Gerhard Richter
Born in 1931 (87
German abstract painter but has also done photorealistic work, photographs and glass work.
He left school in the 10th grade to work with a advertising and staging paintings before studying at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.
Around 1949-51 he was working as a sign painter and as a painter.
Early in his career he helped prepare a wall for a Picasso for a room in the art academy for his BA.
1957-61 was a master trainee in the academy and did commission work.
Him and his wife left Germany before the start of the Berlin Wall. All of his work was painted over. Some of his work was recovered.
He was introduced to the term Capitalistic Realism which can be an anti art style. It can be related to the Socialist Realism.
Gerhard was a teacher at Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg and Nova Scotia College and of Art and Design and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf where he was a professor for over 15 years.
