German painting after the war
Chapter 1
Georg Baselitz and the art of inversion
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Chapter 2
Gerhard Richter and the blurry truth
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Chapter 3
Anselm Kiefer and the weight of history
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Chapter 4
The Neue Wilden and the punk paint revolution
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Master of German painting after the war
Ch 2 · Gerhard Richter and the blurry truth
gertrude Richter lässt Bilder verschwimmen, ganz sanft, ganz fein, Er zeigt uns, Wahrheit ist nie ganz klar, nicht immer allein.
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?
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How many mouth-blown glass squares make up Gerhard Richter's stained-glass window in the Cologne Cathedral?
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What is the term for Gerhard Richter's style of painting over projected photographic images?
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What tool does Gerhard Richter use to scrape and smear layers of paint on his abstract canvases?