Malerei Gerhard Richter Portraits

Take a tour of the first major exhibition of portraits by gerhard richter the grandaddy of contemporary painting.

Malerei gerhard richter portraits. In 1962 richter painted what he considers to be his first mature work tisch table. Gerhard richter s diverse body of work questions broadly held attitudes about the inherent importance of stylistic consistency for an artist. 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. 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.

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 tisch table 1962. Lesende 1994 portrays sabine moritz whom richter married in 1995 shown absorbed in the pages of a magazine. Schmela gave richter his first one man show in dusseldorf in 1964.

For decades he searched innovative ways to make painting more relevant and often through a multifaceted dialogue with photography. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings and also photographs and glass pieces. The three portraits titled ig were made in 1993 and depict the artist s second wife isa genzken. A portrait smeared with lush paint by gerhardt richter in his series of overpainted photographs february 2 1991 at museum morsbroich.

Gerhard richter has had a long and successful career in the contemporary art world. In october 2012 richter s abstraktes bild set an auction record price for a painting by a living artist at 34 million 21 million. Also in 1964 richter painted several portraits of willy schniewind who. Born in dresden in 1932 gerhard richter came of age after world war ii.

Richter s two portraits of betty his daughter were made in 1977 and 1988 respectively. Gerhard richter is one of the most important and influential living artists of the post war era. Nevertheless richter s self portraits in contrast to his numerous other portraits form an aspect of his rich oeuvre that hitherto has received little attention. Born 9 february 1932 is a german visual artist.

Notably some of richter s relatives were directly involved in the nazi movement namely his father a schoolteacher and an uncle. Gerhard richter 1932 has portrayed himself on various occasions including in two small paintings in 1996.