Chapter 1
Georg Baselitz and the art of inversion
Chapter 2
Gerhard Richter and the blurry truth
Chapter 3
Anselm Kiefer and the weight of history
Chapter 4
The Neue Wilden and the punk paint revolution
YOUR GOAL
Master of German painting after the war
Ch 2 · Gerhard Richter and the blurry truth
gertrude Gerhard Richter
Richter lässt Bilder verschwimmen, ganz sanft, ganz fein, Er zeigt uns, Wahrheit ist nie ganz klar, nicht immer allein.
gertrude Richter's controversial October 18, 1977 series captured the dead members of the Red Army Faction militant group.
gertrude Richter used massive custom-made wooden squeegees to scrape and layer paint on his colorful abstract works.
BETA
gertrude Smudge the canvas to reveal the blurred brilliance of German post-war art.
Fun Fact
Valuable paint scrapings: Gerhard Richter saves the dried oil paint scraped off his abstract canvases and mounts them on photographs to create miniature artworks.
Glossary
blur (noun)
Something that is vague, hazy, or lacking in a clear and definite outline. In 1965, Gerhard Richter applied this visual effect to Aunt Marianne by brushing over wet paint.
Something that is vague, hazy, or lacking in a clear and definite outline. In 1965, Gerhard Richter applied this visual effect to Aunt Marianne by brushing over wet paint.
Quiz
Gerhard Richter's controversial 1988 painting series 'October 18, 1977' depicted the deaths of members of which group?
Quiz
How many mouth-blown glass squares make up Gerhard Richter's stained-glass window in the Cologne Cathedral?
Quiz
What is the term for Gerhard Richter's style of painting over projected photographic images?
Quiz
What tool does Gerhard Richter use to scrape and smear layers of paint on his abstract canvases?