Gerhard Richter

German visual artist (b. 1932)
Person Human Q164351

Facts

33 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[26]
Date of birth
February 9, 1932
Place of birth
Dresden
Country of citizenship
Germany[8]
Field of work
painting[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright representative
reproduction right not represented by CISAC member, Gerhard Richter
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
UbuWeb, Dresdner Hefte
End of work period
2018
Family name
Richter[37]
Given name
Gerhard[38]
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Has works in the collection
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Finnish National Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Tate, National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Canada, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, De Pont, Van Abbemuseum, National Galleries Scotland, Israel Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Statens Museum for Kunst, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Carnegie Museum of Art, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Cincinnati Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, National Gallery of Australia, Cleveland Museum of Art, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Lenbachhaus, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Musée d'art moderne de Paris, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Hungarian National Gallery, CODA Museum, Photographs in the National Gallery of Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums, Busch–Reisinger Museum, Neue Nationalgalerie, Long Museum, Carré d'art - musée d'art contemporain, Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History, Hessel Museum of Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Print Collection, Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Berlinische Galerie, Belvedere, Neues Museum Nürnberg, Kunsthaus Zürich, Museum Ludwig, The Museum of Art, Kōchi, Pola Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, National Museum of Art, Osaka, The National Museum of Modern Art, Museum Frieder Burda, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, Sprengel Museum, Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Groninger Museum
Name in native language
Gerhard Richter
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject New York Public Library
Start of work period
1952
🏷️ Also known as
en Gerd Richter en Gehede Lixite en Geruharuto Rihitā en Gerhard Richter ar جيرارد ريختر cs Gerd Richter cs Geruharuto Rihita de Gerd Richter el Γκεχέντε Λίξιτ el Γκέρχαρντ Ρίχτερ el Γκερντ Ρίχτερ es Gerhard Riter es Gerhard Richter fa گرهارد ریختر he גרהרד ריכטר ja ゲルハルト・リヒター ko 게르하르트 리히터 ru Герхард Рихтер ru Рихтер Герхард ru Рихтер, Герхард
🔖 Identifiers · 167
VIAF cluster ID
98149412
Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
118600419
ADK member ID
52106
ARTIC artist ID
21775
AbART person ID
6962
AlloCiné person ID
575784
Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID
3546
Art UK artist ID
richter-gerhard-b-1932
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ArtBrokerage artist ID
Gerhard-Richter
Artcyclopedia artist ID
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Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
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Artist-info artist ID
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Artists of the World ID
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Artland artist ID
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Artnet artist ID
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Artsy artist ID
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AskArt person ID
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Athenaeum person ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BIBSYS ID
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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Babelio author ID
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Basis Wien person ID
16564
Benezit ID
B00152413
Berlinische Galerie artist ID
7702
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
124724601
Boijmans artist ID
15150
British Museum person or institution ID
43606
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CONOR.SI ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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Christie's creator ID
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CollectieGelderland creator ID
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Cooper Hewitt person ID
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DACS ID (2022)
003422
DDB person (GND) ID
118600419
DFK Paris person ID
0008235169
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118600419
Discogs artist ID
2139924
Documenta archiv ID
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ELNET ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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Encyclopædia Universalis ID
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Europeana entity
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FAST ID
15410
FES digital collections entity ID
393982
FID performing arts ID
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Facebook username
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Finnish National Gallery artist ID
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FotoCH photographer ID
28683
Freebase ID
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GTAA ID
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Genealogics.org person ID
I00448293
Geni profile ID
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Google Arts & Culture entity ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0248044
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Gerhard_Richter
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3905911
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
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Grove Art Online ID
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Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
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IMDb ID
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IdRef ID
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Invaluable.com person ID
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IxTheo authority ID
079392431
J9U entity ID
987007266897505171
JRC Names ID
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Japan Search name ID
ゲルハルト・リヒター
KBR person ID
14193563
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118600419
Kallías ID
PE00051365
Kinobox person ID
1254171
Kinopoisk person ID
2118735
Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID
2382
Le Delarge artist ID
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Libraries Australia ID
35451758
Libris-URI
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LittleSis people ID
214209
Luminous-Lint ID
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Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
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MNCARS artist ID
richter-gerhard
Met Constituent ID
162307
Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID
8524
Munzinger person ID
00000017491
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
4907
Museum-digital person/organization ID
12458
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
223172
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA0524092X, DA00243319
NDL Authority ID
00621372
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2005272915
NLA Trove people ID
957824
NSK (VIAF) ID
000121589
NUKAT ID
n99022073
NYRB contributor ID
gerhard-richter
National Gallery of Art artist ID
6758
National Gallery of Canada artist ID
gerhard-richter
National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
1752
National Library of Brazil ID
000512466
National Library of Greece ID
204772
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202280625
National Library of Latvia ID
000144679
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*164454;=BK
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810560234805606
National Library of Portugal ID
1904237
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1088039
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071088091
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID
13842
Obálky knih ID
mzk2005272915
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100420438
PORT person ID
537404
Parsifal cluster ID
617723
Perlentaucher ID
gerhard-richter
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
16139
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
470
Pinakothek artist ID
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Prabook ID
731462
Quora topic ID
Gerhard-Richter-2
RERO ID (legacy)
A016450737
RKDartists ID
66689
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
95648
SBN author ID
CFIV160088
SELIBR ID
197525
SFMOMA artist ID
gerhard_richter
SHARE Catalogue author ID
554029
SNAC ARK ID
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Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
2452
Sinemalar person ID
321789
Städel Museum artist ID
richter-gerhard
TMDB person ID
1010004
Tabakalera ID
59894
Tate artist ID
gerhard-richter-1841
Topic's main category
Category:Gerhard Richter
Treccani ID
gerhard-richter
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
gerhard-richter
Union List of Artist Names ID
500003003
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
138998
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058516178806706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1242623
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10046597
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/171748
WikiArt ID
gerhard-richter
WikiTree person ID
Richter-3019
WorldCat Entities ID
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ČSFD person ID
465563

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Summary

Gerhard Richter was born on February 9, 1932[1], in Dresden[2]. He has worked as a painter[3], university teacher[4], visual artist[5], illustrator[6], and photographer[7].

FAQs

Where was Gerhard Richter born?

Gerhard Richter was born in Dresden[2].

What did Gerhard Richter do for work?

Gerhard Richter worked as a painter[3], university teacher[4], visual artist[5], illustrator[6], and photographer[7].

Where did Gerhard Richter go to school?

Gerhard Richter was educated at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf[11].

What awards did Gerhard Richter receive?

Honors received include Arnold-Bode-Preis[15], Praemium Imperiale[16], State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia[17], and honorary citizen of Cologne[18].

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  6. [3] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . muzee.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  10. [7] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [15] ↑ . Cassel. Retrieved . kassel.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [16] ↑ . Praemium Imperiale. Retrieved . praemiumimperiale.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  33. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [37] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  35. [38] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
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  40. [40] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65769: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 25d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "source for place of birth, source for date of birth from Store norske leksikon (OKA bot…"
  3. 6w ago · ShonagonPro · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID → 223172
    "Created claim: Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID: 223172, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790405349383"
  4. 9w ago · Hannolans · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía +2
    "Created claim: Has works in the collection: Groninger Museum, groninger museum (details)"
  5. 10w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 321789
    "Created claim: Sinemalar person ID: 321789, batch #270112"
  6. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 838C-01EC-BBE7-34F6-620A
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  7. 15w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → painter, university teacher, visual artist +1
    FES digital collections entity ID → 393982
    "Changed [es] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs; remove alias=label/mul; remove redundant occupations (Difool/WikidataCleanup)"
  8. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0372556-Richter-Gerhard-1932
    Award received → Arnold-Bode-Preis, Praemium Imperiale, State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia +1
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0372556-Richter-Gerhard-1932, batch #259493"
  9. 25w ago · Mondo · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Occupation: visual artist"
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