Oil on canvas, 225 x 220 cm, 1994

Abstract Picture

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His intentional lack of dedication to a single stylistic approach has often been taken as an attack on the unspoken ideologies implanted in the specific histories of painting.

Oil on canvas, 62x 52 cm, 2000

Moritz

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“To talk about paintings is not only difficult but perhaps pointless too. You can only express in words what words are capable of expressing-- what language can communicate. Painting has nothing to do with that.”

Famous Quote by  Gerhard Richter

Lacquer on Alu Dibond and wood  19.4 x 19.4 cm, 2007

Quattro Colori

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“Art is the highest form of hope.”

Famous Quote by  Gerhard Richter

Oil on canvas, 249.5 x 200 cm, 1982

Korn

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“My paintings are wiser than I am.”

Famous Quote by  Gerhard Richter

Oil on color photograph,  12.7 x 17.7 cm, 1992

17.3.92

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Oil on photograph, 12 x 12 cm, 2000

Firenze

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