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MV. 169
2011 Catalogue Raisonné:

Domplatz, Mailand
Cathedral Square, Milan 1968 Catalogue Raisonné: 169

Landschaften
Landscapes 1969/1970 Atlas Sheet: 169

Biography 2 Results

1961–1964: The Düsseldorf Academy Years

In 1961, Richter and his wife Ema defected to West Germany from the increasingly repressive GDR. They stayed with a friend, Reinhard Graner, in Düsseldorf for the first few weeks. Initially Richter considered moving to Munich, but following advice from Graner chose to settle in Düsseldorf. The city’s Staatliche Kunstakademie [Düsseldorf Art Academy] had a considerable reputation and featured largely in Richter’s final decision. Despite having already studied art at the Dresden[...]

1964–1970: Getting Established

Towards the end of his studies at the Düsseldorf Academy, Richter had laid the foundations for his practice, setting up an interchange between photography and painting that was to be equally important for him as for later art-historical accounts of the Post-War period. Just before the end of term in 1964, Munich-based gallerist Heiner Friedrich invited Richter to feature in an exhibition alongside Peter Klasen. This proved to be a fruitful relationship over the next eight years, involving[...]

Chronology 1 Result

Chronology

1932: 9 February: Gerhard Richter is born in Dresden to Hildegard Richter, a bookseller, and Horst Richter, a school teacher.

1933: 30 January: Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor.

1936: the Richter family moves to Reichenau, a town close to Dresden, today known as Bogatynia in Poland. Richter's sister Gisela is born.

1939: 1 September: the German invasion of Poland begins; Horst is drafted in to the military and sent to the Eastern Front.

1942: Richter joins the Pimpfe, an organisation that[...]

Quotes 1 Result

So, in 1966, when you started to paint non-figurative pictures, colours charts, did that also have something to do with a head-on confrontation with Minimal art? Was that another conflict situation, a rejection of American dominance, or was it through an evolutionary process of your own, rooted in the immediate, local context here in Düsseldorf? Was it through meeting Palermo, perhaps?
Yes, it certainly did have something to do with Palermo and his interests, and later with Minimal art as well; but when I painted my first colour charts in 1966, that had more to do with Pop Art. They were copies of paint sample cards, and what was effective about them was that they were directed against the efforts of the Neo-Constructivists, Albers and the rest.

Interview with Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, 1986, 1986 SOURCE

Gerhard Richter: Text. Writings, Interviews and Letters 1961–2007, Thames & Hudson, London, 2009, p. 14

Auctions 1 Result

		Artwork		Auction House		Estimate		Sold For		Date
				Grisebach Berlin, Germany		EUR 80,000 – 100,000 USD 117,837 – 147,297		GBP 130,900 USD 195,694		27 November 2009