Gerhard Richter
German · b. 1932 · Painter, Sculptor
Gerhard Richter is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the… (Wikipedia)
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Abstraktes Bild (636)Phillips · $34,800,000≈ £28,306,491≈ €32,450,578Sign up to see
Kerzenschein (Candle-light)Phillips · HK$101,970,000≈ $13,077,653≈ £9,802,603≈ €11,508,979Sign up to see
Abstraktes Bild (940-7)Phillips · HK$95,100,000≈ $12,255,537≈ £8,661,769≈ €10,060,365Sign up to see
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Gerhard Richter is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, 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.
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In the collections of
TateArt Gallery of New South WalesArt Gallery of South AustraliaArt Institute of ChicagoBavarian State Painting CollectionsBelvedereBerlinische GalerieBuffalo AKG Art MuseumBusch–Reisinger MuseumCODA MuseumCarnegie Museum of ArtCarré d'art - musée d'art contemporainCincinnati Art MuseumCleveland Museum of ArtDallas Museum of ArtDe PontFinnish National GalleryGroninger MuseumHamburger KunsthalleHarvard Art MuseumsHessel Museum of ArtHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GardenHungarian National GalleryIsrael MuseumKunsthaus ZürichKunstmuseum Den HaagLenbachhausLong MuseumLos Angeles County Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtMinneapolis Institute of ArtMu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan ZeeMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseum Boijmans Van BeuningenMuseum Frieder BurdaMuseum LudwigMuseum of Contemporary Art TokyoMuseum of Fine Arts BostonMuseum of Fine Arts, HoustonMuseum of Modern Art and 31 more
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capitalist realism
Also known as Gehede Lixite, Gerd Richter, Geruharuto Rihitā
Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0), Tate collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.