Gerhard Richter, the name might not be familiar to most of you, but he is one of the most unique German visual artists and highest paid painters. He is famous not only for his photorealistic canvas, but also his abstract artworks. Born in 1932, Richter started as a stage-set painter at the age of 16 before actually studied art at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts at the age of 19. What makes his work interesting and unique is the illusionistic aspect of his paintings that makes you wonder if they are just printed photos. It's the trompe l'oeils (fool of the eyes) of the reality. His hallmark is to "blur" the imagery as a way to soften the figures and give them a light touch of a lighting. While his abstract work, it's more about rubbing and scraping the paint Richter applied on. What makes it remarkable is the illusion of space he develops, through an accumulation of spontaneous, reactive gestures of adding, moving and subtracting paint. Entitled "Panorama," the retrospective exhibition at the famous Centre Pompidou in Paris shows just how the contemporary genius was able to invent and reinvent his own world over the centuries. If you like to discover what his world is all about, you have it until September 24th, 2102.
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The master in front of his own line art
Photo/Video sources: centrepompidou
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