Malerei Gerhard Richter Portraits

40 years of painting at the museum of modern art new york this publication represents a broad range of gerhard richter s paintings of the last 40 years.

Malerei gerhard richter portraits. Gerhard richter is one of the most important and influential living artists of the post war era. Born in dresden in 1932 gerhard richter came of age after world war ii. A photorealistic image disrupted by gestural swirls of grey paint the work marks the beginning of richter s career long preoccupation with blurring divisions between abstraction and figuration. Gerhard richter tisch table 1962. For decades he searched innovative ways to make painting more relevant and often through a multifaceted dialogue with photography. Notably some of richter s relatives were directly involved in the nazi movement namely his father a schoolteacher and an uncle. Schmela gave richter his first one man show in dusseldorf in 1964.

A portrait smeared with lush paint by gerhardt richter in his series of overpainted photographs february 2 1991 at museum morsbroich. Published on the occasion of the exhibition gerhard richter. Born 9 february 1932 is a german visual artist. Richter s two portraits of betty his daughter were made in 1977 and 1988 respectively. In 1962 richter painted what he considers to be his first mature work tisch table. In the same year richter painted a full length portrait of arnold bode the influential curator of the documenta 2 exhibition which in 1959 first brought richter s attention to a range of contemporary art. In october 2012 richter s abstraktes bild set an auction record price for a painting by a living artist at 34 million 21 million.

Lesende 1994 portrays sabine moritz whom richter married in 1995 shown absorbed in the pages of a magazine. From the 1960s on he has been a formidable force in the art world working with fellow artists sigmar polke georg baselitz and konrad fischer leug veering away form the pop art and performance movements to concentrate on painting. Gerhard richter has had a long and successful career in the contemporary art world. Also in 1964 richter painted several portraits of willy schniewind who. Gerhard richter 1932 has portrayed himself on various occasions including in two small paintings in 1996. Gerhard richter was born in 1932 in dresden germany during the rise of the national socialist german workers party or the nazi third reich. Gerhard richter s diverse body of work questions broadly held attitudes about the inherent importance of stylistic consistency for an artist.

The three portraits titled ig were made in 1993 and depict the artist s second wife isa genzken.