Lessons in Colour #7: Gerhard Richter

The Fondation presents a major retrospective of works by Gerhard Richter—one of the most influential contemporary artists—born in Dresden in Protected content . He fled East Germany for Düsseldorf in Protected content settling in Cologne, where he currently lives and works.

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Gerhard Richter has always been drawn to both subject matter and the very language of painting — a field of experimentation whose boundaries he has continually pushed, avoiding any singular categorization.

Regardless of subject, Richter never paints directly from nature or from the scene before him: every image is filtered through an intermediary medium — through a photograph or a drawing — from which he constructs a new, autonomous work. Over time, he has explored an extraordinary range of genres and techniques within painting, developing various methods of applying paint to canvas — whether with a brush, a palette knife, or a squeegee.

The exhibition brings together many of Richter’s most significant works up to his decision in Protected content stop painting, while continuing to draw.
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