Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter is a very well known contemporary artist. His work includes hyper-realistic and abstract paintings, sculputre and installation and digital print, among other media. He is known as one of the main post-war German artists, as well as his peers Anselm Kiefer and Sigmar Polke. He always paints from photographies, found or taken by himself, and part of his statement is related with the dialogue between photography and painting. He collects all this documentation as part of an Atlas which is sometimes exhibited with his main works. One of his most important series of paintings, the cycle October 18, 1977 represent the murder of several German terrorists from the Red Army Faction, showing in a way the failure of the reconciliation of the BRD and the GDR (the Federal and the Democratic Germany) during the 1970s.

Gerhard Richter, Tote, oil on canvas, 62 x 67 cm, 1988

Here is a link to his website where all his entire works can be seen.

http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/