Gerhard Richter

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contemporary artist human painter visual artist

Gerhard Richter is a renowned German visual artist known for his diverse body of work spanning photorealistic painting, abstraction, and conceptual experimentation, making him one of the most influential painters of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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instanceOf contemporary artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Lion ⓘ
surface form: Golden Lion (Venice Biennale)

Kaiserring Goslar ⓘ
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Oskar Kokoschka Prize ⓘ
Praemium Imperiale ⓘ
Wolf Prize in Arts ⓘ
countryOfBirth Germany ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship West Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-02-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Dresden Academy of Fine Arts ⓘ
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ⓘ
employer Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ⓘ
familyName Richter ⓘ
fieldOfWork abstraction ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
painting ⓘ
photography-based painting ⓘ
genre abstract painting ⓘ
landscape painting ⓘ
photorealistic painting ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ
givenName Gerhard ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Centre Pompidou ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
National Gallery of Art ⓘ
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
Tate Modern ⓘ
influenced contemporary painting ⓘ
influencedBy Caspar David Friedrich ⓘ
Jackson Pollock ⓘ
Pop art ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
movement abstract art ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
photorealism ⓘ
name Gerhard Richter self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most influential painters of the early 21st century ⓘ
being one of the most influential painters of the late 20th century ⓘ
conceptual and experimental approaches to painting ⓘ
photorealistic paintings based on photographs ⓘ
squeegee abstractions ⓘ
notableWork 4900 Colours ⓘ
Abstract Painting (Abstraktes Bild) series ⓘ
Atlas ⓘ
Baader–Meinhof series ⓘ
Betty ⓘ
Birkenau cycle ⓘ
Cage paintings ⓘ
Candle paintings ⓘ
Piazza della Scala ⓘ
surface form: Cathedral Square, Milan

Ema (Nude on a Staircase) ⓘ
October 18, 1977 ⓘ
Uncle Rudi ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dresden ⓘ
residence Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Gerhard → hasNotableBearers → Gerhard Richter ⓘ
Kunsthaus Zürich → hasWorkBy → Gerhard Richter ⓘ
Städel Museum → hasWorkBy → Gerhard Richter ⓘ
The Phillips Collection → hasWorkBy → Gerhard Richter ⓘ
Gerhard Richter → name → Gerhard Richter self-link ⓘ