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Notes
Alfred Schmela was born on November 23, 1918 in Dinslaken.
He died on July 20, 1980 in Düsseldorf.
Schmela was a German gallery owner. In 1978 he was made honorary member of the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts.
From 1964 Richter executed numerous commissioned works after passport photographs or family pictures. The portraits of Alfred Schmela are the first works of this kind. -
Exhibitions
- Gerhard Richter. Bilder einer Epoche
Gerhard Richter: Images of an Era
Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, Germany February 05, 2011 – May 15, 2011
- Gerhard Richter: Portraits
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK February 26, 2009 – May 31, 2009
- Gerhard Richter
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany June 04, 2005 – August 21, 2005
- Gerhard Richter
K20 Grabbeplatz, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany February 12, 2005 – May 16, 2005
- Brennpunkt Düsseldorf. Joseph Beuys, die Akademie, der allgemeine Aufbruch. 1962–1987
Focus on Düsseldorf: Joseph Beuys, the Academy, the General Beginning, 1962–1987
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany May 24, 1987 – September 06, 1987
- '60 '80: Attitudes, Concepts, Images
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands April 09, 1982 – July 11, 1982
- Zeitgenossen. Das Gesicht unserer Gesellschaft im Spiegel der heutigen Kunst
Contemporaries: The Face of our Society Mirrored in Today's Art
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany May 06, 1970 – July 16, 1970
- Gerhard Richter. Bilder einer Epoche
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Videos
This artwork is shown in the following exhibition videos:
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Literature
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Harten, Jürgen / Hering, Karl-Heinz / Honisch, Dieter / Loock, Ulrich / Ronte, Dieter / Elger, Dietmar
Gerhard Richter. Bilder = Paintings 1962 - 1985 DuMont, Köln, 1986 Mentioned: p. 359Illustrated: p. 19 -
Zweite, Armin
Gerhard Richter. Atlas Verlag Fred Jahn, München, 1989 Mentioned: p. 17 -
Butin, Hubertus
Zu Richters Oktober-Bildern Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 1991 Mentioned: p. 23 -
Elger, Dietmar
Gerhard Richter. Maler DuMont, Köln, 2002 Mentioned: pp. 66, 100, 188, Discussed: p. 98Illustrated: p. 99 -
Elger, Dietmar / Roth, Martin / Stange, Eva-Maria
Gerhard Richter. Porträt Dr. Knobloch (Patrimonia 344) Kulturstiftung der Länder in Verbindung mit dem Gerhard Richter Archiv, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, 2009 Mentioned: pp. 20, 22, 24Discussed: pp. 14, 19Illustrated: p. 15 (colour) -
Moorhouse, Paul
Die Porträts von Gerhard Richter DuMont, Köln, 2009 Mentioned: pp. 116, 118, 170Illustrated: p. 110 (colour) -
Moorhouse, Paul
Gerhard Richter Portraits. Painting Appearances National Portrait Gallery Publications, London, 2009 Mentioned: pp. 116, 118, 170Illustrated: p. 110 (colour)
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Harten, Jürgen / Hering, Karl-Heinz / Honisch, Dieter / Loock, Ulrich / Ronte, Dieter / Elger, Dietmar