Gerhard Richter

(b. 1932, Dresden, Germany. Lives and works in Cologne.)

Gerhard Richter studied art at the Kunstakademie Dresden and the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He first began exhibiting in Düsseldorf in 1963. A traveling retrospective at Düsseldorf's Kunsthalle in 1986 was followed in 1991 by a retrospective at the Tate Gallery, London. Richter's first North American retrospective was in 1998 at the Art Gallery of Ontario and at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. In 2002, a 40-year retrospective of Richter's work was held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He has participated in several international art shows, including the Venice Biennale (1972, 1980, 1984, 1997 and 2007), as well as Documenta V (1972), VII (1982), VIII (1987), IX (1992), and X (1997). He has been the recipient of numerous prizes, including the Praemium Imperiale, Tokyo, (1997); Wolf Prize, Jerusalem (1994-1995); the Oskar Kokoschka Prize, Vienna (1985); and Arnold Bode Prize, Kassel, Germany (1981).

RECENT SOLO SHOWS

2009
Gerhard Richter: Abstrakte Bilder, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Gerhard Richter: Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, England
2008
Gerhard Richter, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Gerhard Richter, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
2007
Gerhard Richter: Zufall - The Cologne Cathedral Window, and 4900 Colours, Museum Ludwig, Cologne.

RECENT GROUP SHOWS

2009
Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures," Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
7 x 14 Jubiläumsausstellung, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
2008
Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2007
Hidden in Plain Sight: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection" Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
52nd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

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Gerhard Richter Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter
Abstract Paintings 2009
November 7, 2009 - January 9, 2010
New York

As Long As It Lasts
curated by Tom Eccles
July 1 - September 4, 2009
New York

Gerhard Richter
January 26 - March 1, 2008
Paris

30/40 Part I
A Selection of Forty Artists from Thirty Years at Marian Goodman Gallery
September 10 - October 13, 2007
New York

Gerhard Richter
Paintings 2001-2005
November 17, 2005 - January 14, 2006
New York

Reflecting the Mirror
Curated by Karina Daskalov
June 14 - August 27, 2004
New York

Gerhard Richter
Firenze
June 21 - August 30, 2002
New York

Gerhard Richter Publications

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