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Portrait Schmela

Portrait Schmela
Portrait Schmela

1964 110 cm x 97 cm Catalogue Raisonné: 37-2

Oil on canvas

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.

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany

This artwork is included in the following publications:

Title
Author
Date
Beste Freunde: eine kleine Kunstgeschichte; geschrieben seit 1969 von den Freunden der Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Freunde der Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (ed.)
2020

Publisher

Freunde der Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

Year

2020

Details

Hardback, 128 pages

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Notes

Published in 2020 to mark the 50th birthday of the Freunde der Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in 2019, the 100th birthday of Prof Dr Werner Schmalenbach in 2020 and the 60th birthday of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in 2021.

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Alfred Schmela zum 100. Geburtstag. A centenary exhibition
Gaensheimer, Susanne / Krystof, Doris / Walther, Linda
2018

Publisher

Kerber, Bielefeld

Year

2018

Details

Softcover, 79 pages

ISBN

978-3-7356-0546-7

Language

German, English

Category

Group Exhibitions

Notes

This publication was published to accompany the exhibition 'Alfred Schmela. A centenary exhibition”, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Schmela-Haus November 24, 2018-January 20, 2019.

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Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting
Elger, Dietmar
2009

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL

Year

2009

Details

Hardback, 408 pages

ISBN

9780226203232

Language

English

Category

Monographs

Gerhard Richter has been widely regarded as a publicity shy artist. However, the biography Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting gives an insight into Richter’s personal history as well as into the development of his artistic œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter, Maler
Elger, Dietmar
2008

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Year

2008

Details

Softcover, 415 pages

ISBN

9783832190651

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Notes

Corrected and extended new edition.

Gerhard Richter has been widely regarded as a publicity shy artist. However, the biography Gerhard Richter, Maler gives an insight into Richter’s personal history as well as into the development of his artistic œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter. Portraits
Gronert, Stefan / Butin, Hubertus
2006

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostildern-Ruit

Year

2006

Details

Hardback, 224 pages

ISBN

9783775717243

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter. Portraits is the first publication that focuses solely on Richter’s portraits, many of which have now gained both recognition and veneration across the globe.

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Gerhard Richter. Portraits
Gronert, Stefan / Butin, Hubertus
2006

Publisher

Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit

Year

2006

Details

Hardback, 224 pages

ISBN

9783775717250

Language

English

Category

Monographs

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter. Portraits is the first publication that focuses solely on Richter’s portraits, many of which have now gained both recognition and veneration across the globe.

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Gerhard Richter. Catalogue Raisonné 1993–2004
Zweite, Armin
2005

Publisher

Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf in association with D.A.P Distributed Art Publishers, New York, NY

Year

2005

Details

Hardback, 324 pages

ISBN

9783937572215, 393757221X

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

Exhibitions

This catalogue raisonné records Richter’s works in the years 1993-2004. In his work, Gerhard Richter calls into question painting's boundaries, and the labels applied to painting and theories connected with them.

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Gerhard Richter, Maler
Elger, Dietmar
2002

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Year

2002

Details

Hardback, 420 pages

ISBN

9783832158484

Language

German

Category

Monographs

Gerhard Richter has been widely regarded as a publicity shy artist. However, the biography Gerhard Richter, Maler gives an insight into Richter’s personal history as well as into the development of his artistic œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter, 18. Oktober 1977. Eine Kunst-Monographie
Hemken, Kai-Uwe
1998

Publisher

Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt a. M.

Year

1998

Details

Softcover, 172 pages

ISBN

345833937X

Language

German

Category

Monographs

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Zu Richters Oktober-Bildern
Butin, Hubertus
1991

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

Year

1991

Details

Softcover, 64 pages

ISBN

3883751413

Language

German

Category

Monographs

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Gerhard Richter
Rainbird, Sean / Severne, Judith
1991

Publisher

Tate Publishing, London

Year

1991

Details

144 pages

ISBN

9781854370846

Language

English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter: Atlas
Zweite, Armin
1989

Publisher

Verlag Fred Jahn, München

Year

1989

Details

Hardback, 236 pages

Language

German

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter. Bilder = Paintings 1962 - 1985
Harten, Jürgen / Hering, Karl-Heinz / Honisch, Dieter / Loock, Ulrich / Ronte, Dieter / Elger, Dietmar
1986

Publisher

DuMont, Köln

Year

1986

Details

Softcover, 402 pages

ISBN

3770117727

Language

German, English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter. 36. Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione tedesco = 36. Biennale in Venedig, Deutscher Pavilion = 36. Biennale in Venice, German Pavilion
Honisch, Dieter / Helms, Dietrich / Honnef, Klaus / Ohff, Heinz / Dienst, Rolf Gunther / Schön, Rolf / Polke, Sigmar
1972

Publisher

Museum Folkwang, Essen

Year

1972

Details

Hardback, 154 pages

Language

Italian, German, English

Category

Solo Exhibitions

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