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29.9.89 1989 Catalogue Raisonné:
29.9.89
1989 Catalogue Raisonné:
29.3.89
1989 Catalogue Raisonné:
29.5.84
1984 Catalogue Raisonné:
29.4.08
2008 Catalogue Raisonné:
29.5.08
2008 Catalogue Raisonné:
29.6.08
2008 Catalogue Raisonné:
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The Dresden Years

In 1951 Richter returned to his birth-city Dresden to attend the Academy. It was a changed city, having almost been obliterated by the bombing campaigns of the Allied forces in February 1945: 'Some buildings, or parts of buildings, were still intact, especially in Güntzstrasse where I was first and where all the first-year students studied. What I remember vividly is that very often, practically every day, we would walk through rubble to get from one building to the next, from[...]
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[...]

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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[...]

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What does the word 'Informel' mean to you today?
As I see it, all of them – Tachists, Action Painters, Informel artists, and the rest – are only part of an Informel movement that covers a lot of other things as well. I think there's an Informel element in Beuys, as well; but it all began with Duchamp and chance, or with Mondrian, or with the Impressionists. The Informel is the opposite of the constructional quality of classicism – the age of kings, or clearly formed hierarchies.

So in this context you still see yourself as an Informel artist?
Yes, in principle. The age of the Informel has hardly begun yet.

Interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist, 1993, 1993 SOURCE
Gerhard Richter: Text. Writings, Interviews and Letters 1961–2007, Thames & Hudson, London, 2009, p. 14

When I paint from a photograph, conscious thinking is eliminated. I don't know what I am doing. My work is far closer to the Informel than to any kind of 'realism'. The photograph has an abstraction of its own, which is not easy to see through.

Notes, 1964-65, 1964-65 SOURCE
Gerhard Richter: Text. Writings, Interviews and Letters 1961–2007, Thames & Hudson, London, 2009, p. 14

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Prints of Gerhard Richter Prints of Gerhard Richter Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, USA 13 June 2008 - 14 September 2008
Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK 29 May 2009 - 13 September 2009
Gerhard Richter. Atlas: 295 Blätter von 1962–1973 Gerhard Richter, Atlas: 295 Sheets from 1962–1973 Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, Germany 01 April 1974 - 30 April 1974

Literature 3/6 Results Show all results

Title Author Date

Issue

 01 January 1998

Publisher

 Eighty Magazine, Paris

Details

 Softcover, 72 pages

ISBN

 2908787423

Language

 English, French

Category

 Online Publications
[Gerhard Richter, Mingwei Lee]. Special Issue 'Ninety: Art of the 90 = Art in the 90's' 1998, No. 29 1998

Issue

 2009

Publisher

 Galerie Ludorff, Düsseldorf

Details

 Softcover, 80 pages

Language

 German

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29.5.84 Mentioned: pp. 48
Illustrated: p. 49 (colour)
Green-Blue-Red 789-76 Mentioned: pp. 50
Illustrated: p. 51 (colour)
Green-Blue-Red 81 Mentioned: pp. 50
Illustrated: p. 51 (colour)
9.6.08 Mentioned: pp. 52
Illustrated: p. 53 (colour)
War Cut II 125 Mentioned: pp. 54
Illustrated: p. 55 (colour)
War Cut II (XI/XX) 125 Illustrated: p. 55 (colour)

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Neuerwerbungen 2009: Herbst 2009: Ausstellungskatalog 129 Ludorff, Rainer M. / Ludorff, Manuel 2009

Issue

 1999

Publisher

 Schirmer / Mosel, München

Details

 Softcover, 359 pages

ISBN

 3888148707

Language

 German

Category

 Group Exhibitions

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Von Beuys bis Cindy Sherman. Sammlung Lothar Schirmer. 329 Werke von 43 Künstlern Schade, Karl / Mayer, Birgit 1999
New York – Gerhard Richter at David Zwirner Through April 29th, 2023 Creahan, D. In: Art Observed 01 May 2023

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Artwork Auction House Estimate Sold For Date

Kreuz
Cross

1997
19.5 cm x 19.5 cm x 1.5 cm
Steel, surface treated with hard wax oil  		Christie's
New York, USA  		USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 20,160
 13 March 2024

Firenze (58/99)
Firenze (58/99)

2000
12 cm x 12 cm
Oil on colour photograph  		Christie's
New York, USA  		USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 40,320
 13 March 2024

Kerze II
Candle II

1989
91 cm x 91 cm
Oil on offset print on paper, mounted on plastic, framed and behind glass  		Christie's
New York, USA  		USD 70,000 – 90,000

13 March 2024