Gerhard Richter: A German Miracle

Biography

Talking about the biography of this German miracle is a very big honor. While reading, you will find out why is it so. Gerhard Richter is a very famous painter, artist, and photographer. He has produced abstract artwork as well as photorealistic paintings, photographs, and glass pieces.

He was born in Dresden but grew up in Poland. His father was a teacher. His mother gave birth to the boy at the age of 25. By the way, his grandfather was a gifted pianist. When the family moved back to Dresden, they became bankrupt.

In November 1936 his sister Gisela was born. In 1943 his mother Hildegard decided to move her family to another city to Waltersdorf. He left school after 10th grade. He had a huge desire to be a famous German artist, to make his biography a significant one.

In the year of 1948 Gerhard Richter graduated from the higher professional school in

Zittau, and for two years he worked as a painter, making amazing artworks.

One of his early paintings was made in 1950. His picture for studying at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts was rejected as being “too bourgeois.” Well, a small number of beginners and their artworks are fast accepted by people and critics.

After that Gerhard Richter entered Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. There he had very good professors – Karl von Appen, Heinz Richter, Will Grohmann. In the early period of his career, he prepared a wall painting called Communion with Picasso made in 1955. An interesting fact is that he made this art as a part of diploma defense in Academy of Arts.

Gerhard Richter started with photography as with a hobby, and in 1960 after he made his first photo he said that photo is the absolute power, as it is static, it will never change and exactly this is the biggest power of it.

Gerhard Richter’s personal life is a little bit hard. He had three marriages. His first wife is Marianne Eufinger; they became a family in 1957; this woman gave birth to his first daughter. In 1982 he married his second wife, sculptor Isa Genzken. With her, Richter had two sons. And the last wife Sabine Moritz also gave birth to their daughter after their marriage in 1995.

Key Ideas in painting

This famous painter, the artist worked very hard to gain the things he has now. All of his drawings are not in one gallery – they are all over the world. Why painter Gerhard Richter, a boy who was born in such hard times, could have things he has now? His paintings have something extraordinary; his drawings charm everyone who once saw them.

What is the key to success, how to make famous paintings? Gerhard Richter’s demonstrates both – illusionistic space that seems to be pretty natural, and the physical activity and material in his paintings. According to his words, he thinks that this is the thing which makes his art and whole work so popular.

Famous paintings made by Gerhard Richter

Here we will represent famous paintings and drawings of the artist and painter Gerhard Richter. His whole art, and especially the period of his early paintings and photography is awesome. So, look, entertain and relax with watching the pictures: