Gerhard Richter | |
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![]() Richter in 2017 | |
Born | Dresden, Germany | 9 February 1932
Education | Dresden Art Academy, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | abstract art, photo realism, conceptual art, capitalist realism |
Website | www |
Gerhard Richter (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈʁɪçtɐ]; born 9 February 1932[1]) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German artists and several of his works have set record prices at auction, with him being the most expensive living painter at one time.[2]
Richter has been called the "greatest living painter",[3] "the world's most important artist"[4] and the "Picasso of the 21st century".[5]
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