Gerhard Richter

Style: Op Art; Abstract Expressionism; Conceptual Art;

Place: Dresden

Born: 1932

Biography:

Early Life and Education

Gerhard Richter

, a renowned German visual artist, was born on February 9, 1932, in Hospital Dresden-Neustadt, Dresden, Saxony. He grew up in Reichenau, Lower Silesia (now Bogatynia, Poland), and Waltersdorf (Zittauer Gebirge), in the Upper Lusatian countryside. Richter's father, Horst Richter, was a mathematics and physics student at the Technische Hochschule in Dresden.

Artistic Career

Richter began his artistic journey as an apprentice to a sign painter and later studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. His early work was influenced by the styles of Picasso and Jean Arp, which is evident in his abstract and photorealistic paintings. In 1957, Richter worked as a master trainee in the academy, taking commissions for the then state of East Germany.

Notable Works and Achievements

* Abstraktes Bild (2012) set an auction record price for a painting by a living artist at $34 million (£21 million). * Domplatz, Mailand (Cathedral square, Milan) (1968) sold for $37.1 million (£24.4 million) in New York. * Abstraktes Bild (2015) sold for $44.52 million (£30.4 million) at Sotheby's Contemporary Evening Sale.

Artistic Style and Movement

Richter's work is characterized by its eclecticism, blending abstract and photorealistic styles. He, along with Sigmar Polke, introduced the term Kapitalistischer Realismus (Capitalistic Realism), an anti-style of art that appropriates the pictorial shorthand of advertising.

Personal Life

Richter married Marianne Eufinger in 1957 and had a daughter. He later married Isa Genzken in 1982 and Sabine Moritz in 1995, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.

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